Pierre Woodman
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Pierre Woodman
Pierre Woodman (born April 29, 1963 in Auvergne
, France
) is a pornographic film director
. He is the creator of more than 65 pornographic films, more than 2,000 hardcore scenes, around 1,500 photosets and more than 7,000 castings.
, Inc., for which he made several big budget movies, such as The Pyramid (1.2 million USD), Tatiana (600,000 USD), Riviera (450,000 USD).
category in the world.
In 1999, faced with a wave of "Gonzo
" genre videos, Woodman began to produce and release his Superfuckers series for Private, which ran to 12 Chapters. At the end of the year, he received an invitation from Larry Flynt
, owner of LFP
, Inc. and a millionaire publisher of the magazine Hustler
, the second largest adult magazine periodical in the US after Playboy
. Hustler was on the verge of bankruptcy and Flynt knew he needed a video department to survive. He asked Woodman to create a series similar to Private and in 2000, Flynt signed a contract with Woodman for 5 million USD for five years. Woodman began Chapter 13 of Superfuckers for LFP. But unlike Berth Milton, Jr.
, owner of Private, Flynt spent little on advertising, relying instead solely on the Hustler name and word of mouth to sell products. This bothered Woodman, who made a few big budget movies, such as Brazilian Snake (2001) (520,000 USD), Brazilian Snake 2 (2002) and Manipulation (2004) (430,000 USD), but ultimately disappointed by the lack of promotion of the products, Woodman refused to sign a new contract for LFP in 2005.
In 2004, after playing himself in the big-screen Spanish film Yo Puta
, alongside Denise Richards
and Daryl Hannah
, he did several photo-shoots for various fashion magazines, such as Vogue
and Blast.
Woodman then launched a program affiliation on the Internet called "Spider-Cash," to distribute its films in the form of video sequences, after Berth Milton, head of Private, asked Woodman to return to work for him in 2005.
Woodman made a trilogy Sex City, a "porn-remake" that "borrows" much of the storyline of Frank Miller
's Sin City
, including the use of black-and-white photography, with splashes of color inserted throughout the film. Woodman's Sex City was filmed entirely in high definition
, with a budget of 540,000 Euros. The first part was released in May 2006. After five weeks, the film became the best selling in the history of Private, even taking the lead in sales in the U.S. on June 5, 2006.
Nevertheless, Woodman announced in June 2006, his departure (for the second time) from Private Media Group, and the undertaking his own production and distribution company, Woodman Entertainment, based in Barcelona, where Private Media is also based. From there, he directed a mega-production, a remake of the film Excalibur, with a budget of 800,000 Euros. This film, titled Xcalibur, was released in May 2007 and draws on an exceptionally large cast of 75 actors and 250 extras, a first in the world of porn.
Woodman continues to work in the fashion world, doing photo-sessions for big-name magazines (Blast magazine cover and layout Sept. 2006) and discovering fashion models from his castings. Some of his fashion models have gone on to join some of the top modeling agencies, such as Alla Krivocheeva for Elite or recently one of the finalists for Miss Hungary
2005.
was convicted of rape in an Indianapolis
hotel room in 1992.
With the breakup of the former Soviet Union in the early 1990s, Central and Eastern Europe
became a new center of pornographic production. Attractive adult actresses were available for a fraction of the cost of American performers. Since 1992, Woodman has spent considerable time in Eastern Europe. This is how he introduced some of the biggest stars in the porn world to Western audiences. Woodman's "Castings X" DVDs, which began to be released in October 1997. They were released by Private between 1997 and 2003, when they began to be issued by Hustler under the label of "Hustler Casting Couch". In April 2008, Woodman announced that Woodman Entertainment would begin new issues of the Casting X series in June 2008.
The scenes are typically filmed in hotel rooms, usually in Central Europe. The film scenarios present the actresses as if they do not really know what the porn director does. The storyline of the film presents Woodman as showing the girls a Private magazine or some pornographic images and invites them to do something similar. In some of the castings he can be seen twisting women's arms and slapping them.
Many starlets became famous for their contract with Private, which includes scenes for the "Castings X" series, including Silvia Saint
, Alexa May, Tania Russof
, Judith Fox, Anita Blond, Monica Sweet, Monique Covét
, Lenka Gaborova, Cassandra Wilde, Dora Venter
, Claudia Ferrari, Cayenne Klein, Anetta Keys, Eve Angel
, Nikky Andersson, Angel Dark
etc... In 2006 he contracted Nessa Devil, Divinity Love and the Czech Playmate Caylian Curtis
Woodman has already released 82 DVDs from his "Casting X" series, featuring mostly European actresses. In an interview, he claimed to have more than 7,000 scenes in stock.
In 2009 HBO TV has made a 52mn report about his life called "Pierre Woodman Story".
