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Evil Angel (studio)
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Evil Angel is a production company
and distributor
of pornographic films, founded and owned by John Stagliano
.
Stagliano and Evil Angel pioneered the Gonzo pornography
genre in the late 1980s.
Several of the most acclaimed pornographic film director
s have worked for Evil Angel, and its films have won numerous awards.
It has been described as "the top porn-film producer" in the U.S., as one of the handful of companies which dominate the distribution of pornographic films in the U.S., and as one of the most profitable porn studios.
. A film using video could be made for as little as $5,000, compared to a minimum of $40,000 for a movie shot on film
. Into the 1990s, by using video camera
s Evil could still produce films for $8,000. Initially Stagliano had little knowledge of film making, however he made his first movie for $8,000 in 1983; Bouncing Buns, starring Stacy Donovan. For the next six years he made films for other companies to manufacture and distribute.
In 1989 he started Evil Angel, to sell his own films. The origin of the companies name dates back to when Stagliano was working as a stripper; "There was another guy in one of my shows named John. So this MC started calling me Evil John to differentiate us. This was when I was doing Dracula and chains. At the same time I had a girlfriend who called herself Angel when she did strip shows. She was a very nasty girl and I suggested that she call herself Evil Angel. She didn't, but I loved the name and wound up using it for my company."
, Brandy Alexandre
and others. It would only be released on DVD
20 years later. Influenced by amateur pornography
, In 1989 Stagliano hit on the idea of performing in a film whilst also operating the camera, so that the viewer experiences the film through the eyes of his character. The first-person perspective was influenced by the 1960s film Blowup
. At the time this was in contrast to the majority of porn, which tended not to make viewers aware of the camera. This technique is today known as Point of view pornography
. He formed his Buttman persona, and shot Adventures of Buttman. The early Buttman films were written, produced, directed, edited, filmed and manufactured personally by Stagliano. The first two Buttman films still had lengthy scripts, however the films soon evolved into an improvised, spontaneous format. In contrast to his earlier work and the standard porn of the time, Stagliano did not relate each scene together to form a conventional narrative. At times the camerawork was shaky. Partly due to his lack of funds he didn't use elaborate sets or locations. At the time films had a traditional storyline, with sex-scenes interspersed with dialogue by performers with little acting ability. Instead Stagliano chose to film; "one sex scene which has a beginning, a middle and ends at a climax. Trying to make all that relate to a bigger story is very difficult and creates all sorts of problems that get in the way of making the best scene possible." The distinct style of the early Evil Angel films would be widely imitated, and would come to be known as Gonzo pornography
.
and Stagliano founded the Elegant Angel
label as a subsidiary of Evil Angel. The same year Evil released eight films, and made $34,000. In 1991 Stagliano established a production subsidiary in São Paulo
, Brazil
. By 1993 the company was producing a new videotape every three weeks, and was grossing more than $1 million a year, and in 1996 the company sold approximately half a million videos. In the mid 1990s the company started using the phrase "The Evil Empire" on its box-covers, in reference to its growing stable of directors. In 1996, Collins established Elegant Angel as a separate company, and in 1998 it ended all cooperation with Evil Angel. His departure from Evil Angel has been called "less than amicable", and he and Stagliano are apparently "ex-friend[s]". At the time Collins said that Stagliano "couldn't run a business, and would fail without him". According to Stagliano, "Patrick's a bully", "and he wasn't doing his job properly". "I should have fired him years ago".
A 1997 U.S. News and World Report investigation identified Evil Angel as the most profitable pornographic studio.
In 2007, the studio received 127 AVN Award nominations in 60 categories, making it the fourth year in a row in which Evil Angel received more than 100 nominations.
In 2008 EA won 18 AVN awards
. Stagliano won the 'Best Director - Video' award for Fashionistas Safado: Berlin.
prevailed in a DVD piracy case against Kaytel Video Distribution and several other defendants, winning a total of over $17.5 million, which was the largest sum ever awarded in an adult piracy case. Evil were awarded $11.2 million, and Jordan $5.3 million. EA had originally filed the lawsuit in November 2005.
On April 8, 2008, Evil Angel and its owner, John Stagliano were indicted on Federal obscenity
charges by a federal grand jury in Washington, D.C. Films named in the obscenity charges included Storm Squirters 2 by Joey Silvera, Milk Nymphos by Jay Sin, and a trailer for Belladonna: Fetish Fanatic 5. Stagliano and Evil Angel were represented by Al Gelbard, who successfully defended JM Productions
owner Jeff Steward in a 2007 obscenity case. The company released a compilation DVD entitled Defend Our Porn, with proceeds going towards its legal defense fund, and set up the DefendOurPorn.org website to provide information on the legal proceedings.
In December 2008 the BBC reported that Stagliano and Evil Angel were a client of UK lawyers Davenport Lyons who were seeking financial redress from people they asserted had downloaded copyright material using Peer to Peer software.
due to his previous experience selling his videos to other companies. He found it difficult to establish his reputation when someone else owned his content, and didn't receive any more money if a film sold well.
The companies roster of directors currently consists of; John Stagliano, John Leslie, Rocco Siffredi
, Joey Silvera
, Christoph Clark
, Nacho Vidal
, Jonni Darkko
, Jake Malone, Jay Sin, Jazz Duro, Manuel Ferrara
, Raul Cristian
, BMC, Brian Pumper
, Steve Holmes, Uncle D and Belladonna
. Previous directors include Gregory Dark
, Jules Jordan
, Bruce Seven
, Bionca
, Alex de Renzy
and Erik Everhard
.
