Tim Kincaid
Encyclopedia
Tim Kincaid is an American
film director
, film writer and film producer
often credited as Joe Gage or Mac Larson.
, and raised on Catalina Island
, Kincaid directed and wrote an influential trilogy of gay films, collectively referred to as either “The Kansas City Trilogy” or “The Working Man Trilogy” in the late 1970s under the name “Joe Gage.” The films, Kansas City Trucking Co.
, El Paso Wrecking Corp.
and L.A. Tool & Die were praised for their consistent portrayals of male/male sex occurring between rugged, masculine men who came from blue-collar and rural backgrounds and who related as “equal partners” - avoiding the frequent stereotypes of such men as effeminate inhabitants of urban gay neighborhoods, or who were caught up in a constraining “you play the woman, I’ll be the man” mindset of dominant/submissive roles.
And while the sex was sometimes rough and occurred in disreputable venues such as truck-station restrooms, the characters in the Gage films often displayed bonds of male camaraderie that went beyond fleeting sexual intercourse, and that more or less entirely ignored the boundaries of “homosexual” and “heterosexual” social identity.
To a perceptive viewer, some of the characters in Gage's films can be clearly understood as “gay identified,” while others are just as clearly intended to represent bisexual men who normally inhabit the heterosexual world and may even be happily married. But many other characters, and perhaps most of them, defy easy categorization. "I never went out of my way to emphasize the butch or straight attributes of my guys -- I always sought to portray them as representatives of the average, ordinary -- for the most part -- working class citizen." The Trilogy films also were praised for their cinematography, editing, music, sound design and use of natural locations to stage scenes in the films.
For all of these reasons, Kincaid’s aesthetic sensibilities had a significant impact not only on his contemporaries in the adult film world, but on gay-male culture as it was developing in the 1970s and 1980s. "He's ... the first artist who dared to suggest that sex between men was more about camaraderie than romance, more about hot action than a lifestyle. While his characters were always working-class Joes, his '70s epics became blueprints of sexual tension-building and were also stylistically innovative." Numerous filmmakers of today cite the Gage films as being highly instrumental in their own development, and at least one gay singer-songwriter has used the phrase "a Joe Gage face" in his lyrics, knowing that for some listeners it would immediately evoke a certain kind of male handsomeness, in much the same way that "Gibson girl
" or "Patrick Nagel
" bring to mind a specific type of feminine beauty. "The "Gage Men", as they were known during the heyday of the 70s, appeared more sexy Average Joe than Abercrombie & Fitch. They tended toward the hairy and the hunky ..."
In addition to the trilogy, Kincaid directed (also under the name Joe Gage) several notable gay adult films in the early 1980s including Closed Set and Heatstroke. Under the pseudonym "Mac Larson", Kincaid directed several lower budgeted and grittier titles, but these films did not have the same lasting impact as those that he directed under his "Joe Gage" moniker.
Since then, he has written and directed numerous films under contract with the Titan Media
Studio, including Back to Barstow, Arcade on Route 9 and the successful Men's Room series which featured a strong emphasis on watersports.
Kincaid has also made a few appearances on screen, notably in Morning, Noon and Night
(1975) as an adult performer, and was allegedly one of the "Gage Men" featured in the backgrounds of orgy scenes in the films he directed in the late '70s and early '80s. Since then, he has appeared in non-sexual roles in a few adult films and makes an appearance as a commentator in Wrangler: Anatomy of an Icon
(2008) a documentary about Jack Wrangler
, the first gay adult superstar and the star of Kansas City Trucking Co.
In 2001, Kincaid, as “Joe Gage,” was inducted into the GayVN Awards Hall of Fame. In recent years, Kincaid has implied that he could be working on his memoirs. He daily posts on his blog at http://joegage.com/
In October of 2008, Joe Gage and adult star/director and fashion designer Ray Dragon
announced they were creating a new company, D/G Mutual Media that would produce gay adult erotic content that was edgier and less polished than mainstream gay material. Their first production was Closed Set: Oral Report, which was followed by Dad Takes a Fishing Trip. In early 2010, D/G Mutual Media will release Gage's Jock Park.
