Wash West
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Wash Westmoreland is an independent film director who has worked in television, documentaries, independent films. Westmoreland's began directing in the adult film world of the late-nineties making deliberately ironic post-modern porn. His 2006 release, "Quinceañera", had a double Sundance
win (Audience Award and Grand Jury Prize), and also picked up the Humanitas Prize
, and the John Cassavetes
Spirit Award. In 2008 Westmoreland produced an MTV film "Pedro" about AIDS
activist Pedro Zamora
that was introduced on MTV
by U.S. President Bill Clinton
. Working with his partner Richard Glatzer, he is slated to direct "Hello Darkness," a vampire movie set in the North of England and "Sensational," a feature for HBO.
and his mother worked as a receptionist at a local hair salon. He was named "Paul" after a member of the The Beatles but received the nickname "Wash" as a child. He finished high school intending to pursue science at university level, but after a short disruptive spell in a religious cult changed his direction to study social science. Westmoreland earned his college degree in Politics and East Asian Studies at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Fukuoka University
in Japan, graduating in 1990. He emigrated to America in 1992, initially living in New York City
, then moving to New Orleans where worked washing dishes and cleaning houses. In 1995 he moved to Los Angeles
to pursue a career in film.
's movie Hustler White
, Westmoreland decided to enter the Adult Entertainment world to make what he described as "post-modern pornography" and research material for a feature film project The Fluffer. He managed to land a job directing for BIG Video, a minor label and directed under the name Wash West. Toolbox and Dr Jerkoff and Mr Hard were his first significant films.
In 1997 he wrote and directed Naked Highway for BIG Video. This film starred Jim Buck and received high praise from many critics and was filled with daring music, deep saturated color alternating with washed out sections and black and white sequences. It was also released in a softcore
edit and made available in more mainstream outlets. The movie swept both the 1997 Adult Erotic Gay Video Awards and the 1998 AVN Awards
.
It was also during this time that Westmoreland started to make his presence in mainstream films felt. He appeared briefly in Velvet Goldmine
by director Todd Haynes
. Haynes would go on to work with Westmoreland as a producer on Quinceañera
.
Westmoreland went on to direct the cat-and-mouse thriller Animus for All Worlds Video, which channelled the millennium fears of the time (1999) and featured performances from Blake Harper
and Thomas Lloyd
, who both won GayVN Awards
for their work.
Taking a different direction, he began to produce a series of comic videos for All Worlds Video under the name of Bud Light. Of these, The Devil is a Bottom won the 2001 GayVN Award
as Best Sex Comedy and was surprisingly listed as one of the LA Weekly
Critic's Top Ten Movies of the year.
His work in the adult industry culminated in 2001 independent film The Fluffer
which was loosely based on many real events and characters. Around this time he gave a candid interview to Terri Gross on NPR
's Fresh Air. After this he only made two more adult movies; Seven Deadly Sins Gluttony for All Worlds Video, based on Oscar Wilde
's The Picture of Dorian Gray
and a parody
of the horror film The Ring
called The Hole for Jet Set Productions which dealt with a videotape that would turn those who watched it gay in seven days. Westmoreland picked up many GayVN Awards
for both titles. The Hole was also released in a softcore
edit for more mainstream outlets.
, was an exploration of obsession and power relations set with the adult video industry. The film received generally favorable reviews and was successful enough that West proved he could helm more mainstream films. He co-directed this film with his professional and personal partner, Richard Glatzer.
After this Westmoreland segued into television work, making a successful VH1 show called Totally Gay
which charted the evolution of mainstream gay culture from 1993-2003.
Then, Westmoreland made a documentary called Gay Republicans
about the Log Cabin Republican reaction to President George W. Bush
's support for a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage in the 2004 election campaign. The doc premiered on Trio
cable network on election night. Shortly after, a longer version was shown at the 2004 American Film Institute
festival where it picked up the Audience Award
for best documentary.
Then came another collaboration with Glatzer -- Quinceañera
-- about a 14 year old Hispanic girl discovering she is pregnant and being kicked out of the house. The film also received generally favorable reviews, reaching 86% on RottenTomatoes.com and has won awards at various film festivals including the Sundance Film Festival
where it picked up the audience award for best narrative feature as well as the Grand Jury Prize.