, Nyrobi Knights, Lovette and Tom Byron
. He also worked on films including Snake Pit and The Best Of Gregory Dark. Dark has since stopped directing for the studio.
Jules Jordan formerly directed for Evil Angel, producing series including Ass Worship. In 2006 he left to form his own company, Jules Jordan Video.
Erik Everhard also formerly worked with the company, after directing for Anabolic Video
, Diabolic Video
and Red Light District Video
. He left Red Light in 2005 to join Evil Angel, before joining Jules Jordan Video.
John Leslie had a successful career as an actor, then began directing for VCA Pictures
in the mid-1980s. The first film Leslie directed for Evil Angel was The Dog Walker in 1994, after its script had been rejected by VCA. He would go on to direct Gonzo, vignette and feature series such as The Voyeur, Drop Sex, Dirty Tricks, The Lecher, Crack Her Jack, Fresh Meat and Gobble the Goop. More recently he also created one-off releases centered on a particular actress, like Veronica Da Souza: Some Piece of Ass and Naomi: There’s Only One. Leslie has won numerous awards for his EA films.
Rocco Siffredi began working as a director for the company in 1994. Previously he had acted in the Buttman series and Face Dance Parts 1 & 2. His first films were Sandy Insatiable and Never Say Never to Rocco Siffredi. Since then he has directed features such as Rocco Never Dies and The Ass Collector, gonzo movies including True Anal Stories, Initiations, Nasty Tails, Rocco Ravishes... and the Animal Trainer
series, and Rock 'n' Roll Rocco 1 and 2, shot on location in Rome
.
Joey Silvera started directing for Evil in 1995. Previously he had been an actor, then directed for Devil's Film
in the early 1990s. He is responsible for the Fashion Sluts, Storm Squirters, Pink Hotel On Butt Row, Please!, Service Animals, New Girls, Strap Attack, Hellcats, Rogue Adventures, Runaway Butts, Black Cock Addiction, Black Power, Butt Row Euro Style, Evil Vault, Face Fucking Inc., Hellcats, How To Please A She-Male, All American She-Male Road Trip, She-Male XTC, Big Ass She-Male All-Stars and Big Ass She-Male Road Trip series.
Christoph Clark joined the company In 1997. His first film was Euro Angels, and he has since directed series including Beautiful Girls, Angel Perverse, Dressed To Fuck, Euro Angels, Euro Angels Hardball, Big Natural Tits, Nasty Intentions, Top Wet Girls, Euro Slit and Euro Domination, and one-off releases like Christoph Clark's Obsession and Swallow.
Nacho Vidal joined the studio in late 2001. He had previously appeared as a performer in Evil Angel films including Please!, Buttman & Rocco's Brazilian Butt Fest, John Leslie's and Fresh Meat 8. He directed series like Killer Pussy and Nacho Vidal's Blowjob Impossible for New Sensations
. For EA he has directed films including Latin Psycho,Made In Brazil, Made In Xspana, Nacho: Latin Psycho , The Cast, Back 2 Evil, Ass Obsession and Unleashed. In 2005 he made Face Fuckers, the studio's first gay pornography
. Vidal has produced several transsexual films such as She Plays With Her Cock, House of She-Males, Fucking She-Males, She Said Blow Me and Bang Bang She-Male.
Jonni Darkko first directed for New Sensations
. In 2004 he formed Darkko Productions and joined Evil. He has produced the Darkko's Dirtiest Sluts, Open Ended, Pound Pussy, POV Jugg Fuckers, Asian Fucking Nation, Sloppy Head, Bet Your Ass, Angels of Debauchery, Boob Bangers, Load Warriors, Girls Love Girls, Throat Fucks, Wet Food, Bodacious Booty, Bikini Clad Cum Sluts, Trophy Whores, Slut Collector, My Girlfriend's Whore Friend, Anal Showdown and Suck It Dry series, and one-off releases like Load Sharing and Tiffany & Cumpany.
Manuel Ferrara released his first EA film in May 2006, after working for Red Light District Video
for 2 years. He was originally a protégé of Rocco Siffredi, and had an award winning acting career, including an appearance in John Stagliano’s Fashionistas
. His first EA film was Evilution, starring Naomi, Melissa Lauren
and featuring the comeback of Nici Sterling
. Since then he has directed series including Fucked On Sight, Slutty & Sluttier, Raw, Evil Anal
, Battle of the Sluts, Anal Expedition, Teen Cum Squad, Bangin' Black Boxes, Ass Attack, I'm Your Slut and Teen Cum Squad and New Whores On The Block.
Jake Malone signed an exclusive distribution deal in June 2006. His first Evil Angel release was Fuck Dolls, starring Sandra Romain
and Sasha Grey
. Since then he has directed series including Bitchcraft, I Wanna B A Porn Star, Fetish Fuck Dolls, Fuck Slaves, Gang Bang My Face, Teens Corrupted, We Suck, Cum Face Fuck Dolls, Nice Fucking View, Crimes Of The Cunt, Rookie Pussy, Own My Ass and Black Snake Bitches.
Raul Cristian joined in 2007. His Cruel Media films are distributed in the U.S. by Evil, including the Ass Traffic, Prime Cups, Tamed Teens, Sperm Swap and My Evil Sluts series.
