Elegant Angel
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Elegant Angel Productions is a pornographic film studio located in Canoga Park, California and owned by Patrick Collins
Patrick Collins (film)
Patrick Collins is an American pornographic film producer and director.He is the owner of Elegant Angel Productions and a member of the AVN Hall of Fame and the XRCO Hall of Fame.-Adult film career:...

. The company is considered one of the early pioneers of Gonzo pornography
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...

, and its films have won numerous awards.

History

Elegant Angel was founded in 1990 by Collins in partnership with pornographic film maker John Stagliano
John Stagliano
John Allen Stagliano , also known as Buttman, is an American entrepreneur, pornographic actor, producer and director, who founded and owns the Evil Angel pornographic film studio.-Early life and career:...

 as a subsidiary of Stagliano's Evil Angel Video
Evil Angel (studio)
Evil Angel is a production company and distributor of pornographic films, founded and owned by John Stagliano.Stagliano and Evil Angel pioneered the Gonzo pornography genre in the late 1980s....

.

The two labels soon became a pioneer of Gonzo pornography, along with other producers such as Rodney Moore
Rodney Moore
Rodney Moore is an adult video producer who helped to pioneer the Gonzo style of porn. To date, Moore claims to have shot with over 1200 different women in his adult career. The great emphasis in Moore's work is on oral sex, and facials....

 and Ed Powers
Ed Powers
Ed Powers is an American director, producer and actor of hardcore pornographic films. He owns his own production company, Ed Powers Productions.Powers was born in Brooklyn, New York...

. Stagliano had pioneered the Gonzo genre in the late 1980s.

In 1996, Collins established Elegant Angel as a separate company, and in 1998 it ended all cooperation with Evil Angel. His departure from Evil Angel has been called "less than amicable", and he and Stagliano are apparently "ex-friend[s]". At the time Collins said that Stagliano "couldn't run a business, and would fail without him". According to Stagliano, "Patrick's a bully", "and he wasn't doing his job properly". "I should have fired him years ago".

On 27 May 1997 Elegant Angel employee Israel Chapa Gonzalez shot dead Glendale police officer Charles A. Lazzaretto and wounded two others at the company's warehouse in Chatsworth
Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California
Chatsworth is a district of Los Angeles, California, United States; in the northwestern San Fernando Valley. The district is bordered by the Santa Susana Mountains and unincorporated Los Angeles County lands to the north, Porter Ranch to the northeast, Northridge to the east, West Hills, Canoga...

.

In 2003 the company attempted to switch from Gonzo to producing "Feature" films
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...

. However by early 2004 it was clear the change had proved "unsuccessful and costly", according to General Manager Graham Travis. At the same time the company experienced technical problems with its DVD authoring
DVD authoring
DVD authoring is the process of creating a DVD video capable of playing on a DVD player. DVD authoring software must conform to the specifications set by the DVD Forum group in 1995...

, and lacked a common brand identity on its DVD covers. During this period the studio did not have a website, or any full-time Public relations
Public relations
Public relations is the actions of a corporation, store, government, individual, etc., in promoting goodwill between itself and the public, the community, employees, customers, etc....

 liaison. With difficulties mounting in 2004, rumors began to circulate that the company was up for sale.

In order to resolve its problems the studio stopped production for two months.
Collins then refocused the company on producing niche-themed pornography, and discontinued some series that had more ambiguous themes and were not selling well. The firms logo and box-cover art was also redesigned and simplified. It hired a new DVD authoring contractor, and launched a new PR campaign. The company then went back to producing as many as eight new titles a month. Production was also halted for a month in early 2004 when the studio joined the moratorium on filming caused by Darren James
Darren James
Darren James is an American former pornographic actor who made worldwide headlines after testing positive for HIV.James tested positive on April 13, 2004...

's HIV
HIV
Human immunodeficiency virus is a lentivirus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome , a condition in humans in which progressive failure of the immune system allows life-threatening opportunistic infections and cancers to thrive...

 infection.