Quinceañera also received the Humanitas Prize
for best screenplay of an independent film and the John Cassavetes
Prize at the Independent Spirit Award for best low-budget independent movie.
As Wash West
As Bud Light
In addition, Wash West directed the following winners for Best Gay Video:
He also directed the following Best Sex Scene Winners:
Sundance Film Festival
The Sundance Film Festival is a film festival that takes place annually in Utah, in the United States. It is the largest independent cinema festival in the United States. Held in January in Park City, Salt Lake City, and Ogden, as well as at the Sundance Resort, the festival is a showcase for new...
win (Audience Award and Grand Jury Prize), and also picked up the Humanitas Prize
Humanitas Prize
The Humanitas Prize is an award for film and television writing intended to promote human dignity, meaning, and freedom. It began in 1974 with Father Ellwood "Bud" Kieser — also the founder of Paulist Productions — but is generally not seen as specifically directed toward religious...
, and the John Cassavetes
John Cassavetes
John Nicholas Cassavetes was an American actor, screenwriter and filmmaker. He acted in many Hollywood films, notably Rosemary's Baby and The Dirty Dozen...
Spirit Award. In 2008 Westmoreland produced an MTV film "Pedro" about AIDS
AIDS
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus...
activist Pedro Zamora
Pedro Zamora
Pedro Pablo Zamora was a Cuban-American AIDS educator and television personality...
that was introduced on MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
by U.S. President Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation...
. Working with his partner Richard Glatzer, he is slated to direct "Hello Darkness," a vampire movie set in the North of England and "Sensational," a feature for HBO.
Biography
Wash Westmoreland was born Paul Westmoreland in Leeds, England on March 4, 1966. His father was a maintenance engineer for the CEGBCEGB
The Central Electricity Generating Board was the cornerstone of the British electricity industry for almost 40 years; from 1957, to privatisation in the 1990s....
and his mother worked as a receptionist at a local hair salon. He was named "Paul" after a member of the The Beatles but received the nickname "Wash" as a child. He finished high school intending to pursue science at university level, but after a short disruptive spell in a religious cult changed his direction to study social science. Westmoreland earned his college degree in Politics and East Asian Studies at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Fukuoka University
Fukuoka University
is a private university in Fukuoka, Japan. It is the largest general university in western Japan, with more than 20,000 students. It is sometimes mistaken for a national university...
in Japan, graduating in 1990. He emigrated to America in 1992, initially living in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
, then moving to New Orleans where worked washing dishes and cleaning houses. In 1995 he moved to Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
to pursue a career in film.
Early career
After working as a camera assistant on Bruce LaBruceBruce LaBruce
Bruce LaBruce is a Canadian writer, filmmaker, photographer and underground gay porn director based in Toronto, Ontario.-Biography:...
's movie Hustler White
Hustler White
Hustler White is a 1996 film by Bruce LaBruce and Rick Castro, a satiric black sex comedy about gay hustlers and their customers in Santa Monica, California. It stars Tony Ward and LaBruce in an addition to the Queer Cinema canon, which is also an homage to classic Hollywood cinema...
, Westmoreland decided to enter the Adult Entertainment world to make what he described as "post-modern pornography" and research material for a feature film project The Fluffer. He managed to land a job directing for BIG Video, a minor label and directed under the name Wash West. Toolbox and Dr Jerkoff and Mr Hard were his first significant films.
In 1997 he wrote and directed Naked Highway for BIG Video. This film starred Jim Buck and received high praise from many critics and was filled with daring music, deep saturated color alternating with washed out sections and black and white sequences. It was also released in a softcore
Softcore
Softcore pornography is a form of filmic or photographic pornography or erotica that is less sexually explicit than hardcore pornography. It is intended to tickle and arouse men and women. Softcore pornography depicts nude and semi-nude performers engaging in casual social nudity or non-graphic...
edit and made available in more mainstream outlets. The movie swept both the 1997 Adult Erotic Gay Video Awards and the 1998 AVN Awards
AVN Awards
The AVN Awards are movie awards sponsored and presented by the American adult video industry trade magazine AVN to honor exceptional performance in various aspects of the creation and marketing of American pornographic movies. They are called the "Oscars of porn"...