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film director
Film director
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, film writer and film producer
Film producer
A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The...
often credited as Joe Gage or Mac Larson.
Biographical note
Born in Santa Barbara, CaliforniaSanta Barbara, California
Santa Barbara is the county seat of Santa Barbara County, California, United States. Situated on an east-west trending section of coastline, the longest such section on the West Coast of the United States, the city lies between the steeply-rising Santa Ynez Mountains and the Pacific Ocean...
, and raised on Catalina Island
Santa Catalina Island, California
Santa Catalina Island, often called Catalina Island, or just Catalina, is a rocky island off the coast of the U.S. state of California. The island is long and across at its greatest width. The island is located about south-southwest of Los Angeles, California. The highest point on the island is...
, Kincaid directed and wrote an influential trilogy of gay films, collectively referred to as either “The Kansas City Trilogy” or “The Working Man Trilogy” in the late 1970s under the name “Joe Gage.” The films, Kansas City Trucking Co.
Kansas City Trucking Co. (1976 film)
Kansas City Trucking Co. is a 1976 gay pornographic film and the first in what has come to be known as directors Sam and Joe Gage's "Working Man Trilogy". The film was produced in San Francisco, and starred Richard Locke, Steve Boyd, and Jack Wrangler...
, El Paso Wrecking Corp.
El Paso Wrecking Corp. (1978 film)
El Paso Wrecking Corp. is a 1978 gay pornographic film and the second in what has come to be known as director Joe Gage's "Working Man Trilogy". The film stars Richard Locke and Fred Halsted. Gage's "Working Man Trilogy" begins with Kansas City Trucking Co. , continues with El Paso Wrecking Corp. ,...
and L.A. Tool & Die were praised for their consistent portrayals of male/male sex occurring between rugged, masculine men who came from blue-collar and rural backgrounds and who related as “equal partners” - avoiding the frequent stereotypes of such men as effeminate inhabitants of urban gay neighborhoods, or who were caught up in a constraining “you play the woman, I’ll be the man” mindset of dominant/submissive roles.
And while the sex was sometimes rough and occurred in disreputable venues such as truck-station restrooms, the characters in the Gage films often displayed bonds of male camaraderie that went beyond fleeting sexual intercourse, and that more or less entirely ignored the boundaries of “homosexual” and “heterosexual” social identity.
To a perceptive viewer, some of the characters in Gage's films can be clearly understood as “gay identified,” while others are just as clearly intended to represent bisexual men who normally inhabit the heterosexual world and may even be happily married. But many other characters, and perhaps most of them, defy easy categorization. "I never went out of my way to emphasize the butch or straight attributes of my guys -- I always sought to portray them as representatives of the average, ordinary -- for the most part -- working class citizen." The Trilogy films also were praised for their cinematography, editing, music, sound design and use of natural locations to stage scenes in the films.
For all of these reasons, Kincaid’s aesthetic sensibilities had a significant impact not only on his contemporaries in the adult film world, but on gay-male culture as it was developing in the 1970s and 1980s. "He's ... the first artist who dared to suggest that sex between men was more about camaraderie than romance, more about hot action than a lifestyle. While his characters were always working-class Joes, his '70s epics became blueprints of sexual tension-building and were also stylistically innovative." Numerous filmmakers of today cite the Gage films as being highly instrumental in their own development, and at least one gay singer-songwriter has used the phrase "a Joe Gage face" in his lyrics, knowing that for some listeners it would immediately evoke a certain kind of male handsomeness, in much the same way that "Gibson girl
Gibson Girl
The Gibson Girl was the personification of a feminine ideal as portrayed in the satirical pen-and-ink-illustrated stories created by illustrator Charles Dana Gibson during a 20-year period spanning the late nineteenth and early twentieth century in the United States.Some people argue that the...