In August 2004 the company opposed calls from Democratic California Assembly member Paul Koretz
Paul Koretz
Paul Koretz is an American politician. He is currently a member of the Los Angeles City Council, representing the Fifth Council District. He was previously a member of the California State Assembly and the West Hollywood City Council...

 for the adult industry to use condoms. In response to the HIV outbreak in the industry in March the same year, Koretz had threatened to instigate legislation requiring mandatory condom use. EA head of production Graham Travis responded that there was consumer demand for scenes without condoms, and that forcing condom-use would force some studios out of business.

From June 2006 onwards Elegant started to see a sustained increase in DVD sales, however Travis thought that in the near future sales would take place almost exclusively online.

In 2007 the company started launching a number of paysite
Paysite
A paysite, in pornography jargon, is a website that charges money to become a member and view its content, and often produces original adult content. They can be contrasted with "free-sites", which do not charge a membership fee. Most paysites offer "free tours" which allow non-members to view a...

s. SwallowSquirt.com was launched in April, followed by BigWetAsses.com in June, and PornStarSquirt.com in September.

Films

Elegant Angel has produced several multi-award winning film series including Buttwoman, Big Wet Asses
Big Wet Asses
Big Wet Asses is a porn film series from Elegant Angel. This series currently has 19 parts and is regularly expanded. It has been awarded the AVN Award and the XRCO Award...

, Cumback Pussy, and the Sodomania series. Several EA films were included in AVN's book on the Top 500 Greatest Films.

In 1993 Collins bribed a Hungarian
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...

 transport official to allow him to film Buttwoman Does Budapest
Budapest
Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...

on the city's busiest Number 18 tram
Tram
A tram is a passenger rail vehicle which runs on tracks along public urban streets and also sometimes on separate rights of way. It may also run between cities and/or towns , and/or partially grade separated even in the cities...

, as it travelled through the Taban Park neighborhood. The bribe was US$100 and a box of chocolates, and Collins became the first American pornography director to film in Budapest. The film starred Collins' wife Tianna
Tianna (pornstar)
Tianna is the stage name of a retired American pornographic actress.She entered the adult film industry in 1989 at age 26.She was a favorite of director John Stagliano, who cast her in many of his early-1990s Buttman productions....

, and features public sex
Public sex
Public sex refers to sexual acts that take place in public or semi-public places, and does not necessarily imply that the sexual activity takes place outdoors. Public places where sex acts can be performed include a car , on a beach, in the woods, as well as in a theatre, bus, street, besides...

 scenes in front of the city's main tourist attractions.

Niche-themed series that followed the 2004 hiatus included Cum Drenched Tits, teen-themed films like It's a Daddy Thing, and ethnic-themed releases like Up That Black Ass, Big Black Wet Asses and Latin Booty Worship.

Some of Elegant Angels' most successful series have focussed on the niche of female ejaculation
Female ejaculation
Female ejaculation refers to the expulsion of noticeable amounts of clear fluid by human females from the paraurethral ducts through and around the urethra during or before an orgasm...

. Squirtwoman was the first, followed by Swallow My Squirt, Flower's Squirt Shower starring Flower Tucci
Flower Tucci
Flower Tucci is an American nude model and pornographic actress.Tucci was working as a cake decorator in a bakery when she answered an ad in the LA Weekly. Her first scene was with Lexington Steele in Balls Deep 6...

, Cum Rain Cum Shine and Squirt in My Gape.

More recent series include Blow it Out Your Ass, which focusses on milk enemas and anal creampies
Creampie (sexual act)
Creampie, also known as internal ejaculation, internal cum shot and, in gay contexts, as breeding, is a term used in pornography to describe when a male ejaculates inside his partner's anus or vagina. The term also refers to the visible seeping or dripping of semen from the vagina...

, and the snowballing
Snowballing (sexual practice)
Snowballing or snowdropping is the human sexual practice in which one person takes another person's semen into his or her mouth and then passes it back to the mouth of the other, usually through kissing.The term was originally used only by homosexuals...

 line, Sperm Swappers.

Actresses

Actresses who have starred in award-winning EA films include; Cytherea
Cytherea (porn star)
Cytherea is an American pornographic actress and model. She is known for her "squirting" while performing sex acts.-Career:...

