Wakefield Poole
Walter Wakefield Poole (* 1936 in Jacksonville , Florida ) is an American dancer and film director .
Life
Poole was born in Florida and trained as a dancer after finishing school. In 1957 he became a member of the Ballets Russes in Monte Carlo as a ballet dancer . In later years he received various jobs as a dancer and rehearsal director at Broadway theaters in New York City . In the 1960s he played as a dancer in the musicals No Strings , The Unsinkable Molly Brown , Tenderloin and Finian's Rainbow . In addition, he was choreographic assistant in the musicals Dear World , George M! , Do I Hear a Waltz? and The Girl Who Came to Supper .
In 1971 he directed Boys in the Sand , his first gay porn film. This and the also very successful film Bijou with Charlon Sing as the actor was followed by the unsuccessful heterosexual soft porno Wakefield Poole's Bible . In the 1970s and 1980s he made other gay porn films as a film director, including with the porn actor Casey Donovan .
Poole was married to the choreographer Nancy Van Rijn from 1964 to 1968 . In 2003 Poole was inducted into the Hall of Fame for the GayVN Awards . On October 28, 2012, he received the first award for his life's work at the Berlin Porn Film Festival .
Works (selection)
- Boys in the Sand (1971)
- Bijou (1972)
- Moving! (1974)
- Wakefield Poole's Bible (1974)
- Take One (1977)
- Hot Shots (1981)
- Split Image (1984)
- Boys in the Sand II (1984)
- The Hustlers (1984)
- One, Two, Three (1985)
literature
- Wakefield Poole: Dirty Poole: The Autobiography of a Gay Porn Pioneer , Alyson Publications , 2000
Individual evidence
- ↑ GayVN Awards ( Memento of the original from October 6, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Web links
- Wakefield Poole in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Dirty Poole: A documentary about Wakefield Poole
- ManNet Review: The Wakefield Poole Collection: 1971–1986
- Ballet Russes, the movie
- Wakefield Poole in the Internet Broadway Database
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Poole, Wakefield |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Poole, Walter Wakefield (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American dancer and film director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1936 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Jacksonville , Florida |