Jay Sin started directing for Buttman Magazine Choice in early 2007, working on films including Milk Nymphos 2, then became an EA director in January 2008. Prior to directing he had also worked as a cameraman for Belladonna, Nacho Vidal and Jazz Duro. The first film he directed for Evil was Gape Lovers 2 in April 2008, and he has also worked on Anal Acrobats, Gape Lovers Acrobatic Assholes Pretty Sloppy, Deep Anal Abyss, Anal Buffet, Anal Lesbian Sweethearts, Lollipop Lesbians, Anal Beach Buns and Milk Nymphos.
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Belladonna was first introduced to Stagliano by her then-boyfriend Nacho Vidal. EA is the exclusive distributor of titles under the Belladonna Entertainment and Deadly Nightshade Productions labels. She has created and starred in series including Fetish Fanatic, Dark Meat, No Warning, Odd Jobs, Belladonna's Butthole Whores, Foot Soldiers, Girl Train, Manhandled, Fucking Girls, Evil Pink, Cock Happy and My Ass Is Haunted.
B. Pumper films mainly focus on Asian, Black and Latina women with large buttocks. He has directed series including White Girls Get Busy, Earthquake Booty, Juicy Latin Coochie, Black Butthole Stretchers, The Ass Spread, Phattys Rhymes & Dimes, Gape Man, New Lil' Freaks Get It Poppin, Big Wet Round Bootys, Ill Flows, Black Girls Foot and Chocolate Hood Pussy.
Evil Angel is the U.S. distributor for Roman Video and U.K.-based studio Harmony Films. It also distributed Tristan Taormino
's Ultimate Guide to Anal Sex for Women and its sequel.
.
division of Evil Angel. In March 2007 it launched Extra Parts, a 100-page publication featuring pictures from director Joey Silvera’s shemale movies.
Production company
A production company provides the physical basis for works in the realms of the performing arts, new media art, film, television, radio, and video.- Tasks and functions :...
and distributor
Film distribution
The distribution of a film is the process through which a movie is made available to watch for an audience by a film distributor...
of pornographic films, founded and owned by John Stagliano
John Stagliano
John Allen Stagliano , also known as Buttman, is an American entrepreneur, pornographic actor, producer and director, who founded and owns the Evil Angel pornographic film studio.-Early life and career:...
.
Stagliano and Evil Angel pioneered the Gonzo pornography
Gonzo pornography
Gonzo pornography is a style of pornographic film that attempts to place the viewer directly into the scene. The name is a reference to gonzo journalism, in which the reporter is part of the event taking place...
genre in the late 1980s.
Several of the most acclaimed pornographic film director
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
s have worked for Evil Angel, and its films have won numerous awards.
It has been described as "the top porn-film producer" in the U.S., as one of the handful of companies which dominate the distribution of pornographic films in the U.S., and as one of the most profitable porn studios.
History
Background and beginnings
The company's rise to prominence was fueled by the industry switch from film to videotape. In the late 1970s a feature-length porn film shot on celluloid might have cost as much as $350,000. In 1983 the VCR had been recently introduced, and producers were beginning to make pornographic films on videotapeVideotape
A videotape is a recording of images and sounds on to magnetic tape as opposed to film stock or random access digital media. Videotapes are also used for storing scientific or medical data, such as the data produced by an electrocardiogram...
. A film using video could be made for as little as $5,000, compared to a minimum of $40,000 for a movie shot on film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
. Into the 1990s, by using video camera
Video camera
A video camera is a camera used for electronic motion picture acquisition, initially developed by the television industry but now common in other applications as well. The earliest video cameras were those of John Logie Baird, based on the electromechanical Nipkow disk and used by the BBC in...
s Evil could still produce films for $8,000. Initially Stagliano had little knowledge of film making, however he made his first movie for $8,000 in 1983; Bouncing Buns, starring Stacy Donovan. For the next six years he made films for other companies to manufacture and distribute.
In 1989 he started Evil Angel, to sell his own films. The origin of the companies name dates back to when Stagliano was working as a stripper; "There was another guy in one of my shows named John. So this MC started calling me Evil John to differentiate us. This was when I was doing Dracula and chains. At the same time I had a girlfriend who called herself Angel when she did strip shows. She was a very nasty girl and I suggested that she call herself Evil Angel. She didn't, but I loved the name and wound up using it for my company."
Buttman and Gonzo
The first Evil Angel film was Dance Fire, filmed in 1988 by Stagliano, starring himself, Trinity LorenTrinity Loren
Trinity Loren was a porn star, model, and stripper.- Career and life :...
, Brandy Alexandre
Brandy Alexandre
Brandy Alexandre is the stage name of a former American adult actress.-Career:In 1991, she produced, directed, wrote and starred in Cheeks 5: Cop A Feel. This video received a nomination for the AVN Award for Best Director...
and others. It would only be released on DVD
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
20 years later. Influenced by amateur pornography
Amateur pornography
Amateur pornography is a category of pornography that features models or actors performing without pay, or for whom this material is their first or only paid modeling work. Reality pornography is professionally made porn which seeks to emulate the style of amateur pornography...
, In 1989 Stagliano hit on the idea of performing in a film whilst also operating the camera, so that the viewer experiences the film through the eyes of his character. The first-person perspective was influenced by the 1960s film Blowup
Blowup
Blowup is a 1966 film directed by Michelangelo Antonioni, his first English-language film.It tells of a British photographer's accidental involvement with a murder, inspired by Julio Cortázar's short story, "Las babas del diablo" or "The Devil's Drool" , translated also as Blow-Up, and by the life...
