Joone (director)

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Joone
Born c. 1969 (age 54–55)[1]
Other names Joone, Ali Joone,[2] Joonie
Alma mater University of Southern California
Occupation Photographer, director & producer
Years active 1998–2008 (porn director)[3]
Organization Digital Playground
Diosa Spirits
Spouse(s) Samantha Lewis (divorced)[1]
No. of adult films 21 as director (per IAFD)[3]

Joone is an Iranian-American entrepreneur,[4] photographer,[5] director and producer. For directing pornographic films, he won AVN Award twice. In 1993, Joone founded American pornographic movie studio Digital Playground[2] and was a co-owner of the company until it was acquired by Manwin in 2012.

Career

Ali Davoudian better known by the pseudonym Joone,[6][7][8] was born in Iran and graduated from USC School of Cinematic Arts.[1]

He founded the Digital Playground company[2] in 1993 when he was 25 and still a student,[1] initially making adult CD-ROM computer games.[9]

As a photographer, his works has appeared on Maxim, People, Front, Bizarre, Stuff, FHM, Arena, Cosmopolitan, Loaded and Ralph.[5]

At some time, he was Creative director of Brain Zoo Studios.[10]

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".[11]

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.[9][12] The first film in the series was released in 1998.[9] In the series, the actress looks directly at the camera and appears to talk directly to the viewer.[9] According to Joone, "It's the closest you'll ever get to having sex with our girls without really having sex with them".[9]

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.

In January 2012, alongside his ex-wife Samantha Lewis who was co-owner, CEO and President of Digital Playground, he reached an agreement with Fabian Thylmann to sell the company to Manwin. On the acquisition, Joone commented: “To me this deal is no different than the acquisition of Pixar by Disney, The consumer is going to see more blockbusters, big-budget productions, and it’s our goal to create the next genre of adult entertainment. This acquisition is a marriage between two industry leaders. Adult entertainment is changing and Manwin has a lead on technology.” The price or terms of the deal was not disclosed, but it was announced that Lewis and Joone will "continue to oversee the studio",[13] however, it was reported in March that Manwin has released Lewis and some other employees in orther to make changes.[14]

Other ventures

Joone is co-owner of "Diosa Spirits" tequila alongside his wife Brandy, Jesse Jane and her husband Rich.[15][16]

Partial filmography

As director

Awards and nominations

  • 2006 AVN Award – Best Director, Video (Pirates)[17][18]
  • 2006 XRCO Award winner - Best Director[19]
  • 2009 AVN Award winner – Best Director, Feature (Pirates II)[20]
  • 2009 AVN Award winner – Best Screenplay (Pirates II) shared with Max Massimo[20]
  • 2009 AVN Award winner – Best Videography (Pirates II) shared with Oliver Henry[20]
  • 2009 Eroticline Awards winner - Best U.S. Director[21]
  • 2009 Hot d'Or Award winner - Best American Screenplay (Pirates II: Stagnetti's Revenge - Digital Playground)[22][23]
  • 2009 Hot d'Or Award winner - Best American Movie (Pirates II: Stagnetti’s Revenge - Digital Playground)[22][23]

Personal life

Joone is married.[24]

His brother, Mohammed Davoudian, owns California-based Brain Zoo Studios[7] which is active on CGI animation and Sound effects.[25]

References

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  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 Paul Fishbein, "Pirates II, Evil Angel Big Winners at 2009 Hot d’Or Awards", AVN.com. Retrieved June 6, 2012.
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  24. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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