Biography

John started in the industry as a videographer for Sean Michaels

Sean Michaels

Sean Michaels is a pornographic actor and director. He moved from Brooklyn to Los Angeles in order to begin his career in the porn industry, in which he has worked since 1985...

 in 1996. He joined 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:...

 in 1998 as a director with his first series, Panochitas. He became successful at Anabolic with his point-of-view (POV) series, A Perverted Point of View. He is credited for mentoring Lexington Steele

Lexington Steele

Clifton Todd Britt , better known as Lexington Steele, is an American award-winning pornographic actor, director and owner of Mercenary Motion Pictures and Black Viking Pictures Inc. He is the first actor to have won the AVN Male Performer of the Year Award three times.- Education, career prior to...

 and Erik Everhard

Erik Everhard

Erik Everhard is a Canadian pornographic actor and director, known for gonzo pornography films.-Biography:...

 as directors.

He left Anabolic and joined 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...

 (RLD) in 2003. He directed 27 titles for the banner before leaving in January 2006. After leaving RLD, John obtained a permanent injunction against his former company when RLD advertised several series on its website, No Cum Dodging, Boobaholics, and Teen Spermaholics that were confusingly similar to John's series, No Cum Dodging Allowed, Boobaholics Anonymous, and Teenage Spermaholics.

John signed a distribution deal with Jules Jordan Video

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...

 (JJV) in 2006. John retained full ownership of his titles and the company would earn a percentage for distributing them. His first movie for JJV was the interracial title, Racial Tension which won several awards.

Awards

• 2006 Adam Film World Award for Best P.O.V. Series - P.O.V. Pervert
• 2007 AVN Award for Best Interracial Release - Racial Tension
• 2007 Adam Film World Award for Best Interracial Movie - Racial Tension
• 2008 Adam Film World Award for Best Interracial Movie - Racial Tension 2
• 2010 AVN Award for Best Gonzo Series - Jerkoff Material
• 2010 XRCO Award for Best POV Movie - POV Pervert 11
• 2011 XRCO Award for Best POV Series - POV Pervert

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