. At the time this was in contrast to the majority of porn, which tended not to make viewers aware of the camera. This technique is today known as Point of view pornography
Point of view pornography
Point of view pornography , also known as , is adult entertainment that is filmed as if the watcher had experienced the sex-acts themselves....
. He formed his Buttman persona, and shot Adventures of Buttman. The early Buttman films were written, produced, directed, edited, filmed and manufactured personally by Stagliano. The first two Buttman films still had lengthy scripts, however the films soon evolved into an improvised, spontaneous format. In contrast to his earlier work and the standard porn of the time, Stagliano did not relate each scene together to form a conventional narrative. At times the camerawork was shaky. Partly due to his lack of funds he didn't use elaborate sets or locations. At the time films had a traditional storyline, with sex-scenes interspersed with dialogue by performers with little acting ability. Instead Stagliano chose to film; "one sex scene which has a beginning, a middle and ends at a climax. Trying to make all that relate to a bigger story is very difficult and creates all sorts of problems that get in the way of making the best scene possible." The distinct style of the early Evil Angel films would be widely imitated, and would come to be known as Gonzo pornography
Gonzo pornography
Gonzo pornography is a style of pornographic film that attempts to place the viewer directly into the scene. The name is a reference to gonzo journalism, in which the reporter is part of the event taking place...
.
Success
In the 1990s Stagliano became one of the most successful figures in American pornographic films. In 1990 Patrick CollinsPatrick Collins (film)
Patrick Collins is an American pornographic film producer and director.He is the owner of Elegant Angel Productions and a member of the AVN Hall of Fame and the XRCO Hall of Fame.-Adult film career:...
and Stagliano founded the Elegant Angel
Elegant Angel
Elegant Angel Productions is a pornographic film studio located in Canoga Park, California and owned by Patrick Collins. The company is considered one of the early pioneers of Gonzo pornography, and its films have won numerous awards.-History:...
label as a subsidiary of Evil Angel. The same year Evil released eight films, and made $34,000. In 1991 Stagliano established a production subsidiary in São Paulo
São Paulo
São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...
, Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
. By 1993 the company was producing a new videotape every three weeks, and was grossing more than $1 million a year, and in 1996 the company sold approximately half a million videos. In the mid 1990s the company started using the phrase "The Evil Empire" on its box-covers, in reference to its growing stable of directors. In 1996, Collins established Elegant Angel as a separate company, and in 1998 it ended all cooperation with Evil Angel. His departure from Evil Angel has been called "less than amicable", and he and Stagliano are apparently "ex-friend[s]". At the time Collins said that Stagliano "couldn't run a business, and would fail without him". According to Stagliano, "Patrick's a bully", "and he wasn't doing his job properly". "I should have fired him years ago".
A 1997 U.S. News and World Report investigation identified Evil Angel as the most profitable pornographic studio.
In 2007, the studio received 127 AVN Award nominations in 60 categories, making it the fourth year in a row in which Evil Angel received more than 100 nominations.
In 2008 EA won 18 AVN awards
AVN Awards
The AVN Awards are movie awards sponsored and presented by the American adult video industry trade magazine AVN to honor exceptional performance in various aspects of the creation and marketing of American pornographic movies. They are called the "Oscars of porn"...
. Stagliano won the 'Best Director - Video' award for Fashionistas Safado: Berlin.
Legal issues
In August 2007, Evil Angel and Jules JordanJules Jordan
Jules Jordan is an American pornographic movie director, actor, and producer. Originally his movies were distributed under John Stagliano's adult video company, Evil Angel. In early 2006 his company Jules Jordan Video began handling its own distribution...
prevailed in a DVD piracy case against Kaytel Video Distribution and several other defendants, winning a total of over $17.5 million, which was the largest sum ever awarded in an adult piracy case. Evil were awarded $11.2 million, and Jordan $5.3 million. EA had originally filed the lawsuit in November 2005.
On April 8, 2008, Evil Angel and its owner, John Stagliano were indicted on Federal obscenity
Obscenity
An obscenity is any statement or act which strongly offends the prevalent morality of the time, is a profanity, or is otherwise taboo, indecent, abhorrent, or disgusting, or is especially inauspicious...
charges by a federal grand jury in Washington, D.C. Films named in the obscenity charges included Storm Squirters 2 by Joey Silvera, Milk Nymphos by Jay Sin, and a trailer for Belladonna: Fetish Fanatic 5. Stagliano and Evil Angel were represented by Al Gelbard, who successfully defended JM Productions
JM Productions
JM Productions is a hardcore pornographic film production and distribution company based in Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California. The studio's material is controversial, with its films often featuring erotic humiliation and rough sex...
owner Jeff Steward in a 2007 obscenity case. The company released a compilation DVD entitled Defend Our Porn, with proceeds going towards its legal defense fund, and set up the DefendOurPorn.org website to provide information on the legal proceedings.
In December 2008 the BBC reported that Stagliano and Evil Angel were a client of UK lawyers Davenport Lyons who were seeking financial redress from people they asserted had downloaded copyright material using Peer to Peer software.
Directors and Films
The company differs from most other studios in that it contracts with in-house directors and permits them to own the films that they create, whilst Evil Angel handles the films manufacture, distribution, promotion and sales and takes a percentage of the gross sales. Each director has his own particular style, and is a star in his own right, with his own brand identity. Stagliano adopted this business modelBusiness model
A business model describes the rationale of how an organization creates, delivers, and captures value...
due to his previous experience selling his videos to other companies. He found it difficult to establish his reputation when someone else owned his content, and didn't receive any more money if a film sold well.
