VCA Pictures is an American pornographic film production and distribution

Film distribution

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 company. The company was founded by Russ Hampshire, and was formerly a major player during the 'Golden Age of Porn

Golden Age of Porn

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'. Throughout the 70's and 80's VCA produced big budget, plot-oriented feature films. In 1982 VCA sold 12,000 units of Insatiable on its first day of release, making it the top selling video (not just adult video) that year in America. In the 90's Hampshire served one year in jail for Interstate Transportation of Obscene Materials. In 2003 the company was bought by Hustler Video

Hustler Video

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, a subsidiary of Larry Flynt

Larry Flynt

Larry Claxton Flynt, Jr. is an American publisher and the president of Larry Flynt Publications . In 2003, Arena magazine listed him as the number one on the "50 Powerful People in Porn" list....

-owned Larry Flynt Publications

Larry Flynt Publications

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. VCA maintains a separate identity within the LFP conglomerate. VCA distributed the 1998 documentary 'Wadd: The Life & Times of John C. Holmes', and in 2004 provided footage for the HBO documentary Pornucopia

Pornucopia

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Films

Notable films VCA has produced or distributed include Insatiable, New Wave Hookers

New Wave Hookers

New Wave Hookers is a popular 1985 pornographic film featuring a cast of established performers from the era and followed by several sequels and a remake. The movie starred Ginger Lynn, Desiree Lane, Kristara Barrington, Kimberly Carson, Brooke Fields, Gina Carrera, Jamie Gillis, Jack Baker, Tom...

, The Devil in Miss Jones 2

The Devil in Miss Jones

The Devil in Miss Jones is a pornographic film, written, directed and produced by Gerard Damiano and starring Georgina Spelvin. It is widely regarded as a classic adult film, released during the Golden Age of Porn. Damiano made the film after his 1972 success with Deep Throat...

, The Opening of Misty Beethoven

The Opening of Misty Beethoven

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, Cafe Flesh

Café Flesh

Café Flesh is a 1982 post-apocalyptic cult pornographic science fiction film designed and directed by Stephen Sayadian and co-written by Sayadian and Jerry Stahl...

, Debbie Does Dallas 3

Debbie Does Dallas

Debbie Does Dallas is a 1978 pornographic film starring Bambi Woods. The plot of the film focuses on a team of cheerleaders attempting to earn enough money to send the title character to Dallas, Texas, to try out for the famous “Texas Cowgirls” cheerleading squad. The fictional name "Texas...

, Black Throat

Black Throat

Black Throat is an interracial pornographic film from 1985. It stars Peter North, Christy Canyon, , , , , Kevin James, Erica Boyer, Marc Wallice, and Steve Drake. Jack Baker stars in a non-sex role...

, Let Me Tell Ya 'bout Black Chicks

Let Me Tell Ya 'bout Black Chicks

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and Britney Rears

Britney Rears

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Directors

Notable directors

Film director

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 to have worked for VCA include; Axel Braun

Axel Braun

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, Gerard Damiano

Gerard Damiano

Gerard Damiano was an American director of adult films and producer, writer and director of the 1972 cult classic Deep Throat .-Biography:...

, Alex deRenzy, Gregory Dark

Gregory Dark

Gregory Dark is an American film director, film producer, music video director, and screenwriter. Dark is one of the few adult film-makers to successfully transition into mainstream Hollywood film-making...

, Henri Pachard

Henri Pachard

Henri Pachard was the pseudonym of American pornographic film director Ron Sullivan . His other aliases included Jackson St. Louis and Crystal Blue....

, John Leslie

John Leslie

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, Paul Thomas, 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:...

, Ben Dover

Ben Dover

Ben Dover is an English pornographic actor and director/producer of pornographic movies.-Beginnings in the adult film industry:...

, Michael Ninn

Michael Ninn

Michael Ninn is an adult film director and writer known for his innovative, artistic and stylized approach to adult film making. He began his career as a music video director, and made his first adult films in 1992. From 2002 through 2007, Ninn released films through his own production company,...

, Veronica Hart

Veronica Hart

Jane Esther Hamilton is an American former pornographic actress and current porn director who performed under the name Veronica Hart during the 1980s. She is sometimes credited as Jane Esther Hamilton, Jane Hamilton, V. Hart, Veronica Heart, Victoria Holt, Kathryn Stanleigh, Randee Styles or just...

, Eon McKai

Eon McKai

Eon McKai is an American director of alt porn-themed adult films. The name "Eon McKai" is a pseudonym and a tribute to punk singer Ian MacKaye....

