Van Damage
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Van Damage | |
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Born | Van Brunt September 28, 1966 Rome, New York, U.S. |
Other names | "'Damage" |
Ethnicity | Caucasian |
Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
Weight | 205 lb (93 kg) |
Website | http://www.paganpictures.com/ |
Van Damage (born Van Brunt September 28, 1966 in Rome, New York, U.S.), is a retired porn star, and also serves as a director, cameraman and producer in the pornography industry.[citation needed]
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Career
Van Damage began his career in adult entertainment in 1995, producing a series of videos featuring local amateur girls located in Pacific Beach, a community in San Diego, after retiring from the army.[citation needed] After that first year of directing and producing he was nominated by AVN in three different categories, solidifying his place in the adult industry.[citation needed] He retired from the adult film industry August 2008.
Then he spent 13 months beginning in 1997 as a contract director for a then newly formed company called Elegant Angel, producing fifteen movies for that company which garnered seven AVN Award nominations that year and an XRCO win.[citation needed] After the 1997 AVN awards (January 1998) show in Las Vegas, a mass exodus of Elegant Angel’s directors ensued after a wage and personality dispute between them and the company’s owner, Patrick Collins.[citation needed]
In 1998, Van spent nearly a year directing videos for Extreme Associates.[citation needed] For his efforts there, Van Damage received several more AVN nominations and another XRCO win for best group sex scene.[citation needed] Van Damage left that company after one year and a legal battle arose when he sued fellow directors for holding back revenues due to him.[citation needed]
During 1999, Van Damage directed only two movies for the entire year, and yet still received nine AVN, and three XRCO nominations in a market that released over 9,000 adult videos.[citation needed] Adam Film World Magazine's, 2000 Yearly Directory quoted: Van Damage is one of top five directors to watch for in the new millennium.[citation needed]
At the end of 2000, Van Damage formed the production company and website "Pagan Pictures" (www.paganpictures.com).[citation needed] Pagan's titles are highly praised by trade magazines, especially the initial release A Toe Story, an award winning titles, "The Good Whore" as well as the AAAA rated (AVN Media Network) "The Damage Files" (1 & 2"), (declared "classics" by AVN Magazine)[citation needed]
Van Damage was married to wife, Cynthia Damage, in 2008. (Porn Valley Observed, 03/21/2008) This is his first marriage. Cynthia does not perform as female talent in the adult industry, although she appears alongside her husband in a cameo appearance for the upcoming Pulpo, Inc. feature release: "Dirty Queen", as a television anchorwoman (AVN, 2/25/2008) and "Three's Company XXX" (Hustler 2009) and "One Last Ride" (Adam & Eve 2009). The couple live in the San Fernando Valley. His mother, Maria and stepfather, Ken Howell reside in San Diego.
Awards
- 1996 Adult Video Review Magazine: Best New Director of the Year.[citation needed]
- 1997 AVN: Best Pro-Am Video.[citation needed]
- 1998 AVN: Best Pro-Am Series.[citation needed]
- 1998 XRCO: Best Video Series.[citation needed]
- 1999 XRCO: Best Group Scene.[citation needed]
- 2000 AVN: Best Couples Scene.[1]
- 2002 Adam Film Awards: Best Sex Scene.[citation needed]
- 2007 AVN Nominee "Male Performer of the Year"
- 2008 AVN Nominee "Best Supporting Actor" for a DVD release for "Black Worm" distributed by Pulpo
References
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External links
- Van Damage at the Internet Movie Database
- Van Damage at the Adult Film Database
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- 1966 births
- People from Rome, New York
- Living people
- American military personnel of the Gulf War
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- American male pornographic film actors
- American pornographic film directors
- People from San Fernando