Anthony Spinelli was a pornographic film director. He was born Samuel Weinstein on February 21, 1927 in Cleveland, Ohio

Ohio

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, and died on May 29, 2000.

Among his most famous adult movies was Nothing To Hide

Nothing To Hide

Nothing to Hide is the second album by In My Eyes and released by Revelation Records. Showing a somewhat more developed style than that on their first album , this album incorporated more melodic elements, along with some experimentation , a characteristic rare in Youth Crew hardcore...

, loosely based on John Steinbeck

John Steinbeck

John Ernst Steinbeck, Jr. was an American writer. He is widely known for the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Grapes of Wrath and East of Eden and the novella Of Mice and Men...

's Of Mice and Men

Of Mice and Men

Of Mice and Men is a novella written by Nobel Prize-winning author John Steinbeck. Published in 1937, it tells the tragic story of George Milton and Lennie Small, two displaced migrant ranch workers during the Great Depression in California, USA....

, which has been ranked #2 on AVN

AVN (magazine)

Adult Video News is an American trade journal that covers the adult video industry. The New York Times notes that AVN is to pornographic films what Billboard is to records...

's list of all-time greatest adult movies. He was the father of porn director Mitchell Spinelli

Mitchell Spinelli

Mitchell Spinelli is a pornographic film director. Son of porn director Anthony Spinelli, he has directed films in series such as White Panty Chronicles, All Natural and Taped College Confessions. In 1995 he won the AVN Award for Best Screenplay, Video for The Face. In 2003 he founded the film...

, and was the brother of the late character actor, Jack Weston.

Awards

• 1985 AVN Award – Best Director (Film) – Dixie Ray, Hollywood Star
• 1993 AVN Award – Best Director (Video) – The Party