The companies roster of directors currently consists of; John Stagliano, John Leslie, Rocco Siffredi
Rocco Siffredi
Rocco Siffredi is the stage name of an Italian pornographic actor, director and producer of pornographic movies, famous for his rough sex scenes...
, Joey Silvera
Joey Silvera
Joey Silvera is an American pornographic actor and director.Joey Silvera has been involved in the American pornographic industry since the early 1970s. A native of upstate New York, he got his start performing in San Francisco in 1974, and went on to appear in more than 1,000 videos...
, Christoph Clark
Christoph Clark
Christoph Clark is a French pornographic actor and director. He has been called "perhaps the most popular male star in the French porn industry." Clark was born in France. After working with figures including Marc Dorcel and Michel Renaud, he moved to Budapest in 1991, where he established his...
, Nacho Vidal
Nacho Vidal
Ignacio Jordà González, aka Nacho Vidal , is a Spanish pornographic actor and film director.-Biography:Born in Mataró, Province of Barcelona, Spain, Vidal moved with his family to Valencia at a very young age, where part of his family originated. His family was wealthy, but ended up losing all...
, Jonni Darkko
Jonni Darkko
-Biography:Jonni Darkkos career originated in Chicago, Illinois where he trained and worked as a professional photographer focusing on fashion...
, Jake Malone, Jay Sin, Jazz Duro, Manuel Ferrara
Manuel Ferrara
Manuel Ferrara is a prolific French pornographic actor and adult film director.Ferrara was originally a protégé of Rocco Siffredi, and had an award winning acting career, making his American acting debut in John Stagliano’s Fashionistas. In 2002 he appeared in Snoop Dogg's Hustlaz: Diary of a Pimp...
, Raul Cristian
Raul Cristian
Raul Cristian is an ex-pornographic actor, director and producer of pornographic movies. Usually credited under the name Raul Cristian, he is also working under another pseudonym: Chris Rolie....
, BMC, Brian Pumper
Brian Pumper
Brian Pumper is an American pornographic actor, rapper, and director. He began performing in adult films in 2001, and in 2004 won the AVN Award for Best Three-Way Sex Scene, Video for Weapons of Ass Destruction 2. He also won in 2007 for "Best Hardcore Anal" and in 2009 for "Best Interracial Oral"...
, Steve Holmes, Uncle D and Belladonna
Belladonna (porn star)
Belladonna is an American pornographic actress and producer.-Early life:Michelle Anne Sinclair was born in Biloxi, Mississippi as the second of seven children. The family had German, Scottish, and Cherokee roots. She experienced her first kiss at age twelve, got her first tattoo at thirteen, and...
. Previous directors include Gregory Dark
Gregory Dark
Gregory Dark is an American film director, film producer, music video director, and screenwriter. Dark is one of the few adult film-makers to successfully transition into mainstream Hollywood film-making...
, Jules Jordan
Jules Jordan
Jules Jordan is an American pornographic movie director, actor, and producer. Originally his movies were distributed under John Stagliano's adult video company, Evil Angel. In early 2006 his company Jules Jordan Video began handling its own distribution...
, Bruce Seven
Bruce Seven
Bruce Seven was an American pornographic film producer and director. He created 200 films and is a member of the AVN Hall of Fame and the XRCO Hall of Fame.- Career :...
, Bionca
Bionca
Bionca , also known as Bionca Seven, is an American pornographic actress, film producer, and director.She is a member of the AVN Hall of Fame and the XRCO Hall of Fame.She is also the widow of producer Bruce Seven....
, Alex de Renzy
Alex de Renzy
Alexander de Renzy was an American director and producer of pornographic movies.Born in Brooklyn, New York, Alex de Renzy served in the United States Air Force, serving as a Survival Instructor. Back in the United States, he began making documentary films in San Francisco...
and Erik Everhard
Erik Everhard
Erik Everhard is a Canadian pornographic actor and director, known for gonzo pornography films.-Biography:...
.
Former directors
Gregory Dark left VGA over "creative differences" in the summer of 1995 and launched his own film company Dark Works, with Evil Angel Video handling all distribution. His first film for Evil was Sex Freaks, starring Stephanie SwiftStephanie Swift
Stephanie Swift is a former American pornographic actress who starred in over 370 adult movies between 1995 and 2009. She was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2009. Following her diagnosis and subsequent treatment, she decided to quit the adult movie industry, a move she had been considering for...
, Nyrobi Knights, Lovette and Tom Byron
Tom Byron
Tom Byron is an American pornographic actor and director. He is of Italian descent and is an alumnus of the University of Houston. He has also been credited as Tom Byrom, Tim Byron, Tom Bryon, Tom Bryan, and Tommy Byron...
. He also worked on films including Snake Pit and The Best Of Gregory Dark. Dark has since stopped directing for the studio.
Jules Jordan formerly directed for Evil Angel, producing series including Ass Worship. In 2006 he left to form his own company, Jules Jordan Video.
Erik Everhard also formerly worked with the company, after directing for Anabolic Video
Anabolic Video
Anabolic Video is an American pornographic movie studio headquartered in Chatsworth, California. The studio was a pioneer of gonzo pornography, and is considered one of the most successful gonzo producers.-History:...