.
It was also during this time that Westmoreland started to make his presence in mainstream films felt. He appeared briefly in Velvet Goldmine
Velvet Goldmine
Velvet Goldmine is a 1998 British/American drama film directed and co-written by Todd Haynes. The film tells the story of a pop star based mainly on David Bowie's 'Ziggy Stardust' character and is set in Britain during the days of glam rock in the early 1970s.Sandy Powell received another Academy...
by director Todd Haynes
Todd Haynes
Todd Haynes is an American independent film director and screenwriter. He is best known for his feature films Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story, Poison, Velvet Goldmine, Safe, and the Academy Award-nominated Far from Heaven and I'm Not There.- Style and themes :The writes that "Haynes is...
. Haynes would go on to work with Westmoreland as a producer on Quinceañera
Quinceañera (film)
Quinceañera is a 2006 American drama film written and directed by Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland. It was released as Echo Park, LA in UK. Set in Echo Park, Los Angeles, the film follows the lives of two young Mexican American cousins who become estranged from their families: Magdalena...
.
Westmoreland went on to direct the cat-and-mouse thriller Animus for All Worlds Video, which channelled the millennium fears of the time (1999) and featured performances from Blake Harper
Blake Harper
Blake Allen Harper is a current gay porn star. He has shot over 60 films....
and Thomas Lloyd
Thomas Lloyd (porn star)
Thomas Lloyd is a retired gay porn star who won a GayVN Award in 2000 for Best Supporting Actor in Animus. He appeared as himself in The Fluffer and had an important role in Hardbody 2000 2: Chi Chi's Birthday Bash. He was born in eastern Kansas...
, who both won GayVN Awards
GayVN Awards
The GAYVN Awards are presented annually to honor work done in the gay pornography industry. The awards are sponsored by AVN Magazine, the parent publication of GAYVN Magazine, and continue the recognition for gay pornography which was part of the AVN Awards from 1986–1998.The award recipients...
for their work.
Taking a different direction, he began to produce a series of comic videos for All Worlds Video under the name of Bud Light. Of these, The Devil is a Bottom won the 2001 GayVN Award
GayVN Awards
The GAYVN Awards are presented annually to honor work done in the gay pornography industry. The awards are sponsored by AVN Magazine, the parent publication of GAYVN Magazine, and continue the recognition for gay pornography which was part of the AVN Awards from 1986–1998.The award recipients...
as Best Sex Comedy and was surprisingly listed as one of the LA Weekly
LA Weekly
LA Weekly is a free weekly tabloid-sized "alternative weekly" in Los Angeles, California. It was founded in 1978 by Editor/Publisher Jay Levin and a board of directors that included actor-producer Michael Douglas...
Critic's Top Ten Movies of the year.
His work in the adult industry culminated in 2001 independent film The Fluffer
The Fluffer
The Fluffer, a 2001 U.S. independent film, is a triangular story of obsessive love set against the backdrop of the adult video industry. The film was written by Wash West and co-directed by West and his life partner Richard Glatzer...
which was loosely based on many real events and characters. Around this time he gave a candid interview to Terri Gross on NPR
NPR
NPR, formerly National Public Radio, is a privately and publicly funded non-profit membership media organization that serves as a national syndicator to a network of 900 public radio stations in the United States. NPR was created in 1970, following congressional passage of the Public Broadcasting...
's Fresh Air. After this he only made two more adult movies; Seven Deadly Sins Gluttony for All Worlds Video, based on Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde
Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde was an Irish writer and poet. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of London's most popular playwrights in the early 1890s...
