Adult Film Association of America
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The Adult Film Association of America, the AFAA, was the first American
association of pornographic film producers. It fought against censorship
laws, attempted to defend the industry against prosecution for obscenity, and held an annual adult film awards ceremony.
It was founded in 1969 in Kansas City
, with Sam Chernoff of Astro-Jemco Film Co. as the first president. Other notable presidents included producer David F. Friedman
, elected the third president in 1971, and re-elected four times before becoming Chairman of the Board, and erotic actress and magazine publisher Gloria Leonard
.
It held adult film awards ceremonies from 1976 through 1985, for a time the most notable such awards. In later years this ceremony was increasingly accused of bias, especially for the victory of Virginia in 1984, which led to the founding of the X-Rated Critics Organization
. The role of adult film awards has been mostly supplanted by the AVN Awards
.
With the advent of pornography on video, the AFAA renamed itself Adult Film and Video Association of America (AFVAA). Its role as the trade association of the adult entertainment industry has been taken over by the Free Speech Coalition
, organized in 1991, which acknowledges the AFAA as its first ancestor.
United States
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association of pornographic film producers. It fought against censorship
Censorship
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laws, attempted to defend the industry against prosecution for obscenity, and held an annual adult film awards ceremony.
It was founded in 1969 in Kansas City
Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City, Missouri is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and is the anchor city of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, the second largest metropolitan area in Missouri. It encompasses in parts of Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties...
, with Sam Chernoff of Astro-Jemco Film Co. as the first president. Other notable presidents included producer David F. Friedman
David F. Friedman
David Frank Friedman was an American filmmaker and film producer.-Life and career:Friedman first became interested in entertainment after spending part of his childhood in Birmingham and Anniston, Alabama, traveling carnival sites. He met exploitation film pioneer Kroger Babb during his stay in...
, elected the third president in 1971, and re-elected four times before becoming Chairman of the Board, and erotic actress and magazine publisher Gloria Leonard
Gloria Leonard
Gloria Leonard is an American former pornographic actress who later became the publisher of High Society magazine.-Early life and career:...
.
It held adult film awards ceremonies from 1976 through 1985, for a time the most notable such awards. In later years this ceremony was increasingly accused of bias, especially for the victory of Virginia in 1984, which led to the founding of the X-Rated Critics Organization
X-Rated Critics Organization
The X-Rated Critics Organization is a group of writers and editors from the adult entertainment industry who each year present awards in recognition of achievement within the industry....
. The role of adult film awards has been mostly supplanted by the 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"...
.
With the advent of pornography on video, the AFAA renamed itself Adult Film and Video Association of America (AFVAA). Its role as the trade association of the adult entertainment industry has been taken over by the Free Speech Coalition
Free Speech Coalition
The Free Speech Coalition is a non-profit trade association of the pornography and adult entertainment industry in the United States...
, organized in 1991, which acknowledges the AFAA as its first ancestor.
AFAA awards
The Awards were called the Critics Adult Film Award and was a gold plated round icon with decorative edges on a wooden base.Best Actor
- 1976: Jamie GillisJamie GillisJamie Gillis was an American pornographic actor, director and member of the AVN Hall of Fame....
(The Opening of Misty BeethovenThe Opening of Misty BeethovenThe Opening of Misty Beethoven is an American hardcore pornography film released in 1976. Produced with a relatively high budget and filmed on elaborate locations in Paris , New York City , and Rome , with a musical score, it owes much to its fastidious director Radley Metzger .-Premise:In a...
) - 1977: Jamie Gillis (A Coming of Angels)
- 1978: Aldo RayAldo RayAldo Ray was an American actor.-Life and career:Ray was born in Pen Argyl, PA, to an Italian family of five brothers and one sister. His brother Mario lettered in football at USC in the years 1952-54...
(Sweet Savage) - 1979: Jamie Gillis (The Ecstasy Girls)
- 1980: John LeslieJohn Leslie (porn star)John Leslie Nuzzo was a prolific porn actor who went on to have a long-running career as a producer and director of adult movies...
(Talk Dirty To Me) - 1981: John Leslie (Wicked Sensations)
- 1982: John Leslie (Talk Dirty To Me Part II)
- 1983: Paul ThomasPaul Thomas (actor)Philip Toubus , better known as Paul Thomas, is an American pornographic actor and director. He is a member of the AVN Hall of Fame and the XRCO Hall of Fame...
