Best Male Porn Directors
Directing has always been seen as a boys club, and porn is no different. When it comes to porn filmmaking, there are a lot of talented male directors out there who have made a significant impact on the industry. Whether you are watching straight or gay porn, there is a roster of talented male porn directors that deserve to be recognized. Regardless of their particular style or genre, in this article, Adult Site Broker has put together our top 10 with these male porn directors who have all made significant contributions to the world of porn.
Mike Quasar
Taking the first spot is Canadian-born and self-described reluctant porn director Mike Quasar. He’s been making porn since the 90’s with over 1000 titles under his belt, including the ‘2 Young to Fall in Love series. Known for his wit, community spirit and avidly speaking out about the future of porn, he is a leading voice in the porn industry. During Covid, he took a break and focused on his band and creating youtube videos but has been back at work making new films as the exclusive director at Mile High Movies.
Mike Adriano
Spanish-born Mike Adriano is a double threat, director, and actor in porn movies and has been described as the king of porn. His movies are described as gonzo porn with a focus on anal sex, which has earned him nominations for best director at Xbiz Awards, AVN Awards, and XRCO Awards. His movie style includes very liberal use of lubricants, very lengthy scenes, and a graphic focus on the purely physical aspects of sex.
Jim Powers
If you’re looking for someone who has done it all, look no further than Jim Powers, he started in the 90’s when he found his footing after a run of bad luck on his earlier shoots and continues to dominate the porn industry with titles such as Girlvert, Trans Education 2, and Perverted Stories just to name just a few. The controversial porn director is known for his explorations of race, gender, and rough sex as he directs movies for JM Productions and his production studio Powerhouse, as well as depicting rough sex and adding a punk rock Ramones style flare to his films that make them stand out.
Buck Adams
Buck Adams (1955-2008) was originally a boxer before he fell into porn in the 1980s, thanks to his sister Amber Lynn. Initially, he was an actor, but he rose to director fame upon his debut in 1988 with Squirt. During the 90s, he won multiple AVN Awards for acting and was later inducted into the AVN Hall of Fame and XRCO Hall of Fame. As a director, Adams garnered the Best Film nomination from AVN for his big-budget 35mm Antigua Pictures feature Uninhibited, released by HBO, with the hardcore sex scenes being put back into the film before its adult industry release. Unfortunately, after years of battling with heart disease, he died in 2008 surrounded by his loved ones.
Rocco Siffredi
Known as the “Italian Stallion” and ” King of Hardcore, ” Rocco Siffredi is a modern male porn director, producer, and actor with over 30 years of experience. With directorial titles like The Rocco Experience, it’s no wonder he is a part of our top 10 of the best male porn directors. His movies focus on gangbangs, anal, hardcore, and rough sex, and he stars in many of them, working with actresses such as Valentina Nappi or Eden Ivy.
John “Buttman” Stagliano
John Stagliano is an American entrepreneur, best known as a former adult actor and the owner of the film studio ‘Evil Angel’ where he is also a director. After attending university in the 1960’s, he started writing erotic fiction in the 1970s and working as a stripper. In the 80’s, he popularised the gonzo porn genre with the Buttman Adventure series (by 2003 there were almost 30 films and a comic book) and quickly became known as the most influential figure in the American adult industry. He has won awards for his movies over the years, including the Man of the Year XBIZ Award in 2011 and being nominated in 2013 for the XBIZ Director of the Year award for his movies Voracious.
James Avalon
James Avalon, also known as Kunga Sludge, Mondo Tundra, or Monty Tundra, is an American male porn director. Initially, he started as a journalist in the 1970s when entering the adult film industry, moving into creating adult films in the 1980’s with his debut, The Lust Detector. Since then, he has directed over 350 titles and is still going strong in 2023. He is most known for the following movies: A Little Part Of Me, Fantasy Ltd., and Les Vampyres.
Miles Long
Miles Long is a Director, Photographer, Producer, Videographer, Performer, and Record Label Owner, with titles like that, is it any wonder that he has taken a spot in this list of best male porn directors? Starting in the 1990’s as an actor, he became a director of porn in the early 2000’s with his debut movie Gulp and has since racked up a list of career achievements over the years, including as a director, cinematographer, and photographer. The most recent of which was in 2022 he began shooting his TV show Modz and Bodz, which the Lingerie Fighting Championship Network picked up on ROKU. With a wide a varied career Miles Long has risen to notoriety within the adult film industry and has even been involved in mainstream movies and was interviewed by the UK morning show The Morning in 2021.
Alan X
Los Angeles-based producer, photographer & director. Best known for the movie Squirt on Me, Alan X has helped define girl/girl porn since becoming a porn director in the early 2000s. He has worked with multiple studios, including GirlGirl.com, Girlsway, and Lesbian Sexuality. His movies are fun and different and cover a range of girl/girl themes, including stepsisters, squirting babysitters, and even lactation. He has over 400 titles and is still directing movies for multiple studios in 2023.
Axel Braun
Our final best male porn director needs no introduction; Axel Braun is one of the most highly awarded male porn directors in the history of the adult film industry. The Italian-American porn director has risen to fame since the 1990’s and kept the spot for his productions of porn parodies, including; Deadpool XXX, The Avengers XXX, and even Cinderella XXX, earning him the name ‘King of Parodies.’ He currently has over 500 movies under his belt. Alongside winning the AVN Best Parody Awards for ten years running between 2011 and 2020 for his films, he is an AVN Hall of Fame, XRCO Hall of Fame, and NightMoves Hall of Fame inductee.
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