, Diabolic Video
Diabolic Video
Diabolic Video Productions is an American pornographic movie studio headquartered in Chatsworth, California. The company was originally a sister-studio of Anabolic Video...
and Red Light District Video
Red Light District Video
Red Light District Video is an American pornographic film studio headquartered in Chatsworth, California.-History:The company was founded in 2001 by industry veteran Dion Giarrusso and his half-brother David Joseph, who co-owned the company. Giarrusso had previously worked as general manager of...
. He left Red Light in 2005 to join Evil Angel, before joining Jules Jordan Video.
Current directors
John Stagliano has directed series including Buttman at Nudes a Poppin, Buttman Goes to Rio, Buttman's Anal Divas, Buttman's Anal Show, Buttman's Bend Over Babes, Buttman's Bend Over Brazilian Babes, Buttman's Big Butt Backdoor Babes, Buttman's Big Tit Adventure, Buttman's Butt Freak, Buttman's European Vacation, Buttman's Favorite Big Butt Babes, Face Dance and Fashionistas, as well as numerous one-off films. By 2003 almost 30 films in the Buttman series had been produced, some of them filmed in locations including New Zealand, Prague, San Diego and London. The premise of most of the films is Stagiano approaching a woman and persuading her to show him her buttocks, followed by her having sex. The films blurred the boundary between what was a pre-arranged set-up and what was real. The series has also been turned into a comic-book.VCA Pictures
VCA Pictures is an American pornographic film production and distribution company. The company was founded by Russ Hampshire, and was formerly a major player during the 'Golden Age of Porn'. Throughout the 70's and 80's VCA produced big budget, plot-oriented feature films...
in the mid-1980s. The first film Leslie directed for Evil Angel was The Dog Walker in 1994, after its script had been rejected by VCA. He would go on to direct Gonzo, vignette and feature series such as The Voyeur, Drop Sex, Dirty Tricks, The Lecher, Crack Her Jack, Fresh Meat and Gobble the Goop. More recently he also created one-off releases centered on a particular actress, like Veronica Da Souza: Some Piece of Ass and Naomi: There’s Only One. Leslie has won numerous awards for his EA films.
Rocco Siffredi began working as a director for the company in 1994. Previously he had acted in the Buttman series and Face Dance Parts 1 & 2. His first films were Sandy Insatiable and Never Say Never to Rocco Siffredi. Since then he has directed features such as Rocco Never Dies and The Ass Collector, gonzo movies including True Anal Stories, Initiations, Nasty Tails, Rocco Ravishes... and the Animal Trainer
Animal Trainer (Series)
Animal Trainer is a pornographic video series produced by Evil Angel and starring Rocco Siffredi. The gonzo-style series revolves around rough sex, and anal sex in particular....
series, and Rock 'n' Roll Rocco 1 and 2, shot on location in Rome
Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
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Devil's Film
Devil's Film is an American pornographic film studio, based in Canoga Park, Los Angeles, California. The company describes its material as Gonzo pornography, and by 2009 had produced more than 1000 films...
in the early 1990s. He is responsible for the Fashion Sluts, Storm Squirters, Pink Hotel On Butt Row, Please!, Service Animals, New Girls, Strap Attack, Hellcats, Rogue Adventures, Runaway Butts, Black Cock Addiction, Black Power, Butt Row Euro Style, Evil Vault, Face Fucking Inc., Hellcats, How To Please A She-Male, All American She-Male Road Trip, She-Male XTC, Big Ass She-Male All-Stars and Big Ass She-Male Road Trip series.
Christoph Clark joined the company In 1997. His first film was Euro Angels, and he has since directed series including Beautiful Girls, Angel Perverse, Dressed To Fuck, Euro Angels, Euro Angels Hardball, Big Natural Tits, Nasty Intentions, Top Wet Girls, Euro Slit and Euro Domination, and one-off releases like Christoph Clark's Obsession and Swallow.
Nacho Vidal joined the studio in late 2001. He had previously appeared as a performer in Evil Angel films including Please!, Buttman & Rocco's Brazilian Butt Fest, John Leslie's and Fresh Meat 8. He directed series like Killer Pussy and Nacho Vidal's Blowjob Impossible for New Sensations
New Sensations (film studio)
New Sensations is an American pornographic film studio. It is the parent company and sister-label of Digital Sin. New Sensations was founded in 1993 by Scott Taylor. In 2006 it was described by Reuters as one of the handful of studios that dominate the U.S. porn industry...
. For EA he has directed films including Latin Psycho,Made In Brazil, Made In Xspana, Nacho: Latin Psycho , The Cast, Back 2 Evil, Ass Obsession and Unleashed. In 2005 he made Face Fuckers, the studio's first gay pornography
Gay pornography
Gay pornography is the representation of sexual intercourse between men with the primary goal of sexual arousal in its audience. There is also a tradition, and continuing considerable output, of lesbian pornography....
. Vidal has produced several transsexual films such as She Plays With Her Cock, House of She-Males, Fucking She-Males, She Said Blow Me and Bang Bang She-Male.
Jonni Darkko first directed for New Sensations
New Sensations (film studio)
New Sensations is an American pornographic film studio. It is the parent company and sister-label of Digital Sin. New Sensations was founded in 1993 by Scott Taylor. In 2006 it was described by Reuters as one of the handful of studios that dominate the U.S. porn industry...
