Joone (director)
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Ali Joone is the founder and half-owner(other owner is Samantha Lewis) of the American pornographic movie studio Digital Playground
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, initially making adult CD-ROM
computer game
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Commenting on the transition of the pornography industry from the underground economy to mainstream corporate acceptance, the company's founder said: "I look at the porn business where Vegas and gambling was in the 70's ... Vegas was still mob-owned and they were making the transition between these small groups of people to being corporate owned ... I feel the same exact thing is going to happen with adult".
Joone is considered a "ground-breaker" in the world of interactive adult technology, introducing the Virtual Sex
line of DVDs, in which the viewer can "command" a famous pornographic actress
by selecting from a menu of explicit scenes. The first film in the series was released in 1998. In the series the actress looks directly at the camera, and appears to talk directly to the viewer. According to Joone, "It's the closest you'll ever get to having sex with our girls without really having sex with them".
Joone has directed the highly successful pornographic films Pirates and Pirates II: Stagnetti's Revenge
. Digital Playground FX is accredited for the CGI work for Pirates and Pirates II and other Digital Playground features such as Top Guns and Body Heat.
Digital Playground
thumb|right|250px|Digital Playground's 2010 Contract Girls at the [[AVN Adult Entertainment Expo]] at the [[Sands Expo]], [[Las Vegas, Nevada|Las Vegas]] on January 7, 2010...
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Career
Joone founded the Digital Playground company in 19931993 in film
The year 1993 in film involved many significant films, including the blockbuster hits Jurassic Park, The Fugitive and The Firm. -Events:...
, initially making adult CD-ROM
CD-ROM
A CD-ROM is a pre-pressed compact disc that contains data accessible to, but not writable by, a computer for data storage and music playback. The 1985 “Yellow Book” standard developed by Sony and Philips adapted the format to hold any form of binary data....
computer game
Personal computer game
A PC game, also known as a computer game, is a video game played on a personal computer, rather than on a video game console or arcade machine...
s.
Commenting on the transition of the pornography industry from the underground economy to mainstream corporate acceptance, the company's founder said: "I look at the porn business where Vegas and gambling was in the 70's ... Vegas was still mob-owned and they were making the transition between these small groups of people to being corporate owned ... I feel the same exact thing is going to happen with adult".
Joone is considered a "ground-breaker" in the world of interactive adult technology, introducing the Virtual Sex
Virtual sex
Virtual sex is a sexual act where two or more people gather together via some form of communications equipment to arouse each other by transmitting sexually explicit messages...
line of DVDs, in which the viewer can "command" a famous pornographic actress
Pornographic actor
A pornographic actor/actress or a porn star is a person who appears in pornographic film. Most actors appear nude in films...
by selecting from a menu of explicit scenes. The first film in the series was released in 1998. In the series the actress looks directly at the camera, and appears to talk directly to the viewer. According to Joone, "It's the closest you'll ever get to having sex with our girls without really having sex with them".
Joone has directed the highly successful pornographic films Pirates and Pirates II: Stagnetti's Revenge
Pirates II: Stagnetti's Revenge
Pirates II: Stagnetti's Revenge is the 2008 American sequel to the 2005 pornographic film Pirates.Again written and directed by Joone, it stars Belladonna, Sasha Grey, Jenna Haze, and Ben English, as well as Tommy Gunn, Jesse Jane, Steven St. Croix, and Evan Stone, who reprise their roles from the...
. Digital Playground FX is accredited for the CGI work for Pirates and Pirates II and other Digital Playground features such as Top Guns and Body Heat.
As director
- Pirates II: Stagnetti's RevengePirates II: Stagnetti's RevengePirates II: Stagnetti's Revenge is the 2008 American sequel to the 2005 pornographic film Pirates.Again written and directed by Joone, it stars Belladonna, Sasha Grey, Jenna Haze, and Ben English, as well as Tommy Gunn, Jesse Jane, Steven St. Croix, and Evan Stone, who reprise their roles from the...
- Pirates
- Island Fever 1, 2, 3 & 4
- Forbidden Tales
- Virtual Sex line of DVDs:
- Virtual Sex with Jesse JaneJesse JaneJesse Jane is an American pornographic actress and model.-Early life:Jane was a military brat who grew up on various military bases in the Midwestern United States. She did extensive dance training and was a varsity cheerleader at her high school in Rose Hill, Kansas...
- Virtual Sex with Taylor HayesTaylor 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...
- Virtual Sex with Tera PatrickTera PatrickLinda Ann Hopkins, better known as Tera Patrick is a former American pornographic actress.-Early life:Tera Patrick was born Linda Ann Hopkins in Great Falls, Montana. While at Boise State, Patrick earned an AAS degree in nursing and a BS in Biology.-Career:Patrick moved to New York City and her...
- Virtual Sex with Jenna JamesonJenna JamesonJenna Jameson is an American entrepreneur and former pornographic actress, who has been called the world's most famous adult-entertainment performer and "The Queen of Porn."...
- Virtual Sex with Jesse Jane
- Rocki Roads' Wet Dreams
Awards
- 2006 AVN Award – Best Director, Video – Pirates
- 2009 AVN Award – Best Director, Feature – Pirates II
- 2009 AVN Award – Best Screenplay – Pirates II (shared with Max Massimo)
- 2009 AVN Award – Best Videography – Pirates II (shared with Oliver Henry)