Lasse Braun (born Alberto Ferro; 11 January 1936 – 16 February 2015) was an Italian pornographer, film director, producer, screenwriter, novelist and researcher.

He passed all of his law exams at the State University of Milan (1956–63), and while preparing the defense of his doctoral dissertation entitled Judiciary Censorship in the Western World, its contents and underlying radical ideas provoked so much controversy that it was promptly dismissed.

[3] Another source of inspiration for Braun consisted of the Priapistic rituals and orgiastic festivals of the Dionysus cult, as well as ceremonies in veneration of Aphrodite (Porne), the goddess of lust and patroness of courtesans.

Using women he had become acquainted with in European bars and discothèques, Braun produced his longer movies starring the Brigitte Maier, Nathalie Morin and Catherine Ringer.

[6][9] Braun's movies differ markedly from the traditional so-called stag films made from 1916 onward,[10][page needed] with storylines featuring Viking invasions, James Bond spoofs, and exotic locales such as Caribbean islands, the Dutch Groeneveld Castle, and an Amsterdam art gallery.

Facing several lawsuits on charges of obscenity, Braun countered by arguing that recording the licit act of consensual sex on film could not be condemned as illicit.

[citation needed] He appeared in the television series Pornography: A Secret History of Civilisation (1999) [12] and in a documentary about himself, I, the King of Porn ... the Adventurous Life of Lasse Braun (2001).