AMPAS hire a former porn producer as exec, Nikki Finke is outraged

[Leatherface]

http://www.deadline.com/2013/06/why-was-ex-soft-porn-filmmake-recently-hired-as-ampas-senior-executive/

 

She comes across as such a prude. Michael Bay started out directing porn (not exactly shocking when you think about it), Channing Tatum was a stripper, the director of the live-action Inspector Gadget started his career directing porn. Porn is a good starting point for behind the scenes work because you can start with a higher profile job than you would if you worked on Hollywood films.

Edited June 20, 2013 by Leatherface

[Plain Old Tele]

http://www.deadline.com/2013/06/why-was-ex-soft-porn-filmmake-recently-hired-as-ampas-senior-executive/

 

She comes across as such a prude. Michael Bay started out directing porn (not exactly shocking when you think about it), Channing Tatum was a stripper, the director of the live-action Inspector Gadget started his career directing porn. Porn is a good starting point for behind the scenes work because you can start with a higher profile job than you would if you worked on Hollywood films. I myself currently edit porn films/videos for a living.

 

Care to source that?

[Leatherface]

Care to source that?

 

From IMDB:

 

 

Playboy: Kerri Kendall - September 1990 Video Centerfold

[Plain Old Tele]

 

From IMDB:

 

 

Playboy: Kerri Kendall - September 1990 Video Centerfold

 

 

That's hilarious -- though a Video Centerfold video is about as softcore as it gets.

[Leatherface]

That's hilarious -- though a Video Centerfold video is about as softcore as it gets.

 

Wes Craven also worked in the porn industry early in his career. One year after Last House on the Left he did an X-rated porn film, working as Editor and Assistant Director. And actor wise, Stallone and Cameron Diaz both did pornography before hitting it big in Hollywood.

Edited June 20, 2013 by Leatherface

[Plain Old Tele]

I was aware of Stallone, not Diaz.

 

In terms of stigma, I don't think anyone in Hollywood particularly cares, since what matters is whether you can do your job or not. Probably the bigger hurdle is that porn is essentially the corporate/industrial world, and there's a significant leap from that to film or TV (unless you're just talking PA work).

[Ozymandias]

Lol, I almost forgot porn is still a taboo thing for a lot of people in 2013.  Who cares?

[dashrendar44]

Wes Craven also worked in the porn industry early in his career. One year after Last House on the Left he did an X-rated porn film, working as Editor and Assistant Director. And actor wise, Stallone and Cameron Diaz both did pornography before hitting it big in Hollywood.

 

Jackie Chan too.

[Jake Gittes]

Francis Ford Coppola directed some softcore porn back in early 60s as well

[DAR]

Is Nikki really outraged or is she pretending to be?

[Jim Shorts]

I'd wager that vagina is as dry as a saltine cracker, so yeah, she's truly outraged.

[Spidey Freak]

Lol Nikki.

 

And why is it surprising that Bay started out in porn? He is the perfect definition of a stereotypical porno director!

Edited June 20, 2013 by Spidey Freak

[vc2002]

OK, I wonder is there any early sign of blowing shit up in the porn Bay made.

[baumer]

 

From IMDB:

 

 

Playboy: Kerri Kendall - September 1990 Video Centerfold

 

That's hardly porn.  Porn is penetration.  Nudity is not porn.

[baumer]

The thing that makes me laugh about North America and it's aversion to sex is that last time I checked, porn is legal.  People like to watch other people have sex.  It shouldn't be that big a deal.  But we all pretend none of us watch, jerk off, have sex or think about it.

 

Big fucking deal if they hired a porn star. 

[baumer]

Francis Ford Coppola directed some softcore porn back in early 60s as well

 

Stallone was in a porn.

[Kvikk Lunsj]

Why does anybody care if someone used to work in the porn industry?

[Cmasterclay]

OK, I wonder is there any early sign of blowing shit up in the porn Bay made.

Well, I'm sure SOMETHING exploded

[Noctis]

It says a lot about our world when people getting killed and slaughtered is seen as completely normal, yet something as natural as sex becomes a big deal. Fucking ridiculous. There's nothing wrong with sexual expression.

[CoolioD1]

 

Look at that 'tache. He does look like he would fit right in in Boogie Nights or something.