, Flower Tucci
Flower Tucci
Flower Tucci is an American nude model and pornographic actress.Tucci was working as a cake decorator in a bakery when she answered an ad in the LA Weekly. Her first scene was with Lexington Steele in Balls Deep 6...

, Brianna Love
Brianna Love
Brianna Love is an American pornographic actress.Brianna Love started her adult career stripping in Missouri. She soon moved to Las Vegas, and quickly shifted from stripping to porn. She worked exclusively for Red Light District Video for two years before becoming a free agent...

, Jada Fire
Jada Fire
Jada Fire is an American pornographic actress.In 2008, she played the role of Condi in the Hustler production Who's Nailin' Paylin?. On January 11, 2011, Fire made a brief cameo in episode "Punching Water" of TNT police drama Southland, as an L.A...

 and Alexis Texas
Alexis Texas
Alexis Texas is an American pornographic model and adult film actress. She began her career in pornography in 2007 at the age of 21.-Biography:...

.

English star Nici Sterling
Nici Sterling
Nici Sterling, sometimes credited as Nici Norman, is a British former pornographic actress....

 appeared in many of the company's earlier films.

Tiana Lynn
Tiana Lynn
Tiana Lynn is a former American pornographic actress, known for her ability to ejaculate Lynn entered the adult industry in 2003, and soon after discovered her ability to squirt during a scene with Mark Ashley. In 2005 she became a contract performer and production manager for the adult production...

 starred in Cum Rain Cum Shine in 2004. She then started working for the company behind the scenes, as a receptionist and in public relations. Lynn quit performing in February 2006 to work in Elegant Angels' sales department full-time.

Gianna Michaels also performed in her first anal sex scene in an Elegant Angel production.

Directors

Patrick Collins originally directed
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:...

 several of the companies films himself. He had previously directed the Sodomania series whilst working with Stagliano. Collins would go on to direct Squirtwoman starring Cytherea, Cum Rain Cum Shine in 2004, and the solo masturbation
Masturbation
Masturbation refers to sexual stimulation of a person's own genitals, usually to the point of orgasm. The stimulation can be performed manually, by use of objects or tools, or by some combination of these methods. Masturbation is a common form of autoeroticism...

 line All By Myself.

Collins praises the contribution of cameraman Michael Cates to the studios early success. Cates later directed films including Sodomania 7 and Sleeping Booty.

The studios original directors were Collins, and the young team of Rob Black
Rob Zicari
Robert D. Zicari a.k.a. Rob Black is an American pornographer and former professional wrestling promoter. Together with his wife Janet Romano he owns the porn company Extreme Associates....

, Tom Byron
Tom Byron
Tom Byron is an American pornographic actor and director. He is of Italian descent and is an alumnus of the University of Houston. He has also been credited as Tom Byrom, Tim Byron, Tom Bryon, Tom Bryan, and Tommy Byron...

 and Van Damage
Van Damage
Van Damage , a former soldier in an elite Special Forces unit, is a former American Porn Star and also an acclaimed director, cameraman and producer in the pornography industry...

. These three had previously worked for Collins creating films under the Extreme Associates
Extreme Associates
Extreme Associates, formerly known as Extreme and Extreme 2.0, is a pornographic film producer, featuring a catalog of DVD titles and Internet content. It is owned by Rob Zicari and his wife Janet Romano . The studio's material is controversial, with its films often featuring erotic humiliation...

 label, when Extreme was a partner of Evil/Elegant Angel. During this period they directed series like The Blowjob Adventures of Dr. Fellatio, Cumback Pussy, Miscreants, and Filthy First Timers. In 1997, Black, Byron, and Damage left Elegant Angel to establish Extreme Associates as a separate company.

Mason and Jake Malone directed for EA at the start of their careers, however both left in early 2004.

Thomas Zupko directed three films in the Big Wet Asses series.

William H was responsible for Tails of Perversity 2, and the Flower's Squirt Shower and Big Wet Asses series.

