William Higgins is a director of gay pornographic films. His first film, "Boys of Venice" was produced in 1979 and he has produced over 140 internationally distributed titles. His films have won several Grabby awards

Grabby Awards

Grabby Awards , are presented annually in Chicago to honor work done in the gay pornography industry. The awards are sponsored by Grab Magazine, a free weekly that describes itself as "Chicago's premier LGBT publication." The Grabby Awards and Grab Magazine are owned and operated by Grabbys, LLC....

 and he is in the GayVN Awards

GayVN Awards

The GAYVN Awards are presented annually to honor work done in the gay pornography industry. The awards are sponsored by AVN Magazine, the parent publication of GAYVN Magazine, and continue the recognition for gay pornography which was part of the AVN Awards from 1986–1998.The award recipients...

 Hall of Fame. He is the founder of the film production company Catalina Video

Catalina Video

Catalina Video is an award-winning production house of gay pornography, founded in 1978 by William Higgins. The company was primarily a distributor for Nova Studios in 1982. In 1987, Scott Masters was hired as its head of production, and he began making films for the studio...

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One of gay porn's pioneers, William Higgins began making movies with a distinctive "California look" in the 1970s and directed many of Catalina Video's greatest hits for nearly two decades. With classic films like "Pacific Coast Highway," "The Young & the Hung," "Sailor in the Wild," "Class Reunion," "Big Guns," "The Bases Are Loaded," "Brother Load," "Beyond Hawaii," and "French Lieutenant's Boys,"

Channel 1 Releasing acquired the rights to Catalina Video in 2007 and is re-mastering many of Higgins' classic Catalina movies and transferring them to DVD.

Awards and nominations

• 1984 Gay Producers Association winner of Special Achievement Award for "Sailor In The Wild 1".
• 1985 X-Rated Critics Organization
  X-Rated Critics Organization
  The X-Rated Critics Organization is a group of writers and editors from the adult entertainment industry who each year present awards in recognition of achievement within the industry....
  
   winner of Best Depiction of Safe Sex for "The Young & the Hung".
• 2000 Grabby Awards nomination for Best International Video and Best Videograph.
• 2000 Grabby Awards winner of Best Classic DVD.
• 2003 Grabby Awards winner of Best Classic DVD.

Selected filmography

• 1979
• 1981 Brothers Should Do It
• 1982
• 1983 Cousins
• 1983 Sailor in the Wild
• 1984
• 1985
• 1985 Young and the Hung
• 1987 Big Guns
  Big Guns (pornographic film)
  Big Guns is a gay pornographic film made in 1987 produced by the Laguna Pacific studio and distributed by Catalina Video.The cast included Chad Douglas, Chris Gray, Jeff Boote, Jeff Quinn, John Davenport, John Rocklin, Kevin Wiles, Kevin Williams, Mike Henson and Mike Ryan.The sequel "Big Guns 2"...
  
  
• 1988 William Higgins - Screen Test
• 1989 Down Under
• 1990 Catalina Orgies
• 1991 Sex In The Great Outdoors
• 1992 Frat Pack
• 1997 Wim Hof's Rough Cut (as Wim Hof)
• 1997 Puda: The Attic (as Wim Hof)
• 1998 Sex In The Can
• 2000 Double Czech (as Wim Hof)
• 2001 Prague Buddies 3: Liebestod
• 2001 The Seven Deadly Sins: Wrath (as Wim Hof)
• 2002 Hard Day's
• 2003 Kick Club
• 2005 Inside Jirka Gregor
• 2006 Weapon Of Mass Attraction
• 2007 Load Warriors
• 2008 Bjorn Free
• 2009 Exploring Rudolf Schneider

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