Last year Woodman has been involved in a sex scandal in Latvia. Dealing with his assistant, Pierre enticed a girl named Bajba from Zemgale city to his hotel room and started a casting. As usual, the casting was filmed. The girl later claimed that she did not understood the movie of her casting in which she voluntarily undressed would be shown on the internet and it created trouble in her later life. Woodman promised he deleted this video but later uploaded to internet. When Bajba's fiancee saw this video he wanted to kill Pierre. Bajba wrote a statement to the police. Investigation in process.
in 2000 and since 2002, Woodman has lived with the photo model Sophie Paris. He is the father of French writer Alexandra Geyser.
"Woodman" is a pseudonym, which comes from his childhood when he lived in the country and being very good at climbing up trees, his classmates at school called him "the man of the woods," which later became shortened to "Woodman". When he started in the entertainment world, he started signing as Pierre "Woodman." In the United States, his name has a double meaning, with strong sexual overtones: "wood" is understood as "erection" in expressions such as "morning wood"
. This double entendre
was first explained to him by his friend Jenna Jameson
, when they first met in Las Vegas
in 1995.
Pierre Woodman (born April 29, 1963 in Auvergne
Auvergne (région)
Auvergne is one of the 27 administrative regions of France. It comprises the 4 departments of Allier, Puy de Dome, Cantal and Haute Loire.The current administrative region of Auvergne is larger than the historical province of Auvergne, and includes provinces and areas that historically were not...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
) is a 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:...
. He is the creator of more than 65 pornographic films, more than 2,000 hardcore scenes, around 1,500 photosets and more than 7,000 castings.
Early life
Woodman began working at 16, taking such jobs as bartender, salesman and store clerk. He joined the army at age 17, and later became a policeman. In 1986, he started a career as a fashion and TV photographer. In 1989, he took part in launching the magazine Hot Video, as a reporter. Beginning in 1992, he worked for the Private Media GroupPrivate Media Group
Private Media Group, Inc. is a production and distribution company that distributes adult entertainment via print publications, DVDs, the internet, and mobile....
, Inc., for which he made several big budget movies, such as The Pyramid (1.2 million USD), Tatiana (600,000 USD), Riviera (450,000 USD).
Movies
In 1997, he launched his series "Casting X" (see below), which is now the biggest selling series in the X-ratedX-rated
In some countries, X is or has been a motion picture rating reserved for the most explicit films. Films rated X are intended only for viewing by adults, usually legally defined as people over the age of 17.-United Kingdom:...
category in the world.
In 1999, faced with a wave of "Gonzo
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 videos, Woodman began to produce and release his Superfuckers series for Private, which ran to 12 Chapters. At the end of the year, he received an invitation from Larry Flynt
Larry Flynt
Larry Claxton Flynt, Jr. is an American publisher and the president of Larry Flynt Publications . In 2003, Arena magazine listed him as the number one on the "50 Powerful People in Porn" list....
, owner of LFP
Larry Flynt Publications
Larry Flynt Publications, or LFP, Inc., runs the adult entertainment empire founded by Larry Flynt. Founded in 1976, two years after Flynt began publishing Hustler magazine, LFP was originally to serve as the parent company of this magazine....
, Inc. and a millionaire publisher of the magazine Hustler
Hustler
Hustler is a monthly pornographic magazine aimed at men and published in the United States. It was first published in 1974 by Larry Flynt. It was a step forward from the Hustler Newsletter which was cheap advertising for his strip club businesses at the time. The magazine grew from a shaky start to...
, the second largest adult magazine periodical in the US after Playboy
Playboy
Playboy is an American men's magazine that features photographs of nude women as well as journalism and fiction. It was founded in Chicago in 1953 by Hugh Hefner and his associates, and funded in part by a $1,000 loan from Hefner's mother. The magazine has grown into Playboy Enterprises, Inc., with...
. Hustler was on the verge of bankruptcy and Flynt knew he needed a video department to survive. He asked Woodman to create a series similar to Private and in 2000, Flynt signed a contract with Woodman for 5 million USD for five years. Woodman began Chapter 13 of Superfuckers for LFP. But unlike Berth Milton, Jr.
Berth Milton, Jr.
Berth Milton Jr. is a Swedish businessman. He is the majority owner of Private Media Group, one of the leading producers and distributors of pornography, founded by his father, Berth Milton, Sr...
, owner of Private, Flynt spent little on advertising, relying instead solely on the Hustler name and word of mouth to sell products. This bothered Woodman, who made a few big budget movies, such as Brazilian Snake (2001) (520,000 USD), Brazilian Snake 2 (2002) and Manipulation (2004) (430,000 USD), but ultimately disappointed by the lack of promotion of the products, Woodman refused to sign a new contract for LFP in 2005.