. In 2004 he formed Darkko Productions and joined Evil. He has produced the Darkko's Dirtiest Sluts, Open Ended, Pound Pussy, POV Jugg Fuckers, Asian Fucking Nation, Sloppy Head, Bet Your Ass, Angels of Debauchery, Boob Bangers, Load Warriors, Girls Love Girls, Throat Fucks, Wet Food, Bodacious Booty, Bikini Clad Cum Sluts, Trophy Whores, Slut Collector, My Girlfriend's Whore Friend, Anal Showdown and Suck It Dry series, and one-off releases like Load Sharing and Tiffany & Cumpany.
Manuel Ferrara released his first EA film in May 2006, after working for Red Light District Video
Red Light District Video
Red Light District Video is an American pornographic film studio headquartered in Chatsworth, California.-History:The company was founded in 2001 by industry veteran Dion Giarrusso and his half-brother David Joseph, who co-owned the company. Giarrusso had previously worked as general manager of...
for 2 years. He was originally a protégé of Rocco Siffredi, and had an award winning acting career, including an appearance in John Stagliano’s Fashionistas
Fashionistas
The Fashionistas is a 2002 pornographic film made by Evil Angel Productions. Shot on 35 mm film, it was a high-budget porn film, and is over four and a half hours long...
. His first EA film was Evilution, starring Naomi, Melissa Lauren
Melissa Lauren
Melissa Lauren is a French pornographic actress and director.Lauren started off studying as a cook for three years and worked in Paris as a pastry chef. After reading an ad in a newspaper from French porn director John B...
and featuring the comeback of Nici Sterling
Nici Sterling
Nici Sterling, sometimes credited as Nici Norman, is a British former pornographic actress....
. Since then he has directed series including Fucked On Sight, Slutty & Sluttier, Raw, Evil Anal
Evil Anal
Evil Anal is a porn film series from Evil Angel and directed by Manuel Ferrara. This series has 14 volumes as of 2011. It was awarded the AVN Award three years in a row for the Best Anal-Themed Series.-Cast:...
, Battle of the Sluts, Anal Expedition, Teen Cum Squad, Bangin' Black Boxes, Ass Attack, I'm Your Slut and Teen Cum Squad and New Whores On The Block.
Jake Malone signed an exclusive distribution deal in June 2006. His first Evil Angel release was Fuck Dolls, starring Sandra Romain
Sandra Romain
Sandra Romain is a Romanian pornographic actress. She became well known for her aggressive and domineering approach to sexuality in her films...
and Sasha Grey
Sasha Grey
Sasha Grey is an American former pornographic actress, who has since turned to mainstream acting, modeling and music....
. Since then he has directed series including Bitchcraft, I Wanna B A Porn Star, Fetish Fuck Dolls, Fuck Slaves, Gang Bang My Face, Teens Corrupted, We Suck, Cum Face Fuck Dolls, Nice Fucking View, Crimes Of The Cunt, Rookie Pussy, Own My Ass and Black Snake Bitches.
Jay Sin started directing for Buttman Magazine Choice in early 2007, working on films including Milk Nymphos 2, then became an EA director in January 2008. Prior to directing he had also worked as a cameraman for Belladonna, Nacho Vidal and Jazz Duro. The first film he directed for Evil was Gape Lovers 2 in April 2008, and he has also worked on Anal Acrobats, Gape Lovers Acrobatic Assholes Pretty Sloppy, Deep Anal Abyss, Anal Buffet, Anal Lesbian Sweethearts, Lollipop Lesbians, Anal Beach Buns and Milk Nymphos.
B. Pumper films mainly focus on Asian, Black and Latina women with large buttocks. He has directed series including White Girls Get Busy, Earthquake Booty, Juicy Latin Coochie, Black Butthole Stretchers, The Ass Spread, Phattys Rhymes & Dimes, Gape Man, New Lil' Freaks Get It Poppin, Big Wet Round Bootys, Ill Flows, Black Girls Foot and Chocolate Hood Pussy.
Evil Angel is the U.S. distributor for Roman Video and U.K.-based studio Harmony Films. It also distributed Tristan Taormino
Tristan Taormino
Tristan Taormino is a feminist author, columnist, sex educator, activist, editor, speaker, and pornographic film director . She graduated Phi Beta Kappa with her Bachelor's degree in American Studies from Wesleyan University in 1993...
's Ultimate Guide to Anal Sex for Women and its sequel.
Distribution deals
In December 2005 the studio agreed a deal with XRentDVD.com for it to be Evil Angel's exclusive online DVD rental outlet. In March 2006 Evil Angel made its content available for download through video on demand provider AllAdultChannel.com. The studios' content is also available on Fyre TV and Hustler TVHustler TV
Hustler TV is an American pornographic premium television channel available through satellite, video on demand and digital cable. The channel is dedicated to offering explicit adult material, uncut and uncensored from Hustler, one of the most well known brands in adult entertainment. The channel...
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Evil Angel Publishing
Evil Angel Publishing is the magazineMagazine
Magazines, periodicals, glossies or serials are publications, generally published on a regular schedule, containing a variety of articles. They are generally financed by advertising, by a purchase price, by pre-paid magazine subscriptions, or all three...
division of Evil Angel. In March 2007 it launched Extra Parts, a 100-page publication featuring pictures from director Joey Silvera’s shemale movies.
