Michael Raven

Michael Raven
Born	1969
No. of adult films	12 as actor (non-sex) 132 as director (per IAFD)[1]

Michael Raven (born 1969) is an American adult film director. He is a member of the AVN Hall of Fame.^[2]

While he was working as a car salesman, Raven met Sydnee Steele to whom he sold a new Miata.^[3] They married, finding a common interest in pornography and swinging, and moved to Los Angeles, California to turn their hobbies into careers.^[3][4] Their marriage lasted for ten years.^[5] He was married to pornographic actress Julia Ann, later they divorced.

Awards

• 2001 AVN Award for Best Editing (Film) for Watchers (with Sammy Slater)^[6]
• 2001 AVN Award for Best Screenplay (Film) for Watchers (with George Kaplan)^[6]
• 2003 AVN Award for Best Director (Video) for Breathless^[6]
• 2003 AVN Award for Best Screenplay (Film) for Breathless (with Devan Sapphire)^[6]
• 2004 AVN Award for Best Director (Video) for Beautiful^[7]
• 2004 AVN Award for Best Screenplay (Video) for Beautiful^[7]
• 2008 AVN Hall of Fame^[2]

References

1. ^ Michael Raven at the Internet Adult Film Database. Retrieved on 2008-01-14.
2. ^ ^{a b} Jared Rutter (2008-01-12). "2008 AVN Award Winners Announced". Adult Video News. Archived from the original on 2008-04-04. http://web.archive.org/web/20080404082611/http://www.avn.com/video/articles/2759.html. Retrieved 2008-01-13. 
3. ^ ^{a b} "Naked Capitalists", Frank Rich, The New York Times, May 20, 2001. Excerpt on lukeisback.com. Retrieved 2007-07-12.
4. ^ "Sydnee Steele: Still Shy, But Definitely Wicked", Mike Ramone, AVN Insider, 2001-10-05. Retrieved 2007-07-12.
5. ^ "It's Sin City Night at The Tera Show" Tod Hunter, AVN Insider, 2002-03-13. Retrieved 2007-07-12.
6. ^ ^{a b c d} "AVN AWARDS PAST WINNERS". AVN Awards. pp. (see 2001, 2003). http://www.avnawards.com/index.php?content=pastwinners. Retrieved 2008-01-14. 
7. ^ ^{a b} "AVN Award Winners". Adult Video News. 2004-01-10. http://www.avn.com/index.cfm?objectID=70F9F731-B1EE-818D-931BEAF17B36C7C6&articleID=ED9E585D-1372-4B41-C4A4DA6742B42BDF. Retrieved 2008-01-14. 

External links

• Biography at LukeIsBack.com
• Michael Raven at the Internet Movie Database
• Michael Raven at the Internet Adult Film Database
• Michael Raven at the Adult Film Database

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Name	Raven, Michael
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Date of birth	1969
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