, Chloe

Chloe (porn star)

Chloe is the stage name used by a veteran American adult film actress, nude model, script writer and director.- Early life:...

, Nicki Hunter

Nicki Hunter

Nicki Hunter is the stage name of an American pornographic actress and director. Her first video appearances were released in 2003.In 2004, she appeared in two episodes of the Howard Stern television show and in the television documentary The Porn King Versus the President.Hunter was a nominee in...

 and Eli Cross.

Performers

Notable actors and actresses to have worked for VCA include; John Holmes

John Holmes (actor)

John Curtis Holmes better known as John C. Holmes or Johnny Wadd , was one of the most prolific male porn stars of all time, appearing in about 2,500 adult loops, stag films, and pornographic feature movies in the 1970s and 1980s...

, Eric Ryan, Jeanna Fine

Jeanna Fine

Jeanna Fine is a pornographic actress and erotic dancer.- Career :Adult film actress Siobhan Hunter encouraged Fine to go into adult films. Adult film actress Barbara Dare remarked how "fine" Jeanna was, which prompted Jeanna to adopt that as her surname...

, Tawny Roberts

Tawny Roberts

Tawny Roberts is an American pornographic actress.-Awards:*2003 AVN Award nominee – Best New Starlet*2005 AVN Award nominee – Best Actress, Video – Unlovable...

, Taylor Rain

Taylor Rain

Taylor Rain is a former American pornographic actress.- Career :Rain first entered the pornographic video industry in November 2001. In 2003, she signed an exclusive two-year performing contract with Legend Video which would allow her to cut back on the number of scenes she performed in and...

, Kylie Ireland

Kylie Ireland

Kylie Ireland is an American pornographic actress, film director, producer, publicist, and Satellite radio show host.- Early life :...

, Ava Vincent

Ava Vincent

Ava Vincent is an American pornographic actress and model.-Biography:Vincent graduated from San Joaquin Delta College with a theatre arts degree...

, Chloe

Chloe (porn star)

Chloe is the stage name used by a veteran American adult film actress, nude model, script writer and director.- Early life:...

, Mike Horner, Vicca

Vicca

Vicca is a Russian glamour model and former contract porn star for VCA Pictures and Private Media Group. Vicca is noted for her onscreen performances with her girlfriend, fellow Russian actress Nikita Gross, and for being December 1998's American Penthouse Pet of the Month and 2001 Penthouse Pet of...

, Zak Smith

Zak Smith

Zak Smith, also known as Zak Sabbath, is an American artist and alternative porn star. He was born in Syracuse, New York in 1976, and grew up in Washington, D.C. After receiving a BFA from Cooper Union in 1998, he studied at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture and went on to receive an...

, Shayla LaVeaux

Shayla LaVeaux

Shayla LaVeaux is an American pornographic actress and exotic dancer.She was inducted into the AVN Hall of Fame in 2002.In August 2008 it was reported that LaVeaux will make an appearance in the upcoming film Seasoned Players 6.-Awards:...

, Mika Tan

Mika Tan

Mika Tan is the stage name of a fetish model , and pornographic actress of Asian ancestry.-Background:...

, Kristara Barrington

Kristara Barrington

Kristara Barrington is a former pornographic actress of Korean-European ancestry. Her appearance allowed her to switch between playing Asian and European roles....

, Nikki Dial

Nikki Dial

Nikki Dial is the stage name of an American porn actress. Dial began her adult film career as a teenager, in the film American Built, and performed in more than 70 movies between 1991 and 1996....

, Taylor Hayes

Taylor Hayes (porn star)

Taylor Hayes is a former American pornographic actress. She took her pseudonym from Taylor Hayes, the fictional character played by Hunter Tylo on the The Bold and the Beautiful, an American soap opera of which a teenaged Hayes was an enthusiastic devotee.-Career:Hayes was featured in Penthouse...

, Julian (pornographic actor)

Julian (pornographic actor)

Julián Ríos also known by the aliases Julian, Julián Ruíz, Julian Andretti or Jordan Rivers is a male American pornographic actor.-Early life:...

, Paul Carrigan

Paul Carrigan

Paul Carrigan is an American pornographic actor, director, model and star of gay pornographic film features from 1992-2010. Born in San Diego, California, Carrigan began acting in the pornographic film industry in 1992. In 1997, he was a cover model for Unzipped. He received a GayVN Awards...