's The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Picture of Dorian Gray is the only published novel by Oscar Wilde, appearing as the lead story in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine on 20 June 1890, printed as the July 1890 issue of this magazine...
and a parody
Parody
A parody , in current usage, is an imitative work created to mock, comment on, or trivialise an original work, its subject, author, style, or some other target, by means of humorous, satiric or ironic imitation...
of the horror film The Ring
The Ring (2002 film)
The Ring is a 2002 American psychological horror film directed by Gore Verbinski and starring Naomi Watts and Martin Henderson. It is a remake of the 1998 Japanese horror film Ring....
called The Hole for Jet Set Productions which dealt with a videotape that would turn those who watched it gay in seven days. Westmoreland picked up many GayVN Awards
GayVN Awards
The GAYVN Awards are presented annually to honor work done in the gay pornography industry. The awards are sponsored by AVN Magazine, the parent publication of GAYVN Magazine, and continue the recognition for gay pornography which was part of the AVN Awards from 1986–1998.The award recipients...
for both titles. The Hole was also released in a softcore
Softcore
Softcore pornography is a form of filmic or photographic pornography or erotica that is less sexually explicit than hardcore pornography. It is intended to tickle and arouse men and women. Softcore pornography depicts nude and semi-nude performers engaging in casual social nudity or non-graphic...
edit for more mainstream outlets.
Mainstream
Westmoreland's first mainstream film The FlufferThe Fluffer
The Fluffer, a 2001 U.S. independent film, is a triangular story of obsessive love set against the backdrop of the adult video industry. The film was written by Wash West and co-directed by West and his life partner Richard Glatzer...
, was an exploration of obsession and power relations set with the adult video industry. The film received generally favorable reviews and was successful enough that West proved he could helm more mainstream films. He co-directed this film with his professional and personal partner, Richard Glatzer.
After this Westmoreland segued into television work, making a successful VH1 show called Totally Gay
Totally Gay
Totally Gay! is a 2003 television special on VH1 that introduces the gay pop culture in the United States. The content of the show includes the hottest sitcoms , newest gay icons , and the most popular dog breed .The somewhat light-hearted tone of the show was balanced at the end by narrator Trev...
which charted the evolution of mainstream gay culture from 1993-2003.
Then, Westmoreland made a documentary called Gay Republicans
Gay Republicans (2004 film)
Gay Republicans is a 2004 documentary directed by Wash Westmoreland that focuses on four Log Cabin Republicans as they struggle with President George W. Bush's unequivocal opposition to gay marriage and are forced to make a choice: Whether to be good Republicans and support the President, or stand...
about the Log Cabin Republican reaction to President George W. Bush
George W. Bush
George Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000....
's support for a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage in the 2004 election campaign. The doc premiered on Trio
Trio (TV network)
Trio was an American cable and satellite television network.Trio went on the air in 1997, then originally owned and operated jointly by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and Power Broadcasting Inc. as a venue for airing the CBC's arts, culture and entertainment programming in the U.S...
cable network on election night. Shortly after, a longer version was shown at the 2004 American Film Institute
American Film Institute
The American Film Institute is an independent non-profit organization created by the National Endowment for the Arts, which was established in 1967 when President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act...
festival where it picked up the Audience Award
Audience award
An audience award is typically an award at a film festival which is selected by the audience attending the festival, rather than by the festival jury or a group of critics.- Examples :...
for best documentary.
Then came another collaboration with Glatzer -- Quinceañera
Quinceañera (film)
Quinceañera is a 2006 American drama film written and directed by Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland. It was released as Echo Park, LA in UK. Set in Echo Park, Los Angeles, the film follows the lives of two young Mexican American cousins who become estranged from their families: Magdalena...
-- about a 14 year old Hispanic girl discovering she is pregnant and being kicked out of the house. The film also received generally favorable reviews, reaching 86% on RottenTomatoes.com and has won awards at various film festivals including the Sundance Film Festival
Sundance Film Festival
The Sundance Film Festival is a film festival that takes place annually in Utah, in the United States. It is the largest independent cinema festival in the United States. Held in January in Park City, Salt Lake City, and Ogden, as well as at the Sundance Resort, the festival is a showcase for new...
where it picked up the audience award for best narrative feature as well as the Grand Jury Prize.
