Bruce Seven

Male adult bio
name = Bruce Seven
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birth = June 4, 1946
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ethnicity = Caucasian
alias = Bruce Six
number of films = 95 as actor (non-sex)
204 as director (per IAFD) [Iafd name|BSeven|m|Bruce Seven. Retrieved on 2007-10-21.]
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Bruce Seven (June 4, 1946 – January 15, 2000)cite news|title=Bruce Seven Dies|work=Adult Video News|date=2000-01-18|url=http://www.avn.com/index.cfm?objectID=70F9F731-B1EE-818D-931BEAF17B36C7C6&articleID=ED9CCDD5-1372-4B41-C4B1AD35A3A0A775|accessdate=2007-10-19] was an American pornographic film producer and director. He created 200 films and was a member the AVN Hall of Famecite web|url=http://www.avnawards.com/index.php?content=halloffame|title=AVN Hall of Fame|accessdate=2007-10-19] and the XRCO Hall of Fame.cite web|url=http://www.bwdl.net/XRCO-2/hall.htm|title=XRCO Hall of Fame|accessdate=2007-10-21]

Career

Bruce Seven worked on special effects in the mainstream film industry before he entered the adult film business. He started filming bondage porn on 8 mm film as a hobby around 1970. He was first hired as a professional camera operator around 1980, shooting bondage features for Bizarre Video.cite web|url=http://www.avn.com/index.cfm?objectID=70F9F731-B1EE-818D-931BEAF17B36C7C6&articleID=ED9CB367-1372-4B41-C4BEDD5C5707C98B|title=Bruce Seven|work=Adult Video News|date=2000-02-04|accessdate=2007-10-21]

In 1983 Seven and actor John Stagliano formed Lipstik Video, a producer of lesbian themed porn. For Lipstik, Seven produced and co-directed his first film "Aerobisex Girls".

Bruce Seven married pornographic actress Bionca in 1984.

From 1984 to 1986, Seven directed a line of videos for Vivid Entertainment featuring Ginger Lynn.He also produced and directed the "Loose Ends" series for 4-Play Video starting in 1985.

In the late 1980s became seriously ill from emphysema. He recovered in 1989.

Starting in 1990, Seven made films for John Stagliano's Evil Angel Productions as an outside director. For Evil Angel, he directed bondage films including "House of Dark Dreams" and lesbian films including "Where the Girls Sweat". He also directed several films in the "Buttman" and 'Buttwoman" series.

In 1993, Seven worked with Bionca to launch her new production company, Exquisite Pleasures. He produced and co-directed "Takin' It to the Limit" with Bionca. The video was Bionca's debut as director and it won the 1994 XRCO Award for Best Video. He also directed the "Buttslammers" series of all-girl films.

In 1995, Seven suffered a stroke which left him confined to a wheelchair. He continued to produce and direct, but he withdrew from day-to-day film making.Bruce Seven died on January 15, 2000 from complications from emphysema and the stroke.

Honors

Seven was inducted into the X-Rated Critics Organization Hall of Fame in 1993. Two of his films, "Aerobisex Girls" and the original "Loose Ends", are also listed in the XRCO Hall of Fame. Seven is also a member of the AVN (magazine) AVN Hall of Fame. In 2007 he received a posthumous Adam Film World Lifetime Achievement Award.

Awards

*1994 XRCO Award "Best Video" - "Takin' It to the Limit" (co-director with Bionca)cite web|url=http://www.bwdl.net/XRCO-2/oldies.html|title=PREVIOUS WINNERS AND NOMS - 2002 and Before|publisher=XRCO|accessdate=2007-10-19] [imdb title|0152865|Takin' It to the Limit. Retrieved on 2007-10-03.]
*2007 Adam Film World "Lifetime Achievement Award"cite news|author=Nelson X|title=Adam Film World Announces Annual Award Winners|work=Adult Video News|date=2007-03-29|url=http://www.avn.com/index.cfm?objectID=DB7D6995-EEE7-5F4E-48D0573B7256A46A&slid=141443|accessdate=2007-10-19]

See also

* Erotica
*Pornography

References

*cite news|title=Bruce Seven Dies|work=Adult Video News|date=2000-01-18|url=http://www.avn.com/index.cfm?objectID=70F9F731-B1EE-818D-931BEAF17B36C7C6&articleID=ED9CCDD5-1372-4B41-C4B1AD35A3A0A775|accessdate=2007-10-19
*cite web|url=http://www.avn.com/index.cfm?objectID=70F9F731-B1EE-818D-931BEAF17B36C7C6&articleID=ED9CB367-1372-4B41-C4BEDD5C5707C98B|title=Bruce Seven|work=Adult Video News|date=2000-02-04|accessdate=2007-10-19

External links

*imdb name|0786249|Bruce Seven
*iafd name|BSeven|m|Bruce Seven
* [http://www.fallenstarsofx.com/tributes.html Bruce Seven tribute] at Fallen Stars of X