, Brooke Hunter

Brooke Hunter

Brooke Hunter is an American pornographic actress and director. She married Don Hollywood on January 15, 2000. Before Brooke became a porn star she worked as an accountant....

, Alexandra Nice

Alexandra Nice

Alexandra Nice is the stage name of a pornographic actress.-Awards:*2000 AVN Award nominee – Best All-Girl Sex Scene, Video – Slutwoman...

, Sydnee Steele

Sydnee Steele

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, Joanna Angel

Joanna Angel

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, Nick Harmon

Nick Harmon

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, Scott Styles

Scott Styles

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, Nikita Gross

Nikita Gross

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, Paul Barresi

Paul Barresi

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, Tristan Mathews

Tristan Mathews

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 and Karina Clarke.

Awards

The following is a selection of some of the major awards VCA films have won.

• 1984 AVN Award - 'Best Art director - Film' for 'Cafe Flesh'.
• 1986 AVN Award - 'Best Film' for 'Raw Talent'
• 1986 AVN Award - 'Best Cinematography
  Cinematography
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  ' for 'Raw Talent'
• 1986 AVN Award - 'Best Screenplay
  Screenplay
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   - Film' for 'Raw Talent'
• 1987 AVN Award - 'Best Film' for 'The Devil in Miss Jones, Part 3'
• 1987 AVN Award - 'Best Screenplay - Film' for 'Sexually Altered States'
• 1988 AVN Award - 'Best All-Sex Release' for 'Baby Face II'.
• 1988 ANV Award - 'Best Editing
  Film editing
  Film editing is part of the creative post-production process of filmmaking. It involves the selection and combining of shots into sequences, and ultimately creating a finished motion picture. It is an art of storytelling...
  