Quinceañera also received the Humanitas Prize
Humanitas Prize
The Humanitas Prize is an award for film and television writing intended to promote human dignity, meaning, and freedom. It began in 1974 with Father Ellwood "Bud" Kieser — also the founder of Paulist Productions — but is generally not seen as specifically directed toward religious...
for best screenplay of an independent film and the John Cassavetes
John Cassavetes
John Nicholas Cassavetes was an American actor, screenwriter and filmmaker. He acted in many Hollywood films, notably Rosemary's Baby and The Dirty Dozen...
Prize at the Independent Spirit Award for best low-budget independent movie.
Filmography
As Wash Westmoreland- (2006) QuinceañeraQuinceañera (film)Quinceañera is a 2006 American drama film written and directed by Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland. It was released as Echo Park, LA in UK. Set in Echo Park, Los Angeles, the film follows the lives of two young Mexican American cousins who become estranged from their families: Magdalena...
writer, director - (2004) Gay Republicans writer, director
- (2003) Totally Gay director (for VH-1)
- (2001) The FlufferThe FlufferThe Fluffer, a 2001 U.S. independent film, is a triangular story of obsessive love set against the backdrop of the adult video industry. The film was written by Wash West and co-directed by West and his life partner Richard Glatzer...
writer, director - (1998) Velvet Goldmine actor
- (1996) Hustler White actor, assistant camera
As Wash West
- (2003) The Hole writer, director
- (2002) Rubber is Natural (short) director
- (2001) Seven Deadly Sins: Gluttony aka The Porno Picture of Dorian Gray writer, director, videographer
- (1999) Animus writer, director, videographer
- (1999) Technical Ecstasy writer, director
- (1997) Naked Highway writer, director, videographer
- (1998) Toolbox writer, director
- (1996) Dr Jerkoff and Mr Hard writer, director, videographer
- (1996) Taking the Plunge!director, writer
- (1995) Squishy Does Porno writer, director
As Bud Light
- (2005) Jet Set Direct: Take Two producer (one scene only)
- (2004) Jet Set Direct: Take One producer (one scene only)
- (2002) Porn Academy producer
- (2000) Brothers in Arms producer
- (2000) The Devil is a Bottom producer
- (2000) Florida Erection producer
- (1999) Lost Exit videographer
- (1998) Red Hot and Safe producer
Awards
- 1997 Adult Erotic Gay Video AwardGrabby recipientsThis is a listing of the winners of the Adult Erotic Gay Video Awards . The awards are given annually by Gay Chicago Magazine and were first given in 1991; the first live awards ceremony was in 1999 and presented awards for work done in 1998.-----1992: [Top]-----1993: [Top]-----1994:...
Best Director - Naked Highway, BIG Video - 1997 Adult Erotic Gay Video AwardGrabby recipientsThis is a listing of the winners of the Adult Erotic Gay Video Awards . The awards are given annually by Gay Chicago Magazine and were first given in 1991; the first live awards ceremony was in 1999 and presented awards for work done in 1998.-----1992: [Top]-----1993: [Top]-----1994:...
Best Screenplay - Naked Highway, BIG Video - 1997 Adult Erotic Gay Video AwardGrabby recipientsThis is a listing of the winners of the Adult Erotic Gay Video Awards . The awards are given annually by Gay Chicago Magazine and were first given in 1991; the first live awards ceremony was in 1999 and presented awards for work done in 1998.-----1992: [Top]-----1993: [Top]-----1994:...
Best Cinematography - Naked Highway, BIG Video - 1998 AVN AwardAVN AwardsThe AVN Awards are movie awards sponsored and presented by the American adult video industry trade magazine AVN to honor exceptional performance in various aspects of the creation and marketing of American pornographic movies. They are called the "Oscars of porn"...
Best Director (Gay Video) - Naked Highway, BIG Video - 1998 AVN AwardAVN AwardsThe AVN Awards are movie awards sponsored and presented by the American adult video industry trade magazine AVN to honor exceptional performance in various aspects of the creation and marketing of American pornographic movies. They are called the "Oscars of porn"...
Best Screenplay (Gay Video) - Naked Highway, BIG Video - 1998 AVN AwardAVN AwardsThe AVN Awards are movie awards sponsored and presented by the American adult video industry trade magazine AVN to honor exceptional performance in various aspects of the creation and marketing of American pornographic movies. They are called the "Oscars of porn"...