Marc Wallice
Marc Wallice
Marc Wallice is a former American pornographic actor in adult films. He tested HIV positive in 1998 after allegedly hiding his HIV positive status for two years and infecting several women, sending shock waves throughout the porn industry. He left the industry but later returned as a director,...

 directed the series, Marc Wallice's Tales of Perversity. Wallice had previously acted, however turned to directing when, after a false HIV test scandal, he was revealed to be HIV-positive.

Performer and director L.T. joined Elegant in early 2006, and worked on lines including Big Black Wet Asses and Up That Black Ass.

Writer and director David Stanley also worked for Elegant Angel before moving to Wicked Pictures
Wicked Pictures
Wicked Pictures is an American pornographic movie studio headquartered in Canoga Park, California. In 2006 it was described by Reuters as one of the handful of studios that dominate the U.S. porn industry...

.

Distribution deals

In late 2003, Elegant Angel arranged for Devil's Film
Devil's Film
Devil's Film is an American pornographic film studio, based in Canoga Park, Los Angeles, California. The company describes its material as Gonzo pornography, and by 2009 had produced more than 1000 films...

 to take over the exclusive distribution of Elegant Angel titles in the U.S. The deal was dissolved in early 2004, in a mutual agreement by both companies.

In October 2006, Elegant Angel entered a deal with LFP Broadcasting, owner of Hustler TV
Hustler TV
Hustler TV is an American pornographic premium television channel available through satellite, video on demand and digital cable. The channel is dedicated to offering explicit adult material, uncut and uncensored from Hustler, one of the most well known brands in adult entertainment. The channel...

, for Hustler TV to distribute Elegant Angel content over cable and satellite pay-per-view
Pay-per-view
Pay-per-view provides a service by which a television audience can purchase events to view via private telecast. The broadcaster shows the event at the same time to everyone ordering it...

 and video on demand
Video on demand
Video on Demand or Audio and Video On Demand are systems which allow users to select and watch/listen to video or audio content on demand...

 television.

In November, 2006, Elegant Angel announced that it would distribute its videos in Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...

 exclusively through Red Light District Video
Red Light District Video
Red Light District Video is an American pornographic film studio headquartered in Chatsworth, California.-History:The company was founded in 2001 by industry veteran Dion Giarrusso and his half-brother David Joseph, who co-owned the company. Giarrusso had previously worked as general manager of...

, but in April 2007, Elegant Angel launched its own European division, Elegant Angel Europe.

The studios content is also available on Fyre TV, Cinema Now's download-to-burn service, and on other video-on-demand sites.

Awards

The following is a selection of some of the major awards EA films have won.
  • 1996 AVN Award - 'Best Vignette Release' for Sodomania 12
  • 1997 AVN Award - Best Amateur Series - Filthy First Timers
  • 1997 AVN Award - 'Best Vignette Release' for Sodomania 16
  • 1998 AVN Award - Best Gonzo Series - Cumback Pussy
  • 1999 AVN Award - 'Best Vignette Release' for Sodomania 24
  • 2000 AVN Award - 'Best Vignette Release' for Sodomania 28
  • 2000 AVN Award - Best Oral-Themed Series - Blowjob Adventures of Dr. Fellatio"
  • 2001 AVN Award - Best Oral-Themed Series - Blowjob Adventures of Dr. Fellatio"
  • 2002 AVN Award - Best Ethnic-Themed Release - Freakazoids
  • 2003 AVN Award - Best Specialty Release - Big Bust - Heavy Handfuls
  • 2003 AVN Award - Best Vignette Release - Mason's Dirty Trixxx
  • 2004 AVN Award - Best Specialty Big Bust Release - Heavy Handfuls 2
  • 2004 AVN Award - Best Vignette Tape - Mason's Dirty Trixxx 2
  • 2004 AVN Award - Best Vignette Release - Mason's Dirty Trixxx 2
  • 2005 AVN Award - Best Vignette Series - Sodomania
  • 2005 AVN Award - Best Anal-Themed Feature - Big Wet Asses 3
  • 2005 AVN Award - Best Specialty Release, Other Genre - Cytherea Iz Squirtwoman
  • 2006 AVN Award - Best Specialty Release - Squirting - Flower's Squirt Shower 2
  • 2006 AVN Award - Best Oral-Themed Series - Glazed and Confused
  • 2006 AVN Award - Best Anal-Themed Series - Big Wet Asses
  • 2007 AVN Award - Best Anal-Themed Series - Big Wet Asses
  • 2007 AVN Award - Best Specialty Release - Squirting - Flower's Squirt Shower 3
  • 2007 AVN Award - Best Specialty Series - Squirting - Flower's Squirt Shower
  • 2008 AVN Award - Best Anal-Themed Series - Big Wet Asses
  • 2008 AVN Award - Best Gonzo Release - Brianna Love Is Buttwoman
  • 2008 AVN Award - Best MILF Release - It's a Mommy Thing
  • 2008 AVN Award - Best Squirting Release - Flower's Squirt Shower 4
  • 2008 AVN Award - Best Squirting Series - Jada Fire Is Squirtwoman
  • 2008 Empire Award - Best Overall Studio - Elegant Angel
  • 2008 Empire Award - Best All-Sex DVD - Alexis Texas is Buttwoman
    Alexis Texas is Buttwoman
    Alexis Texas is Buttwoman is a pornographic film produced by Elegant Angel which features Texas' first anal sex scene. Released in 2008, it stars Alexis Texas, Michael Stefano, Mr. Pete, Mick Blue, Mark Ashley, Gianna Michaels, Kristina Rose and Jenna Haze. The film was directed by William H...

