20.7 Are there actors turned directors?
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This article is from the Sex Movies FAQ, by director@gti.net (The Director) with numerous contributions by others.
20.7 Are there actors turned directors?
Sure are. While some actors supplement their income by directing
the occasional feature (Derrick Lane comes to mind), others quit
acting to concentrate solely on directing.
John Leslie, Paul Thomas and Eric Edwards are perhaps three of the
best known actors to make this transition. Joey Silvera is
starting to cross over, as is Jon Dough. Ron Jeremy is also very
accomplished, having directed 150+ video so far...
Steve Drake has also directed a handful of movies, and Randy West
has now branched out into production and directing with his "Up 'n'
Cummers" amateur series.
On the actress side, Candida Royalle stands out as being one of the
first females having made the transition from acting to the
production end. That's not to say that other actresses haven't
directed as well, they just didn't quit acting to do it.
Brandy Alexandre is the proud title holder of "only woman to act,
direct and produce her own videos" (Cheeks 5: Cop a Feel and Best
Butt(e) in the West). Sharon Kane and Sharon Mitchell have also
stepped behind the camera at one time or another.
Some female performers have teamed up with their Sos and produced
some successful videos: Teri Diver and SO Tom Elliot; Britt Morgan
and SO Jace Rocker; Bionca and ex-SO Bruce Seven; Ona Zee and SO
Frank Zee; and Gail Force with (SO?) Jim Powers...
Tim Evanson says that "more and more gay porn actors are also going
behind the camera. One of the best known and the first to do so was
Gino Colbert in the early 1990s, but now Karl Thomas, Sam Abdul
(who also owns his own studio) and Christopher Robin are also
lensing porn films. Falcon Studios has even set up a "school" for
gay porn directors, and many gay porn actors try their hand at this
program."
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