Best Videography (Gay Video) - Naked Highway, BIG Video - 1998 AVN AwardAVN AwardsThe AVN Awards are movie awards sponsored and presented by the American adult video industry trade magazine AVN to honor exceptional performance in various aspects of the creation and marketing of American pornographic movies. They are called the "Oscars of porn"...
Best Editing (Gay Video) - Dr Jerkoff and Mr Hard, BIG Video - 1999 Adult Erotic Gay Video AwardGrabby recipientsThis is a listing of the winners of the Adult Erotic Gay Video Awards . The awards are given annually by Gay Chicago Magazine and were first given in 1991; the first live awards ceremony was in 1999 and presented awards for work done in 1998.-----1992: [Top]-----1993: [Top]-----1994:...
Best Screenplay (Fantasy) - Animus, All Worlds Video - 2001 Adult Erotic Gay Video AwardGrabby recipientsThis is a listing of the winners of the Adult Erotic Gay Video Awards . The awards are given annually by Gay Chicago Magazine and were first given in 1991; the first live awards ceremony was in 1999 and presented awards for work done in 1998.-----1992: [Top]-----1993: [Top]-----1994:...
Best Screenplay - Seven Deadly Sins: Gluttony, All Worlds Video - 2002 GayVN Award Best Director - Seven Deadly Sins Gluttony, All Worlds Video
- 2002 GayVN Award Best Screenplay - Seven Deadly Sins Gluttony, All Worlds Video
- 2002 GayVN Award Best Videography - Seven Deadly Sins Gluttony, All Worlds Video
- 2002 GayVN Award Best Editing (with Andrew Rosen) - Seven Deadly Sins Gluttony, All Worlds Video
- 2003 Adult Erotic Gay Video AwardGrabby recipientsThis is a listing of the winners of the Adult Erotic Gay Video Awards . The awards are given annually by Gay Chicago Magazine and were first given in 1991; the first live awards ceremony was in 1999 and presented awards for work done in 1998.-----1992: [Top]-----1993: [Top]-----1994:...
Best Director - The Hole, Jet Set Productions - 2003 Adult Erotic Gay Video AwardGrabby recipientsThis is a listing of the winners of the Adult Erotic Gay Video Awards . The awards are given annually by Gay Chicago Magazine and were first given in 1991; the first live awards ceremony was in 1999 and presented awards for work done in 1998.-----1992: [Top]-----1993: [Top]-----1994:...
Best Screenplay - The Hole, Jet Set Productions - 2004 GayVN Award Best Director - The Hole, Jet Set Productions
- AFI Festival 2004 Audience Award for best documentary, Gay Republicans
- 2006 Sundance Film Festival Awards Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic - QuinceañeraQuinceañera (film)Quinceañera is a 2006 American drama film written and directed by Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland. It was released as Echo Park, LA in UK. Set in Echo Park, Los Angeles, the film follows the lives of two young Mexican American cousins who become estranged from their families: Magdalena...
- 2006 Sundance Film Festival Awards Audience Award: Dramatic - QuinceañeraQuinceañera (film)Quinceañera is a 2006 American drama film written and directed by Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland. It was released as Echo Park, LA in UK. Set in Echo Park, Los Angeles, the film follows the lives of two young Mexican American cousins who become estranged from their families: Magdalena...
- Newport International Film Festival 2006 Audience Award for Best Narrative feature "Quinceañera."
- Atlanta International Film Festival 2006 Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature "Quinceañera."
- Provincetown International Film FestivalProvincetown International Film FestivalThe Provincetown International Film Festival is an annual film festival founded in 1999 and held in Provincetown, Massachusetts. The festival presents a wide array of American and international narrative features, documentaries and short films for five days in June of each year.With panel...
2006 Best Feature Film "Quinceañera." - Humanitas Award for the Best Independent Screenplay "Quinceannera."
- National Gay and Lesbian Task ForceNational Gay and Lesbian Task ForceThe National Gay and Lesbian Task Force builds the political power of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community from the ground up. The Task Force is the country’s premier social justice organization fighting to improve the lives of LGBT people, and working to create positive, lasting...
