Wicked Pictures

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Wicked Pictures
legal form Private
founding 1993
Seat Canoga Park , Los Angeles , United States
United StatesUnited States 
management Steve Orenstein
Branch Sex industry
Website www.wickedpictures.com

Wicked Pictures is an American porn film production company based in Canoga Park, California .

Wicked Pictures was founded on March 1, 1993 by Steve Orenstein . In 1994 the film "Haunted Nights" won six AVN Awards : Best Video, Best Art Direction, Best Supporting Actor ( Randy Spears ), Best Screenplay ( Jonathan Morgan & Jace Rocker) and Best Non-Sex Performance (Jonathan Morgan). In 1994, Chasey Lain was the first actress to get an exclusive contract. In 1995 Jim Enright's "Film Buff" won the AVN Award for "Best Box Cover Concept".

In addition to Vivid Entertainment Group , Wicked Pictures is a studio that mainly produces feature film porn for the mainstream. Wicked Pictures films regularly receive AVN Awards . It is the studio that made Jenna Jameson's career breakthrough; she was signed exclusively as a new actress in 1995. The films Space Nuts and Euphoria are considered the most successful films. Well-known Wicked Pictures directors include Brad Armstrong , Jonathan Morgan and Michael Raven .

Wicked Pictures does not publish business figures, so it is difficult to assess the size and profitability of the company; The company is considered to be one of the dominant companies in the United States in this segment, alongside Vivid Entertainment , New Sensations , Digital Playground , Adam & Eve and Club Jenna . Wicked Pictures is the only large production company that pursues a consistent all-condoms policy (German: only-with-condom policy ) and prescribes the use of condoms for its performers. While most studios only used condoms for a short time during filming after Darren James was infected with HIV in 2004 and have returned to condom-free productions, Wicked Pictures adheres to the guideline and advocates safer sex .

HD DVD

In December 2006, Wicked Pictures announced that Camp Cuddly Pines Powertool Massacre would be the studio's first HD DVD release. The film itself was released in high definition, with additional bonus material in standard definition. The entire publication comprised a total of four DVDs. The films Curse Eternal and Mobsters Ball have also been released on HD DVD.

Wicked Girls

The actresses who have or had an exclusive contract with Wicked Pictures and who have become particularly successful as a result are called Wicked Girls: Kirsten Price , Stormy Daniels , Keri Sable , Kaylani Lei , Stephanie Swift , Devinn Lane , Julia Ann , Jessica Drake , Sydnee Steele , Jenna Jameson , Chasey Lain , Missy , Serenity , Temptress , Sindee Coxx , Carmen Hart , Alektra Blue .

Awards

  • 2006: Adult DVD Empire Award - Best Overall DVD Studio
  • 2006: Adult DVD Empire Award - Best Compilation DVD Studio

Selected Wicked Films

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Porn stars strut their stuff at awards . New Zealand State Television (TVNZ) January 9, 2006. Archived from the original on December 25, 2014. Retrieved April 23, 2009.
  2. ^ Sharon Mitchell, How to Put Condoms in the Picture , New York Times, May 2, 2004
  3. ↑ Eric M. Strauss: Porn Industry Still Struggles With Condom Issue , ABC News of January 14, 2008
  4. ↑ Beth Barrett: HIV Epidemic 'Could Happen Tomorrow' In Porn Industry , The Boston Globe, June 5, 2007

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