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This article is about the gay pornographic director. For South Korean Girl Group, see CHI CHI.
Chi Chi LaRue 
Born Larry David Paciotti
November 8, 1959
Hibbing, MinnesotaAlias(es) Lawrence David
Taylor HudsonOfficial website Larry David Paciotti (born November 8, 1959) is an American film director of gay, bisexual and straight pornography. He is best known in his drag persona as Chi Chi LaRue and has also directed under the names Lawrence David and Taylor Hudson.[1]
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Career
Director, DJ and drag diva, Chi Chi LaRue is one of the most recognizable names and faces in the history of adult film, his fame far surpassing that of most superstars he created over the past decades. Beginning in the press department for Catalina Video, a label he now owns under his company Channel 1 Releasing, it wasn’t long before Chi Chi LaRue’s creative spark set afire. He was soon directing some of the highest selling releases of all time. Multi-award winning and an GayVN Award Hall of Fame inductee, Chi Chi has branded his name and image creating everything sex toys to candles to Chi Chi LaRue water, all sold at his adult boutique, Chi Chi LaRue’s, on Santa Monica Blvd. in the heart of West Hollywood. In 2005, Chi Chi LaRue became a DJ and now tours with porn stars from his movies, selling out nights in clubs all over the world. In 2007 LaRue was chosen as one of Out (magazine)'s Top 50 most influential people in the GLBT community. [2]
LaRue's drag persona began upon moving to the Twin Cities area where Chi Chi began performing in drag as one-half of "The Weather Gals", a "hag drag" revue.[citation needed]
He later moved to California with a friend and was hired by Catalina Video as an administrative assistant and publicist because of his knowledge of porn and the workings of the porn industry.[citation needed]
LaRue worked at Catalina in the late 1980s, in which many of the producers and directors in the gay porn industry were falling ill or dying.[3]
In 2001 LaRue made a Cameo appearance in the U.S. independent film The Fluffer, a triangular story of obsessive love set against the backdrop of the adult film industry.
LaRue has directed hundreds of gay porn films since 1988.[citation needed] In 2003, he began to direct straight porn for Vivid Video, where he became a favorite among female stars, particularly Jenna Jameson.[citation needed] For some time, LaRue divided his attention between Vivid Video and his own Rascal Video for Channel 1 Releasing.[citation needed]
In 2006, LaRue announced that he would no longer produce films for Vivid Video because they were featuring actors and actresses having sex without condoms.[4]
In August 2008, he directed the controversial bisexual film titled Shifting Gears. LaRue coined the term Straight-for-pay (a play on word for Gay-for-pay), to reference performer Blake Riley's first encounter with a woman, Shy Love, and liking it.[5]
LaRue and partner, Channel 1 Releasing opened their first company store, Chi Chi LaRue's, in West Hollywood in 2008. The store offers the entire Channel 1 catalog of more than 2,000 titles and products. An exclusive arrangement has also been made with One Condoms to provide all the protective barrier products for the store.[6]
Rumors abound of his providing large amounts of drugs on the sets of his movies.
Awards
Chi Chi LaRue at the Free Speech Coalition's 13th Annual Night of the Stars Dinner
- 1990 Dave Awards winner of Best Video and Best Director for "More of a Man" (All Worlds Video).[citation needed]
- 1991 AVN award Best Director (Gay Video) - "The Rise" (as Taylor Hudson), Catalina Video.[7]
- 1991 AVN Award Best Non-Sexual Performance–Bi, Gay, or Trans Video - "More of a Man", All Worlds Video.[7]
- 1992 Gay Erotic Video Awards Best Director - "Songs in the Key of Sex", HIS Video (tied with Jerry Douglas, "Kiss-Off", All Worlds Video).[citation needed]
- 1993 AVN Award Best Director (Gay Video) - "Songs in the Key of Sex", HIS Video.[7]
- 1993 Gay Erotic Video Award Best Special Interest Video - "Chi Chi LaRue's Hardbody Video Magazine", Odyssey Men.[citation needed]
- 1993 Gay Erotic Video Award Best Gender Bender - "Valley of the Bi Dolls", Catalina Video.[citation needed]
- 1994 Gay Erotic Video Award Best Non-Sexual Role - "Revenge of the Bi-Dolls", Catalina Video.[citation needed]
- 1995 Gay Erotic Video Award Best Director - "Idol Country", HIS Video.[citation needed]
- 2000 Grabby Award winner of Best Director and Best Video.[8]
- 2001 GayVN Award Best Director - "Echoes", Men of Odyssey.[7]
- 2002 GayVN Award Best Director (Bisexual Video) - "Mile Bi Club", All Worlds Video.[7]
- 2003 GayVN Award Best Director (with John Rutherford) - "Deep South: The Big and the Easy Part 1" and "Part 2", Falcon Studios.[7]
- 2006 GayVN Award Best Director - "Wrong Side of the Tracks Part One" and "Part Two", Rascal Video.[7]
- 2006 Grabby Award Best Director - "Wrong Side of the Tracks Part One" and "Part Two", Rascal Video.[9]
See also
- List of male performers in gay porn films
- List of Grabby recipients
- List of pornographic movie studios
References
- ^ http://www.iafd.com/person.rme/perfid=CCLaRue/gender=M/chi-chi-larue.htm
- ^ http://www.trumansays.com/2007/04/being_closeted_.html
- ^ "Sex Becomes Him: How one portly, effeminate lad from Minnesota rose to the top of the gay porn industry"
- ^ "Chi Chi LaRue leaves Vivid"
- ^ [1]. Cameron Marshall, Blake Riley Go Straight. Retrieved on August 15, 2008.
- ^ [2]. Channel 1 Releasing Opening Retail Store. Retrieved on September 9, 2008.
- ^ a b c d e f g "GayVN Awards past winners (select year from droplist)". AVN. http://gayvnawards.avn.com/noms/pastwinners.html.
- ^ "Grabby Award Winners 2000". Gay Chicago Magazine. Archived from the original on 2002-06-09. http://web.archive.org/web/20020609110405/http://www.grabbys.com/a1.grab.00.win.html.
- ^ "The 16th Annual (2005) Grabby Award Winners". Grabbys - Gay Chicago Magazine. May 27, 2006. Archived from the original on July 9, 2006. http://web.archive.org/web/20060709152104/http://www.grabbys.com/frameset.html.
External links
- Official website
- Chi Chi LaRue at the Internet Movie Database
- http://c1r.com Channel 1 Releasing Notice: Contains nudity and pornographic content.
- http://chichilarue.com Chi Chi LaRue Official Blog Notice: Contains nudity and pornographic content.
Categories:- 1959 births
- Living people
- People from Hibbing, Minnesota
- American pornographic film directors
- LGBT directors
- Drag queens
- Directors of gay pornographic films
- Directors of bisexual pornographic films
- Actors in gay pornographic films
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