(Virginia) - 1984: John Leslie (tie; for both Dixie Ray and Every Woman Has A Fantasy)
- 1985: Jerry ButlerJerry Butler (porn star)Jerry Butler is an American pornographic actor. He was one of the most popular male performers in the 1980s, making more than 500 films in his career.-Early life:...
(Snake Eyes)
Best Actress
- 1976: Jennifer WellesJennifer WellesJennifer Welles was an American porn star chiefly active in the soft- and hardcore genres of the 1970s, although she began her acting career in the late 1960s in the sexploitation genre....
(Little Orphan Sammy) - 1977: Georgina SpelvinGeorgina SpelvinGeorgina Spelvin is the stage name of Michelle Graham, a former American pornographic actress who is best known for her appearance in the classic film The Devil in Miss Jones.-Early life:...
(Desires Within Young Girls) - 1978: Desireé CousteauDesireé CousteauDesireé Cousteau is a former pornographic actress of the 1970s and 1980s. She is best known for her roles in the 1978 film Pretty Peaches and 1979's Inside Desireé Cousteau.-Career:...
(Pretty Peaches) - 1979: Samantha FoxSamantha Fox (porn star)Samantha Fox is an American actress and pornographic actress. She appeared in more than one hundred pornographic films between 1977 and 1984. In 2003, Fox was inducted into the AVN Hall of Fame.-External links:*...
(Jack 'N' Jill) - 1980: Samantha Fox (Tramp)
- 1981: Georgina Spelvin (The Dancers)
- 1982: Veronica HartVeronica HartJane 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...
(Roommates) - 1983: Kelly NicholsKelly NicholsKelly Nichols is a former adult film actress.She starred in over 50 adult features, and has been awarded the Best Actress Award by the Adult Film Association of America for her work in the 1983 film In Love...
(In Love) - 1984: Rachel AshleyRachel Ashley-Awards:*1984 - AVN Award for Best New Starlet*1985 - XRCO Award for Best Sensual Female *1985 - XRCO Award for Best Copulation Scene - External links :...
(Every Woman Has A Fantasy) - 1985: Gloria LeonardGloria LeonardGloria Leonard is an American former pornographic actress who later became the publisher of High Society magazine.-Early life and career:...
(Taboo American Style (The Miniseries))
Best Supporting Actor
- 1976: Carlos Tobalina (Tell Them Johnny Wadd Is Here)
- 1977: John LeslieJohn Leslie (porn star)John Leslie Nuzzo was a prolific porn actor who went on to have a long-running career as a producer and director of adult movies...
(A Coming of Angels) - 1978: Roger Caine (Bad Penny); John SeemanJohn Seeman- External links :...
(Sweet Savage) - 1979: Bobby Astyr (People)
- 1980: Richard PachecoRichard PachecoRichard Pacheco is a former American pornographic film & video actor, writer, and directorwho retired from the X-rated business in the mid-1980s....
(Talk Dirty To Me) - 1981: R. BollaRobert KermanRobert Charles Kerman , also known as R. Bolla, or Richard Bolla, is an American actor. As R. Bolla, he appeared in well over 100 pornographic films, most famously Debbie Does Dallas...
(Outlaw Ladies); Richard Pacheco (Nothing To Hide) - 1982: Jamie GillisJamie GillisJamie Gillis was an American pornographic actor, director and member of the AVN Hall of Fame....
(Roommates) - 1983: Ron JeremyRon JeremyRonald Jeremy Hyatt , usually called Ron Jeremy, is an American pornographic actor. Nicknamed "The Hedgehog", he was ranked by AVN at number one in their "The 50 Top Porn Stars of All Time" list...
(Suzie Superstar) - 1984: Ron Jeremy (All The Way In)
- 1985: John Leslie (Taboo IV)
Best Supporting Actress
- 1976: Georgina SpelvinGeorgina SpelvinGeorgina Spelvin is the stage name of Michelle Graham, a former American pornographic actress who is best known for her appearance in the classic film The Devil in Miss Jones.-Early life:...
(Ping Pong) - 1977: Annette HavenAnnette HavenAnnette Haven is a former American pornographic actress popular during the 1970s and 1980s.-Biography:Annette Robinson was born in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, and raised in a sexually conservative Mormon family...
