Tanya Hyde is a London

London

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-based director of pornographic films, particularly fetish-themed hardcore

Hardcore pornography

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 titles. Her films typically feature performers in leather

Leather

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, latex

Latex

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 and rubber

Rubber

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 fetish costuming

Fetish fashion

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 and cater to an interest in kink and fetish play

Kink (sexual)

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, BDSM play

Play (BDSM)

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, group sex

Group sex

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, anal sex

Anal sex

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, pegging

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 and fucking machines. To date, she has directed more than 25 films.

Between 1998 and 2000, Tanya Hyde directed five films for Private Media Group

Private Media Group

Private Media Group, Inc. is a production and distribution company that distributes adult entertainment via print publications, DVDs, the internet, and mobile....

's Pirate Video Deluxe series, all featuring Hungarian porn star Monique Covét

Monique Covét

Monique Covét is a Hungarian pornographic actress and fetish model. From 1998 to 2001, she came to prominence as the star of several features for the Private Media Group, mainly appearing in fetish-oriented films produced by the company's subsidiary Pirate label.- Early career :By her own account,...

 in the lead role. As a result, Covét quickly became one of Private's most popular and best-known starlets, and Hyde likewise acquired a reputation for her stylish and imaginative brand of fetish-oriented hardcore eroticism. British porn actor Tony De Sergio and French porn actor Kevin Long have also appeared in many of Hyde's films from this period and after.

In 2001, Hyde made the hardcore film Wasteland in Amsterdam

Amsterdam

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 for Jaded Pictures; and in 2003, she made the lesbian-themed fetish feature Tanya Hyde's World Without Men for MSS Productions. Since 2004, Tanya Hyde has been a prolific director of hardcore fetish titles for the British adult film production company

Production company

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 Harmony Films.

Titles for Private Media Group

Private Media Group

Private Media Group, Inc. is a production and distribution company that distributes adult entertainment via print publications, DVDs, the internet, and mobile....

's Pirate Video Deluxe Series

• Pirate Video Deluxe 1: Xtreme Desires (1998)
• Pirate Video Deluxe 5: Tanya Hyde's Twisted Dreams (1999)
• Pirate Video Deluxe 7: Tanya Hyde's London Calling (1999)
• Pirate Video Deluxe 10: Hell, Whores and High Heels (2000)
• Pirate Video Deluxe 13: Tanya Hyde's Rubberfuckers Rule (2000)

Titles for Harmony Films

• Hotel Hyde (2004)
• Cabaret Bizarre (2004)
• House of Shame (2005)
• Orgazm Addictz (2006)
• Sex Club (2006)
• Kinky Bitch (2007)
• Maison Erotique (2007)
• Deviant (2007)
• Pervertz! (2008)
• Sex Maniax (2008)
• Underworld (2008)
• Dollz House (2009)
• The Wicked Ones (2009)
• Aphrodiziac (2010)
• Dressing For Sex (2010)
• Original Sinners (2010)
• Between the Cheeks (2011)
• Girls Behaving Badly (2011)
• Decadent Divas (2011)
• Preach to the Perverted (2011)

Awards

• 2001 AVN Award – Best Director, Foreign Release – Hell, Whores and High Heels
• 2008 Adam Film World Guide Award – Best Foreign Director
• 2008 Adam Film World Guide Award – Best Foreign Fetish Film – Maison Erotique

External links

• IAFD.com profile