  • 2009 AVN Award - Best All-Sex Release - Alexis Texas is Buttwoman
  • 2009 AVN Award - Best Big Bust Series - Big Wet Tits
  • 2009 AVN Award - Best Big Butt Release - Big Wet Asses 13
  • 2009 AVN Award - Best Big Butt Series - Big Wet Asses
  • 2009 AVN Award - Best Solo Release - All By Myself 3
  • 2009 AVN Award - Best Squirting Release - Jada Fire is Squirtwoman 3
  • 2009 AVN Award - Best Squirting Series - Jada Fire Is Squirtwoman
  • 2009 AVN Award - Best Young Girl Series - It's a Daddy Thing
  • 2009 XRCO Award - Best Gonzo Movie - Alexis Texas is Buttwoman
  • 2009 XRCO Award - Best Gonzo Series - Big Wet Asses
  • 2009 XBIZ Award
    XBIZ Award
    XBIZ Awards are given annually to honor "individuals, companies, performers and products that play an essential part in the growth and success of adult entertainment". Organized by the adult industry trade magazine XBIZ, the awards were first given in 2003...

     - Gonzo Release of the Year - Performers of the Year
  • 2010 XBIZ Award
    XBIZ Award
    XBIZ Awards are given annually to honor "individuals, companies, performers and products that play an essential part in the growth and success of adult entertainment". Organized by the adult industry trade magazine XBIZ, the awards were first given in 2003...

     - Gonzo Movie of the Year - Tori Black is Pretty Filthy
  • 2010 XBIZ Award
    XBIZ Award
    XBIZ Awards are given annually to honor "individuals, companies, performers and products that play an essential part in the growth and success of adult entertainment". Organized by the adult industry trade magazine XBIZ, the awards were first given in 2003...

     - Gonzo Release - Pornstar Workout
  • 2011 XBIZ Award
    XBIZ Award
    XBIZ Awards are given annually to honor "individuals, companies, performers and products that play an essential part in the growth and success of adult entertainment". Organized by the adult industry trade magazine XBIZ, the awards were first given in 2003...

     - Gonzo Studio of the Year
  • 2011 XBIZ Award
    XBIZ Award
    XBIZ Awards are given annually to honor "individuals, companies, performers and products that play an essential part in the growth and success of adult entertainment". Organized by the adult industry trade magazine XBIZ, the awards were first given in 2003...

     - Gonzo Series of the Year - Big Wet Asses
  • 2011 XBIZ Award
    XBIZ Award
    XBIZ Awards are given annually to honor "individuals, companies, performers and products that play an essential part in the growth and success of adult entertainment". Organized by the adult industry trade magazine XBIZ, the awards were first given in 2003...

    - Gonzo Release - Pornstar Workout

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