In 2004, after playing himself in the big-screen Spanish film Yo Puta
Whore (2004 film)
Whore a.k.a. The Life is a 2004 film directed by María Lidón. It is based on the book Yo puta by Isabel Pisano.-Main cast:*Daryl Hannah – Adriana*Denise Richards – Rebecca...
, alongside Denise Richards
Denise Richards
Denise Lee Richards is an American actress and former fashion model of Croatian and Welsh descent. She has appeared in films including Starship Troopers, Wild Things, and The World Is Not Enough...
and Daryl Hannah
Daryl Hannah
Daryl Christine Hannah is an American film actress. After making her screen debut in 1978, Hannah starred in a number of Hollywood films throughout the 1980s, notably Blade Runner, Splash, Wall Street and Roxanne and Kill Bill.-Early life:Hannah was born in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of Susan...
, he did several photo-shoots for various fashion magazines, such as Vogue
Vogue (magazine)
Vogue is a fashion and lifestyle magazine that is published monthly in 18 national and one regional edition by Condé Nast.-History:In 1892 Arthur Turnure founded Vogue as a weekly publication in the United States. When he died in 1909, Condé Montrose Nast picked up the magazine and slowly began...
and Blast.
Woodman then launched a program affiliation on the Internet called "Spider-Cash," to distribute its films in the form of video sequences, after Berth Milton, head of Private, asked Woodman to return to work for him in 2005.
Woodman made a trilogy Sex City, a "porn-remake" that "borrows" much of the storyline of Frank Miller
Frank Miller (comics)
Frank Miller is an American comic book artist, writer and film director best known for his dark, film noir-style comic book stories and graphic novels Ronin, Daredevil: Born Again, Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Sin City and 300...
's Sin City
Sin City
Sin City is the title for a series of neo-noir comics by Frank Miller. The first story originally appeared in "Dark Horse Presents Fifth Anniversary Special" , and continued in Dark Horse Presents #51–62 from May 1991 to June 1992, under the title of Sin City, serialized in thirteen parts. Several...
, including the use of black-and-white photography, with splashes of color inserted throughout the film. Woodman's Sex City was filmed entirely in high definition
High-definition video
High-definition video or HD video refers to any video system of higher resolution than standard-definition video, and most commonly involves display resolutions of 1,280×720 pixels or 1,920×1,080 pixels...
, with a budget of 540,000 Euros. The first part was released in May 2006. After five weeks, the film became the best selling in the history of Private, even taking the lead in sales in the U.S. on June 5, 2006.
Nevertheless, Woodman announced in June 2006, his departure (for the second time) from Private Media Group, and the undertaking his own production and distribution company, Woodman Entertainment, based in Barcelona, where Private Media is also based. From there, he directed a mega-production, a remake of the film Excalibur, with a budget of 800,000 Euros. This film, titled Xcalibur, was released in May 2007 and draws on an exceptionally large cast of 75 actors and 250 extras, a first in the world of porn.
Woodman continues to work in the fashion world, doing photo-sessions for big-name magazines (Blast magazine cover and layout Sept. 2006) and discovering fashion models from his castings. Some of his fashion models have gone on to join some of the top modeling agencies, such as Alla Krivocheeva for Elite or recently one of the finalists for Miss Hungary
Miss Hungary
Miss Hungary is a national beauty contest in Hungary first held in 1929. Present titleholder is Anett Maximovits.-History:* 1929 - World War II The first pageant was held in 1929 and the winner of it won the Miss Europe title. In 1936 Zsa Zsa Gabor won the title, but she was underaged so she...
2005.
"Castings X" productions
Woodman started with his supposed "casting" film series for Private in 1992. According to Woodman's marketing, he claims there was no explicit commercial motivation behind them, but eventually this is how the "Castings X" and "Behind the Scenes" series began. Woodman's marketing claims he recorded video only as a protection against any allegations that might be made of sexual assault, a precaution he thought especially appropriate after boxer Mike TysonMike Tyson
Michael Gerard "Mike" Tyson is a retired American boxer. Tyson is a former undisputed heavyweight champion of the world and holds the record as the youngest boxer to win the WBC, WBA and IBF world heavyweight titles, he was 20 years, 4 months and 22 days old...
was convicted of rape in an Indianapolis
Indianapolis
Indianapolis is the capital of the U.S. state of Indiana, and the county seat of Marion County, Indiana. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city's population is 839,489. It is by far Indiana's largest city and, as of the 2010 U.S...
hotel room in 1992.
With the breakup of the former Soviet Union in the early 1990s, Central and Eastern Europe
Central and Eastern Europe
Central and Eastern Europe is a term describing former communist states in Europe, after the collapse of the Iron Curtain in 1989/90. In scholarly literature the abbreviations CEE or CEEC are often used for this concept...
became a new center of pornographic production. Attractive adult actresses were available for a fraction of the cost of American performers. Since 1992, Woodman has spent considerable time in Eastern Europe. This is how he introduced some of the biggest stars in the porn world to Western audiences. Woodman's "Castings X" DVDs, which began to be released in October 1997. They were released by Private between 1997 and 2003, when they began to be issued by Hustler under the label of "Hustler Casting Couch". In April 2008, Woodman announced that Woodman Entertainment would begin new issues of the Casting X series in June 2008.