" or "Patrick Nagel
Patrick Nagel
Patrick Nagel was an American artist. He created popular illustrations on board, paper, and canvas, most of which emphasize the simple grace of and beauty of the female form, in a distinctive style descended from Art Deco...
" bring to mind a specific type of feminine beauty. "The "Gage Men", as they were known during the heyday of the 70s, appeared more sexy Average Joe than Abercrombie & Fitch. They tended toward the hairy and the hunky ..."
In addition to the trilogy, Kincaid directed (also under the name Joe Gage) several notable gay adult films in the early 1980s including Closed Set and Heatstroke. Under the pseudonym "Mac Larson", Kincaid directed several lower budgeted and grittier titles, but these films did not have the same lasting impact as those that he directed under his "Joe Gage" moniker.
Since then, he has written and directed numerous films under contract with the Titan Media
Titan Media
Titan Media is a San Francisco-based gay pornographic film company founded by director and cinematographer Bruce Cam in 1995.-Overview:The company grew to become one of the largest producers of gay adult content in the world...
Studio, including Back to Barstow, Arcade on Route 9 and the successful Men's Room series which featured a strong emphasis on watersports.
Kincaid has also made a few appearances on screen, notably in Morning, Noon and Night
Morning, Noon and Night
Morning, Noon and Night is a 1995 novel by Sidney Sheldon.- Plot :Harry Stanford is a rich businessman. While travelling on his yacht, he mysteriously falls overboard owing to a storm, leaving his entire fortune, estimated to be around six to seven billion dollars to his three children-Tyler, a...
(1975) as an adult performer, and was allegedly one of the "Gage Men" featured in the backgrounds of orgy scenes in the films he directed in the late '70s and early '80s. Since then, he has appeared in non-sexual roles in a few adult films and makes an appearance as a commentator in Wrangler: Anatomy of an Icon
Wrangler: Anatomy of an Icon
Wrangler: Anatomy of an Icon is a 2008 feature documentary film about the life of Jack Wrangler, produced and directed by Jeffrey Schwarz of Automat Pictures...
(2008) a documentary about Jack Wrangler
Jack Wrangler
Jack Wrangler was an American actor of gay and straight adult film, theatrical producer, and director. Open about his homosexuality and adult film work throughout his career, Wrangler was considered an icon of the gay-liberation movement.In 2008, a feature-length documentary film, Wrangler:...
, the first gay adult superstar and the star of Kansas City Trucking Co.
Kansas City Trucking Co. (1976 film)
Kansas City Trucking Co. is a 1976 gay pornographic film and the first in what has come to be known as directors Sam and Joe Gage's "Working Man Trilogy". The film was produced in San Francisco, and starred Richard Locke, Steve Boyd, and Jack Wrangler...
In 2001, Kincaid, as “Joe Gage,” was inducted into the GayVN Awards Hall of Fame. In recent years, Kincaid has implied that he could be working on his memoirs. He daily posts on his blog at http://joegage.com/
In October of 2008, Joe Gage and adult star/director and fashion designer Ray Dragon
Ray Dragon
Ray Dragon is a gay, American pornographic performer who produces and directs gay pornographic films. He is a published photographer. He has his own swimsuit collection....
announced they were creating a new company, D/G Mutual Media that would produce gay adult erotic content that was edgier and less polished than mainstream gay material. Their first production was Closed Set: Oral Report, which was followed by Dad Takes a Fishing Trip. In early 2010, D/G Mutual Media will release Gage's Jock Park.
Directing Filmography (non-adult, as Tim Kincaid)
- She's Back (1989)
- Sinbad of the Seven SeasSinbad of the Seven SeasSinbad of the Seven Seas is a 1989 film directed by Enzo G. Castellari revolving around the adventures of Sindbad the Sailor. It claims to be based on Edgar Allan Poe's story "The Thousand and Second Tale of Scheherazade," though no similarity can be found between its plot and the story...
