AVN Award

The AVN Awards are movie awards sponsored and presented by the American adult video industry trade magazine "AVN" ("Adult Video News") to honor exceptional performance in various aspects of the creation and marketing of American pornographic movies. They are called the Oscars of porn. [cite web|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/film/the-oscars-of-porn/2006/01/09/1136655116166.html|title=The Oscars of porn|accessdate=2007-07-25|date=2006-01-09|publisher=Sydney Morning Herald] [cite web|url=http://www.dailynews.com/ci_6039690?source=most_emailed|title=Porn: The Valley's secret industry|accessdate=2007-07-25|author=Brent Hopkins|date=2007-06-03|publisher=Los Angeles Daily News|quote = ...earned seven Adult Video News awards, referred to as the Oscars of porn.] [cite web|url=http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=3400|title=Porn's Big Night|accessdate=2007-07-25|author=David Schmader|date=2000-03-09|publisher=The Stranger|quote=...the most prestigious event in the world of adult film: the Adult Video News Awards, hereby known as the AVNs, popularly known as the porno Oscars.] The AVN Awards comprise nearly 100 categories, some of which are analogous to industry awards offered in other film and video genres, and others that are specific to pornographic film and video.

AVN sponsored the first AVN Awards ceremony in February 1984. The award ceremony occurs in early January during the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo, in Las Vegas, Nevada. The 2008 AVN Awards were scheduled to air on Showtime on March 14, 2008 at 12am ET/PT [ [http://www.sho.com/site/schedules/product_page.do?seriesid=0&episodeid=131995 Showtime - Movies - AVN Adult Movie Awards - Main ] ] .

Awards for gay adult video were a part of the AVN awards from the 1986 ceremony through the 1998 ceremony. The increasing number of categories made the show unwieldy and for the 1999 ceremony "AVN Magazine" began hosting the GayVN Awards, an annual adult movie award event for gay adult video.

Award categories

In order to be eligible for a given year's AVN Awards, a title must have been released between 1 October of two years before and 30 September of one year before, and it must be available either from at least 10 wholesale or at least 100 retail outlets by the deadline of 30 September of the preceding year.

The Award's name is Woody.There are many award categories, which are as follows:Note: "Film" and "Video" refer to the medium on which the title was produced; all of the titles are direct-to-video releases.

Production categories

Best Video Feature, Best Film, Best DVD, Best Gonzo Release, Best Gonzo Series, Best Sex Comedy, Best Vignette Release, Best Vignette Series, Best All-Sex Release, Best Continuing Video Series, Best High-Definition Production, Best Interactive DVD, Best Classic DVD, Best Foreign Feature, Best Foreign All-Sex Release, Best Foreign All-Sex Series, Best Anal-Themed Feature, Best Anal-Themed Series, Best All-Girl Feature, Best All-Girl Series, Best Ethnic-Themed Release—Asian, Best Ethnic-Themed Release—Black, Best Ethnic-Themed Release—Latin, Best Interracial Release, Best Ethnic-Themed Series, Best P.O.V. Release, Best Oral-Themed Feature, Best Oral-Themed Series, Best Amateur Release, Best Amateur Series, Best Pro-Am Release, Best Pro-Am Series, Best Alternative Release, BBi-Sexual Video, Best Gay Video, Best Gay Alternative Video, Best Gay Solo Video

Performer categories

Best New Starlet, Best Male Newcomer, Female Performer of the Year, Male Performer of the Year, Female Foreign Performer of the Year, Male Foreign Performer of the Year,
Transsexual Performer of the Year, Performer of the Year-Gay Video, Newcomer of the Year-Gay Video,
** "Above categories are for an individual's work over the year", Best Actress—Film, Best Actress—Video, Best Actor—Film, Best Actor—Video, Best Supporting Actress—Film, Best Supporting Actress—Video, Best Supporting Actor—Film, Best Supporting Actor—Video, Best Non-Sex Performance, Best Tease Performance, Best Actor—Gay Video, Best Supporting Actor—Gay Video, Best Non-Sex Performance—Bi-Sexual/Gay Video
**"Above categories are for a specific performance by an individual"