   - Film' for 'Baby Face II'
• 1988 AVN Award - 'Best Editing - Video' for 'Edwin Durell's Dreamgirls'
• 1989 AVN Award - 'Best All-Sex Release' for 'Angel Puss'.
• 1989 AVN Award - 'Best Film' for 'Pretty Peaches 2'
• 1989 AVN Award - 'Best Director - Film' for 'Pretty Peaches 2'
• 1989 ANV Award - 'Best Editing - Film' for 'Pretty Peaches 2'
• 1989 AVN Award - 'Best Director - Video' for 'Catwoman'
• 1989 AVN Award - 'Best Editing - Video' for 'Catwoman'
• 1989 AVN Award - 'Best Screenplay - Video' for 'Catwoman'
• 1989 AVN Award - 'Best Video Feature' for 'Catwoman'
• 1990 AVN Award - 'Best Couples Sex Scene' for 'The Chameleon'
• 1990 AVN Award - 'Best Video Feature' for 'Mad Love'
• 1991 AVN Award - 'Top Renting Release of the Year' for 'Pretty Peaches 3'
• 1991 AVN Award - 'Best Couples Sex Scene' for 'Beauty & the Beast 2'
• 1991 AVN Award - 'Best Director - Video' for 'Beauty & the Beast 2'
• 1991 AVN Award - 'Best Editing - Video' for 'Beauty & the Beast 2'
• 1991 AVN Award - 'Best Video Feature' for 'Beauty & the Beast 2'
• 1992 AVN Award - 'Top Selling Release of the Year' for 'New Have Hookers 2'
• 1992 AVN Award - 'Best Editing - Video' for 'Curse of the Catwoman'
• 1992 AVN Award - 'Best Video Feature' for 'Curse of the Catwoman'
• 1993 AVN Award - 'Best Compilation Tape' for 'Only the Very Best on Film'
• 1993 AVN Award - 'Top Selling Release of the Year' for 'Chameleons'
• 1993 AVN Award - 'Top Renting Release of the Year' for 'Chameleons'
• 1993 ANV Award - 'Best Editing - Film' for 'Chameleons'
• 1994 AVN Award - 'Top Renting Release of the Year' for 'New Wave Hookers 3'
• 1994 AVN Award - 'Best Editing - Video' for 'The Creasemaster's Wife'
• 1995 AVN Award - 'Best Film' for 'Sex'
• 1995 AVN Award - 'Best Editing - Film' for 'Sex'
• 1995 AVN Award - 'Best Art Direction - Film' for 'Sex'.
• 1995 AVN Award - 'Best Art Direction - Video' for 'Bad Habits'
• 1995 AVN Award - 'Best Special Effects' for 'Virtual Sex'
• 1995 XRCO Award - 'Best Video' for 'Latex'
• 1996 AVN Award - 'Top Selling Release of the Year' for 'Latex'
• 1996 AVN Award - 'Best Art Direction - Video' for 'Latex'
• 1996 AVN Award - 'Best Editing - Video' for 'Latex'
• 1996 AVN Award - 'Best Special Effects' for 'Latex'
• 1996 AVN Award - 'Best Video Feature' for 'Latex'
• 1996 AVN Award - 'Top Renting Release of the Year' for 'Latex'
• 1996 AVN Award - 'Best Cinematography' for 'Sex 2'
• 1997 AVN Award - 'Top Selling Release of the Year' for 'Shock'
• 1997 AVN Award - 'Best Art Direction - Video' for 'Shock'
• 1997 AVN Award - 'Best Director - Video' for 'Shock'
• 1997 AVN Award - 'Best Editing - Video' for 'Shock'
• 1997 AVN Award - 'Best Special Effects' for 'Shock'
• 1997 AVN Award - 'Best Video Feature' for 'Shock'
• 1997 AVN Award - 'Top Renting Release of the Year' for 'Shock'
• 1998 AVN Award - 'Best All-Girl Release' for 'Diva 4'.
• 1998 AVN Award - 'Best Art Direction - Video' for 'New Wave Hookers 5: The Next Generation'
• 1998 AVN Award - 'Best Special Effects' for 'New Wave Hookers 5
• 1998 AVN Award - 'Top Renting Release of the Year' for 'New Wave Hookers 5
• 1998 XRCO Award - 'Best Video' for 'Cafe Flesh 2'
• 1999 AVN Award - 'Best Couples Sex Scene' for 'Dream Catcher'
• 1999 AVN Award - 'Best Video Feature' for 'Cafe Flesh 2'
• 1999 AVN Award - 'Best Special Effects' for 'Cafe Flesh 2'
• 1999 AVN Award - 'Best Ethnic-Themed Release' for 'Dinner Party at Six'
• 2000 AVN Award - 'Top Renting Release of the Year' for 'Devil in Miss Jones 6'
• 2000 AVN Award - 'Best Video Feature' for 'Dark Garden'
• 2000 AVN Award - 'Best Classic DVD
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  ' for 'The Devil in Miss Jones Parts III & IV'
• 2000 AVN Award - 'Best DVD' for 'Cashmere'
• 2000 AVN Award - 'Best Special Effects' for 'Cashmere'
• 2001 AVN Award - 'Best Classic DVD' for 'Chameleons Not the Sequel'
• 2001 AVN Award - 'Best Art Direction - Video' for 'Shayla's Web'
• 2001 AVN Award - 'Best DVD' for 'Raw'
• 2001 AVN Award - 'Best Screenplay - Video' for 'Raw'
• 2002 AVN Award - 'Best DVD' for 'Unreal'
• 2002 AVN Award - 'Best Classic DVD' for 'The Opening of Misty Beethoven'
• 2002 AVN Award - 'Best Sex Comedy' for 'Cap'n Mongo's Porno Playhouse'.
• 2003 AVN Award - 'Best Classic DVD' for 'Pretty Peaches 2'
• 2004 AVN Award - 'Best Editing - Video' for 'New Wave Hookers 7'
• 2004 XRCO Award - 'Best Comedy or Parody' for 'Misty Beethoven: The Musical'
• 2005 AVN Award - 'Best Sex Comedy' for 'Misty Beethoven: The Musical'.
• 2005 AVN award - 'Most Outrageous Sex Scene' for Chloe, Ava Vincent
  Ava Vincent
  Ava Vincent is an American pornographic actress and model.-Biography:Vincent graduated from San Joaquin Delta College with a theatre arts degree...
  
   and Randy Spears
  Randy Spears
  Randy Spears is a well-known pornographic actor, having appeared in approximately 1000features. Sometimes credited as Greg Ory or Greg Slavin....
  
   in Misty Beethoven: The Musical
• 2006 AVN award - 'Most Outrageous Sex Scene' for Joanna Angel
  Joanna Angel
  Joanna Angel is an American alternative pornographic actress, director and writer of adult films. She used her real first name of Joanna for her stage name.-Early life:...
  
  in Re-Penetrator
• 2007 AVN Award- 'Best All Sex Release' for 'Neu Wave Hookers'. (shared with 'Blacklight Beauties' by Pulse Pictures)

External links

• hustlervideo.com
• vcapictures.com
• imdb.com - VCA at The Internet Movie Database