Bel Ami is an gay pornographic film company with offices in Bratislava

Bratislava

Bratislava is the capital of Slovakia and, with a population of about 431,000, also the country's largest city. Bratislava is in southwestern Slovakia on both banks of the Danube River. Bordering Austria and Hungary, it is the only national capital that borders two independent countries.Bratislava...

, Prague

Prague

Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...

 and Budapest

Budapest

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. It was established in 1993 by filmmaker George Duroy, a Slovak

Slovaks

The Slovaks, Slovak people, or Slovakians are a West Slavic people that primarily inhabit Slovakia and speak the Slovak language, which is closely related to the Czech language.Most Slovaks today live within the borders of the independent Slovakia...

 native who took his pseudonym

Pseudonym

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 from the protagonist Georges Duroy in Guy de Maupassant

Guy de Maupassant

Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant was a popular 19th-century French writer, considered one of the fathers of the modern short story and one of the form's finest exponents....

's novel Bel Ami

Bel Ami

Bel Ami is French author Guy de Maupassant's second novel, published in 1885. An English translation titled Bel ami, or, The history of a scoundrel: a novel appeared in 1903....

. In addition to hardcore

Hardcore pornography

Hardcore pornography is a form of pornography that features explicit sexual acts. The term was coined in the second half of the 20th century to distinguish it from softcore pornography. It usually takes the form of photographs, often displayed in magazines or on the Internet, or films. It can also...

 DVD

DVD

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s, Bel Ami also produces calendars and photo books, such Howard Roffman

Howard Roffman

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's The Boys of Bel Ami (2006), and its performers are frequent headliners at nightclubs and similar venues around Europe, the United States and elsewhere.

Bel Ami has employed hundreds of actors over its history. Notable performers include Sebastian Bonnet

Sebastian Bonnet

Sebastian Bonnet , also billed as Antoine Korda, is a Slovak actor who stars in gay pornographic films. His most prominent work was the Personal Trainers series produced for the Bel Ami company...

, Kris Evans, Luke Hamill, Tim Hamilton, Josh Elliot, Tommy Hansen

Tommy Hansen

Filip Trojovský is a Czech actor, model and television personality. He is also known by his stage name Tommy Hansen in gay pornography.-Biography:He made his first appearance in 2001 in a Bel Ami video....

, Dolph Lambert, Brandon Manilow

Brandon Manilow

Brandon Manilow is a Czech actor in gay pornography.According to his profile on the Bel Ami website, he studied at a special sports school.-Awards and nominations:...

, Johan Paulik

Johan Paulik

Johan Paulik , real name: Daniel Ferencik, is a Slovak former gay pornographic model.In 2000, he was inducted in to the GayVN Hall of Fame with Lukas Ridgeston and George Duroy, owner of Bel Ami, the studio Paulik worked for his entire career...

, Lukas Ridgeston

Lukas Ridgeston

Lukas Ridgeston is a Slovak actor in gay erotic movies and model in Bel Ami gay erotic magazines and books. He was born in Bratislava, then part of the former Czechoslovakia, now capital of Slovakia...

, Ariel Vanean and, more recently, the twins

TWINS

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 Elijah and Milo Peters, who have performed together in a variety of scenes.

The studio has won numerous adult entertainment awards and nominations. Most recently, Bel Ami earned five 2010 XBIZ Awards citations, including GLBT studio of the year, and five nominations at the 2010 GayVN Awards

GayVN Awards

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, including best newcomer for Kris Evans. They won the award for best marketing—company image. Company founder George Duroy, as well as marquee performers Lukas Ridgeston and Johan Paulik, have been inducted into the GayVN Awards Hall of Fame.

Selected films

• Frisky Summer 1,2,3 (1995,1996,1998)
• An American in Prague (1997)
• The 101 Men series (1998-2002)
• The Personal Trainers series (2001- to date)
• Greek Holiday (2004)
• Pretty Boy (2004)
• Lukas in Love (2005)
• Pillow Talk 1,2,3 (2006)
• Undressed Rehearsals (2007)
• Rebel (2007)
• The Private Life of Brandon Manilow
  Brandon Manilow
  Brandon Manilow is a Czech actor in gay pornography.According to his profile on the Bel Ami website, he studied at a special sports school.-Awards and nominations:...
  
   (2008)
• French Kiss (2008)
• Seriously Sexy (2009)
• Taboo (2010)
• Todd and Dolph (2010)
• 5 Americans in Prague (2009)
• Seriously Sexy 2 (2010)
• Skin on Skin (2010)
• Step by Step: The Education of Porn Star: Kris Evans (2010)
• Step by Step: The Education of a Porn Star: Jean-Daniel Chagall (2010)
• Johans Journal 4' (2010)
• Flings 4 (2010)

See also

• List of male performers in gay porn films
• List of pornographic movie studios
• List of gay pornographic magazines