(1989) (co-director w/Enzo G. Castellari) - Mutant Hunt (1987)
- The Occultist (1987)
- Riot on 42nd St. (1987)
- Breeders (1986)
- Robot HolocaustRobot Holocaust-Plot summary:Neo, a drifter from the atomic-blasted wastelands, and his klutzy robot sidekick, arrive at a factory where slaves labor to fuel the Dark One's Power Station. He meets a woman who convinces him to help rescue her father, a scientist who invented a device that can break the Dark One's...
(1986) - Bad Girls' Dormitory (1986)
Directing Filmography (adult, as Joe Gage or Mac Larson)
- Kansas City Trucking Co.Kansas City Trucking Co. (1976 film)Kansas City Trucking Co. is a 1976 gay pornographic film and the first in what has come to be known as directors Sam and Joe Gage's "Working Man Trilogy". The film was produced in San Francisco, and starred Richard Locke, Steve Boyd, and Jack Wrangler...
(1976) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0222098/ - El Paso Wrecking Corp.El Paso Wrecking Corp. (1978 film)El Paso Wrecking Corp. is a 1978 gay pornographic film and the second in what has come to be known as director Joe Gage's "Working Man Trilogy". The film stars Richard Locke and Fred Halsted. Gage's "Working Man Trilogy" begins with Kansas City Trucking Co. , continues with El Paso Wrecking Corp. ,...
(1978) - L.A. Tool & Die (1979)
- Joe Gage's Closed Set (1980)
- Handsome (1980)
- 501 (1981)
- Heatstroke (1982)
- Oil Rig #99 (1978)
- Red Ball Express (1979)
- Tough Guys (1980)
- Cellblock #9 (1981)
- Closed Set 2 (1984)
- In the Name of Leather (1985)
- Tulsa County Line (2001)
- Closed Set: The New Crew (2002) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0361452/
- Joe Gage Sex Files Vol. 1: Jack-Off Party at Billy-Bob's (2003)
- Joe Gage Sex Files Vol. 2: Uncle Pruitt Taught Me How To Do It (2003)
- Joe Gage Sex Files Vol. 3: Kegger (2003)
- Joe Gage Sex Files Vol. 4: Blue Collar Beer Blast (2004)
- Truck Stop on I-95 (2004)
- Men's Room: Bakersfield Station (2004)
- Back to Barstow (2004)
- Alabama Takedown (2005)
- Tough Guys: Getting Off (2005)
- 110° in Tucson (2005)
- Gale Force: Men's Room II (2005)http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0480810/
- Deep Water Beach Patrol (2006)http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0804462/
- Arcade on Route 9 (2006)http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0841006/
- Gunnery Sgt. McCool (2006)http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1152824/
- Lifeguard! The Men of Deep Water Beach (2006)http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0820916/
- Closed Set: Titan Stage One (2006)
- Cop Shack on 101 (2006)
- Crossing the Line: Cop Shack II (2007)
- Campus Pizza (2007)http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1081945/
- Barnstorm (2007)http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1152312/
- Road to Redneck Hollow (2007)http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1006950/
- Men's Room III: Ozark Mtn, Exit 8 (2008)http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1199654/
- Chainsaw (2008)http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1254218/
- Copperhead Canyon (2008)
- Home Invasion (2008)
- Closed Set: Oral Report (2008)
- Slow Heat in a Texas Town (2009)
- Dad Takes A Fishing Trip (2009)
- Battle Creek Breakdown (2009)
- Coyote Point (2010)
- Jock Park (2010)
- Mojave Run (2010)
- Joe Gage Sex Files Vol. 5: The Night Before the Wedding (2010)
- Joe Gage Sex Files Vol. 6: Ex-Military (2010)
- Joe Gage Sex Files Vol. 7: Doctors and Dads (2011)
Awards
- 2011 XBIZ AwardXBIZ AwardXBIZ Awards are given annually to honor "individuals, companies, performers and products that play an essential part in the growth and success of adult entertainment". Organized by the adult industry trade magazine XBIZ, the awards were first given in 2003...
- Gay Director of the Year
See also
- List of male performers in gay porn films
- List of pornographic movie studios