The scenes are typically filmed in hotel rooms, usually in Central Europe. The film scenarios present the actresses as if they do not really know what the porn director does. The storyline of the film presents Woodman as showing the girls a Private magazine or some pornographic images and invites them to do something similar. In some of the castings he can be seen twisting women's arms and slapping them.
Many starlets became famous for their contract with Private, which includes scenes for the "Castings X" series, including Silvia Saint
Silvia Saint
Silvia Saint is a Czech former pornographic actress. In 1996, she was Penthouse Pet of the Year in the Czech edition of the magazine, and between 1997 and 2001, she appeared in over 250 pornographic movies....
, Alexa May, Tania Russof
Tania Russof
Tania Russof is a pornographic film actress.In 1998 she won the Best Actress Award in the Berlin Venus Festival, and was Penthouse Pet of the Month in September 1996 and Pet of the Year runner-up in 1999.- References :...
, Judith Fox, Anita Blond, Monica Sweet, Monique Covét
Monique Covét
Monique Covét is a Hungarian pornographic actress and fetish model. From 1998 to 2001, she came to prominence as the star of several features for the Private Media Group, mainly appearing in fetish-oriented films produced by the company's subsidiary Pirate label.- Early career :By her own account,...
, Lenka Gaborova, Cassandra Wilde, Dora Venter
Dora Venter
Dora Venter is the pseudonym of the Hungarian pornographic film actress Melinda Gál.She was born October 1, 1976 near Salgótarján . She moved to Budapest, and studied to be a nurse, receiving her CCRN certificate in 1998...
, Claudia Ferrari, Cayenne Klein, Anetta Keys, Eve Angel
Eve Angel
Eve Angel is a Hungarian porn actress and model. Other stage names used by her include Eva Shine, Marina Mendoza, Katie, Daphne and Severine.-Biography:...
, Nikky Andersson, Angel Dark
Angel Dark
Angel Dark is a Slovak pornographic actress and nude model. She began her career in the adult film industry in 2002, and has since appeared in over 180 films....
etc... In 2006 he contracted Nessa Devil, Divinity Love and the Czech Playmate Caylian Curtis
Woodman has already released 82 DVDs from his "Casting X" series, featuring mostly European actresses. In an interview, he claimed to have more than 7,000 scenes in stock.
In 2009 HBO TV has made a 52mn report about his life called "Pierre Woodman Story".
Last year Woodman has been involved in a sex scandal in Latvia. Dealing with his assistant, Pierre enticed a girl named Bajba from Zemgale city to his hotel room and started a casting. As usual, the casting was filmed. The girl later claimed that she did not understood the movie of her casting in which she voluntarily undressed would be shown on the internet and it created trouble in her later life. Woodman promised he deleted this video but later uploaded to internet. When Bajba's fiancee saw this video he wanted to kill Pierre. Bajba wrote a statement to the police. Investigation in process.
Personal life
He has been married three times and is the father of two children. He is divorced from the Russian/Latvian porn star Tania RussofTania Russof
Tania Russof is a pornographic film actress.In 1998 she won the Best Actress Award in the Berlin Venus Festival, and was Penthouse Pet of the Month in September 1996 and Pet of the Year runner-up in 1999.- References :...
in 2000 and since 2002, Woodman has lived with the photo model Sophie Paris. He is the father of French writer Alexandra Geyser.
"Woodman" is a pseudonym, which comes from his childhood when he lived in the country and being very good at climbing up trees, his classmates at school called him "the man of the woods," which later became shortened to "Woodman". When he started in the entertainment world, he started signing as Pierre "Woodman." In the United States, his name has a double meaning, with strong sexual overtones: "wood" is understood as "erection" in expressions such as "morning wood"
Nocturnal penile tumescence
Nocturnal penile tumescence is the spontaneous occurrence of an erection of the penis during sleep. All men without physiological erectile dysfunction experience this phenomenon, usually three to five times during the night...
. This double entendre
Double entendre
A double entendre or adianoeta is a figure of speech in which a spoken phrase is devised to be understood in either of two ways. Often the first meaning is straightforward, while the second meaning is less so: often risqué or ironic....
was first explained to him by his friend Jenna Jameson
Jenna Jameson
Jenna Jameson is an American entrepreneur and former pornographic actress, who has been called the world's most famous adult-entertainment performer and "The Queen of Porn."...
, when they first met in Las Vegas
Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and is also the county seat of Clark County, Nevada. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and fine dining. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous...
in 1995.