Leadership Award 2006 - John Cassavetes Spirit Award 2007 for Best Low-Budget Feature "Quinceanera."
In addition, Wash West directed the following winners for Best Gay Video:
- 1997 Adult Erotic Gay Video AwardGrabby recipientsThis is a listing of the winners of the Adult Erotic Gay Video Awards . The awards are given annually by Gay Chicago Magazine and were first given in 1991; the first live awards ceremony was in 1999 and presented awards for work done in 1998.-----1992: [Top]-----1993: [Top]-----1994:...
Naked Highway, BIG Video - 1998 AVN AwardAVN AwardsThe AVN Awards are movie awards sponsored and presented by the American adult video industry trade magazine AVN to honor exceptional performance in various aspects of the creation and marketing of American pornographic movies. They are called the "Oscars of porn"...
Naked Highway, BIG Video - 1999 Adult Erotic Gay Video AwardGrabby recipientsThis is a listing of the winners of the Adult Erotic Gay Video Awards . The awards are given annually by Gay Chicago Magazine and were first given in 1991; the first live awards ceremony was in 1999 and presented awards for work done in 1998.-----1992: [Top]-----1993: [Top]-----1994:...
Fantasy Video - Technical Ecstasy, Men of OdysseyMen of Odyssey-Awards:* 1997 GayVN Awards winner of Best Overall Marketing Campaign for "Family Values".* 1998 GayVN Awards winner of Best Overall Marketing Campaign for "Ryker's Revenge".* 1999 Men in Video Awards winner of Most Romantic Video and Hottest Video.... - 2000 Adult Erotic Gay Video AwardGrabby recipientsThis is a listing of the winners of the Adult Erotic Gay Video Awards . The awards are given annually by Gay Chicago Magazine and were first given in 1991; the first live awards ceremony was in 1999 and presented awards for work done in 1998.-----1992: [Top]-----1993: [Top]-----1994:...
Comedy Video - The Devil is a Bottom, All Worlds Video (as Bud Light) - 2001 GayVN AwardGayVN AwardsThe GAYVN Awards are presented annually to honor work done in the gay pornography industry. The awards are sponsored by AVN Magazine, the parent publication of GAYVN Magazine, and continue the recognition for gay pornography which was part of the AVN Awards from 1986–1998.The award recipients...
Comedy Video - The Devil is a Bottom, All Worlds Video (as Bud Light) - 2002 GayVN Award Seven Deadly Sins Gluttony, All Worlds Video
- 2003 Adult Erotic Gay Video AwardGrabby recipientsThis is a listing of the winners of the Adult Erotic Gay Video Awards . The awards are given annually by Gay Chicago Magazine and were first given in 1991; the first live awards ceremony was in 1999 and presented awards for work done in 1998.-----1992: [Top]-----1993: [Top]-----1994:...
- The Hole, Jet Set Productions - 2004 GayVN Award The Hole, Jet Set Productions
He also directed the following Best Sex Scene Winners:
- 2000 GayVN Award Sex Scene (Duo) - Sam Crockett & Chad KennedyChad Kennedy-Videography:- External links :...
- Technical Ecstasy, Men of Odyssey - 2000 GayVN Award Sex Scene (Threesome) - Tanner Hayes, Zach Richards, Jack SimmonsJack Simmons (pornographic actor)Jack Simmons is an African American actor and director in gay pornography. He is credited with acting in over 90 pornography titles.-Awards and nominations:* 1997 Gay Erotic Video Awards nominee for Humanitarian....
- Animus, All Worlds Video - 2004 GayVN Award Sex Scene (Solo) - Tag Eriksson - The Hole, Jet Set Productions
See also
- List of Grabby recipients
- List of male performers in gay porn films
- List of pornographic movie studios
External links
These websites may contain graphic pornographic images- Interview by Benjamin Scuglia on Nightcharm.com
- Profile and Interview on ManNet.com
- Official The Hole movie site
- Indie Wire Interview with Wash Westmoreland Includes some biographical data
- Naked Highway review on GayVN
- Jennifer Prestigiacomo Interview with Wash West and review of The Fluffer
- Wash West on The New Orleans Index Project