(A Coming of Angels) - 1978: Georgina Spelvin (Take Off)
- 1979: Georgina Spelvin (The Ecstasy Girls)
- 1980: Georgina Spelvin (Urban Cowgirls)
- 1981: Holly McCallHolly McCallHolly McCall is a pornographic actress who appeared in films from 1976 to 1984. The best known pornographic feature films in which she appeared are Pretty Peaches , Tangerine and Taboo , and also in Swedish Erotica 3....
(Nothing To Hide) - 1982: Veronica HartVeronica HartJane 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...
(Foxtrot) - 1983: Kay ParkerKay ParkerKay Parker is a New Age author and former pornographic actress, best known for her depictions of incest scenes in the Taboo series.-Career:...
(Sweet Young Foxes) - 1984: Chelsea Blake (Great Sexpectations)
- 1985: Lisa De LeeuwLisa De LeeuwLisa De Leeuw is an American pornographic actress, and one of the few falsely reported to have died of HIV.-Career:She appeared in almost 200 films and was inducted into both the X-Rated Critics' Organization Hall of Fame and the AVN Hall of Fame.-Alleged death:Headpress 25 noted that DeLeeuw...
(Raw Talent)
Best Director
- 1976: Henry ParisRadley MetzgerRadley Metzger is an American filmmaker and distributor. He is also credited under the pseudonym Henry Paris, a name he adopted in the 1970s when he began to direct hardcore pornography....
(The Opening of Misty BeethovenThe Opening of Misty BeethovenThe Opening of Misty Beethoven is an American hardcore pornography film released in 1976. Produced with a relatively high budget and filmed on elaborate locations in Paris , New York City , and Rome , with a musical score, it owes much to its fastidious director Radley Metzger .-Premise:In a...
) - 1977: Alex de RenzyAlex de RenzyAlexander de Renzy was an American director and producer of pornographic movies.Born in Brooklyn, New York, Alex de Renzy served in the United States Air Force, serving as a Survival Instructor. Back in the United States, he began making documentary films in San Francisco...
(Baby Face) - 1978: Armand Weston (Take Off)
- 1979: Henri PachardHenri PachardHenri Pachard was the pseudonym of American pornographic film director Ron Sullivan . His other aliases included Jackson St. Louis and Crystal Blue....
(Babylon Pink) - 1980: Tsanusdi (Urban Cowgirls)
- 1981: Anthony SpinelliAnthony SpinelliAnthony Spinelli was a pornographic film director. He was born Samuel Weinstein on February 21, 1927 in Cleveland, Ohio, and died on May 29, 2000....
(Nothing To Hide) - 1982: Chuck Vincent (Roommates)
- 1983: Henri Pachard (The Devil In Miss Jones Part II)
- 1984: Anthony Spinelli (Dixie Ray)
- 1985: Henri Pachard (Taboo American Style)
Best Film
- 1976 The Opening of Misty BeethovenThe Opening of Misty BeethovenThe Opening of Misty Beethoven is an American hardcore pornography film released in 1976. Produced with a relatively high budget and filmed on elaborate locations in Paris , New York City , and Rome , with a musical score, it owes much to its fastidious director Radley Metzger .-Premise:In a...
- 1977 Desires Within Young Girls
- 1978 Legend of Lady Blue
- 1979 Babylon Pink
- 1980 Talk Dirty to Me; Urban Cowgirls
- 1981 Nothing to Hide
- 1982 Roommates
- 1983 The Devil in Miss Jones, Part II
- 1984 Dixie Ray, Hollywood Star
- 1985 Taboo American Style 1: The Ruthless Beginning
Best Screenplay
- 1976: The Opening of Misty BeethovenThe Opening of Misty BeethovenThe Opening of Misty Beethoven is an American hardcore pornography film released in 1976. Produced with a relatively high budget and filmed on elaborate locations in Paris , New York City , and Rome , with a musical score, it owes much to its fastidious director Radley Metzger .-Premise:In a...
- 1977: Desires Within Young Girls
- 1978: Legend of Lady Blue
- 1979: The Ecstasy Girls
- 1980: The Budding of Brie
- 1981: The Dancers
- 1982: Roommates
- 1983: In Love
- 1984: Dixie Ray, Hollywood Star
- 1985: Raw Talent
Best Sex Scene
- 1983: Virginia (no specific scene)
- 1984: Firestorm (the "Red Scene")
- 1985: New Wave Hookers; Passage Thru Pamela (tie)