Director categories

Best Director—Film, Best Director—Video, Best Director—Non-Feature, Best Director—Foreign Release, Best Director—Gay Video, Best Director—Bi-Sexual Video

ex scene categories

Awarded to performer(s) in a scene, Best All-Girl Sex Scene—Film, Best All-Girl Sex Scene—Video, Best Anal Sex Scene, Best Oral Sex Scene—Film, Best Oral Sex Scene—Video, Best Couples Sex Scene—Film, Best Couples Sex Scene—Video, Best Group Sex Scene—Film, Best Group Sex Scene—Video, Best Threeway Sex Scene—Video, Best Sex Scene in a Foreign-Shot Production, Best Solo Sex Scene, Most Outrageous Sex Scene,Best Sex Scene—Gay Video

Technical categories

Best Screenplay—Film, Best Screenplay—Video, Best Art Direction—Film, Best Art Direction—Video, Best Cinematography, Best Videography, Best Editing—Film, Best Editing—Video, Best Special Effects, Best Music, Best DVD Extras, Best DVD Menus, Best Screenplay—Gay Video, Best Videography—Gay Video, Best Editing—Gay Video, Best Music Score—Gay Video

pecialty categories

Best Specialty Release—Big Bust, Best Specialty Release—BDSM, Best Specialty Release—Spanking, Best Specialty Release—Foot Fetish, Best Specialty Release—Other Genre, Best Transsexual Release, Best Gay Specialty Release

Marketing categories

Best DVD Packaging, Best VHS Packaging, Best Box Cover Concept, Best Overall Marketing Campaign—Company Image, Best Overall Marketing Campaign—Individual Project, Best Marketing Website, Best Retail Website, BBox Cover Concept—Gay Video, Best Packaging—Gay Video

pecial categories

Best Renting Title of the Year, Best Selling Title of the Year,
Hall of Fame,
Reuben Sturman Award

AVN Award winners

The following is a list of the winners in the major categories for the AVN Awards. A more complete list of winners can be found through the External Link listed below.

Winners 1984-1989

Winners 1995-1999

Winners 2005-2009

pecial Awards

Best Retail Website – Rentals - WantedList
Best Retail Website – Sales – AdultDVDEmpire.com

Hall of Fame

Reuben Sturman Award

*2000: David Sturman, General Video of America West
*2001: Ed Powers, Ed Powers Productions
*2001: Mark Kernes, Senior Editor, AVN
*2002: Gloria Leonard, Past Pres., AVA and Free Speech Coalition
*2002: Elyse Metcalf, Retailer Elyse's Passion
*2003: Mel Kamins, General Video of America, Cleveland
*2005: Harry Mohney, Déjà Vu Showgirls
*2006: Robert & Janet Zicari, Extreme Associates

ee also

*XRCO awards
*XRCO Hall of Fame
*List of pornographic movie studios

References

External links

* [http://www.avnawards.com/ Official site]
** [http://www.avnawards.com/index.php?content=pastwinners AVN Awards Past Winners] – database of past winners in all categories, to 1984.
* [http://www.imdb.com/Sections/Awards/Adult_Video_News_Awards/ Adult Video News Awards] at the Internet Movie Database
* AVN Awards Nominees:
** [http://web.archive.org/web/20000302100333/http://www.avn.com/awards/noms.html 2000] (archived at Wayback Machine, March 2, 2000)
** [http://web.archive.org/web/20010309213908/http://www.avnawards.com/nominees.html 2001] (archived at Wayback Machine, March 9, 2001)
** [http://web.archive.org/web/20011208103701/http://www.avnawards.com/nomin-list.html 2002] (archived at Wayback Machine, December 8, 2001)
** [http://web.archive.org/web/20021127014135/http://www.avnawards.com/nominees.shtml 2003] (archived at Wayback Machine, November 27, 2002)
** [http://web.archive.org/web/20031203023916/http://www.avn.com/imagearchive/05/58/32/55832Nominations.pdf 2004] (archived at Wayback Machine, December 3, 2003)
** [http://web.archive.org/web/20041114124447/http://www.avnawards.com/2005nominees_fr.shtml 2005] (archived at Wayback Machine, November 11, 2004)
** [http://web.archive.org/web/20051126013107/http://www.avnawards.com/2006nominations.pdf 2006] (archived at Wayback Machine, November 26, 2005)
** [http://www.excaliburfilms.com/excal/avn/2007avnnominations_mc.htm 2007] , "Excaliburfilms.com"