Awards
The following is a selection of some of the major awards Evil Angel films have won:- 1992 AVN Award - 'Best Film' for Wild Goose Chase
- 1993 AVN Award - 'Best Film' for Face Dance, Parts I & II
- 1997 AVN Award - 'Best Gonzo Series' for Butt Row
- 1997 AVN Award - 'Best Continuing Video Series' for The Voyeur
- 1998 AVN Award - 'Best Video Feature' for Buda
- 1998 AVN Award - 'Best Continuing Video Series' for Fresh Meat
- 1999 AVN Award - 'Best Transsexual Release' for The Big-Ass She-Male Adventure
- 2000 AVN Award - 'Best Continuing Video Series' for The Voyeur
- 2000 AVN Award - 'Best Anal-Themed Series' for Rocco's True Anal Stories
- 2000 AVN Award - 'Best Transsexual Release' for Rogue Adventures 3: Big-Ass She-Male Adventure
- 2001 AVN Award - 'Best Gonzo Series' for Please!
- 2001 AVN Award - 'Best Anal-Themed Series' for Rocco's True Anal Stories
- 2001 AVN Award - 'Best Transsexual Release' for Rogue Adventures 3: Big-Ass She-Male Adventure 7
- 2002 AVN Award - 'Best Anal-Themed Series' for Rocco's True Anal Stories
- 2002 AVN Award - 'Best Transsexual Release' for Rogue Adventures 13
- 2002 AVN Award - 'Best Gonzo Series' for Buttman
- 2002 AVN Award - 'Best Continuing Video Series' for Animal TrainerAnimal Trainer (Series)Animal Trainer is a pornographic video series produced by Evil Angel and starring Rocco Siffredi. The gonzo-style series revolves around rough sex, and anal sex in particular....
- 2003 AVN Award - 'Best Anal-Themed Series' for Ass WorshipAss Worship (pornographic film series)Ass Worship is the title of a series of gonzo pornographic films directed by Jules Jordan, and distributed by Evil Angel. Jordan also appears in several scenes. They feature primarily male-on-female anal sex, including ass to mouth...
- 2003 AVN Award - 'Best Video Feature' for The Ass Collector
- 2003 AVN Award - 'Best Film' for The FashionistasFashionistasThe Fashionistas is a 2002 pornographic film made by Evil Angel Productions. Shot on 35 mm film, it was a high-budget porn film, and is over four and a half hours long...
- 2004 AVN Award - 'Best DVD' for The Fashionistas
- 2003 AVN Award - 'Best Gonzo Series' for The Voyeur
- 2003 AVN Award - 'Best Transsexual Release' for Rogue Adventures 15
- 2004 AVN Award - 'Best Oral-Themed Feature' for Feeding Frenzy 2
- 2004 AVN Award - 'Best Anal-Themed Series' for Ass Worship
- 2004 AVN Award - 'Best Gonzo Series' for Service Animals
- 2004 AVN Award - 'Top Renting Release of the Year' for The Fashionistas
- 2004 AVN Award - 'Best Transsexual Release' for She-Male Domination Nation
- 2005 AVN Award - 'Best Vignette Release' for Tales From the Crack
- 2005 AVN Award - 'Best Anal-Themed Series' for Ass Worship
- 2006 AVN Award - 'Best Pro-Am Release' for Rocco's Initiations 9
- 2006 AVN Award - 'Best Vignette Release' for Vault of Whores
- 2006 AVN Award - 'Best Gonzo Series' for Service Animals
- 2006 AVN Award - 'Best Transsexual Release' for Rogue Adventures 24
- 2007 AVN Award - 'Best Transsexual Release' for Rogue Adventures 27
- 2007 AVN Award - 'Best Specialty Release - Fem-Dom Strap-OnStrap-on dildoA strap-on dildo is a dildo designed to be worn, usually with a harness, during sexual activity. Harnesses and dildos are made in a wide variety of styles, with variations in how the harness fits the wearer, how the dildo attaches to the harness, as well as various features intended to facilitate...
' for Strap Attack 4 - 2007 AVN Award - 'Best Specialty Series - Big Bust' for Boob Bangers
- 2008 XBIZ AwardXBIZ AwardXBIZ Awards are given annually to honor "individuals, companies, performers and products that play an essential part in the growth and success of adult entertainment". Organized by the adult industry trade magazine XBIZ, the awards were first given in 2003...
- 'Best Studio' - 2008 AVN Award - 'Best Continuing Video Series' for Belladonna: Manhandled
- 2008 AVN Award - 'Best POV Release' for Fucked on Sight 2
- 2008 AVN Award - 'Best POV Series' for Fucked on Sight
- 2008 F.A.M.E. Awards - 'Favorite Studio'
- 2009 AVN Award - 'Best Anal-Themed Series' - tie between Evil Anal and Butthole Whores
- 2009 AVN Award - 'Best Foot Fetish Release' for Belladonna's Foot Soldiers
- 2009 AVN Award - 'Best Gonzo Series' for Slutty and Sluttier
- 2009 AVN Award - 'Best Oral-Themed Release' for Blow Job Perversion
- 2009 AVN Award - 'Best Oral-Themed Series' for Face Fucking, Inc.
- 2009 AVN Award - 'Best Specialty Release - Other Genre' for Milk Nymphos 2
- 2011 XBIZ AwardXBIZ AwardXBIZ Awards are given annually to honor "individuals, companies, performers and products that play an essential part in the growth and success of adult entertainment". Organized by the adult industry trade magazine XBIZ, the awards were first given in 2003...
- 'Gonzo Release of the Year - Non-Feature' for Tori, Tarra and Bobbi Love Rocco