Alec Knight (actor)

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Alec Knight
Alec Knight at KSEXradio Listener Choice Awards 2005.jpg
Born (1972-06-13) June 13, 1972 (age 46)
Missouri, United States
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight 176 lb (80 kg; 12.6 st)
Spouse(s) Mika Tan (m. 2004–2006) [1]

Alec Knight (born June 13, 1973) is the stage name of an American animator, graphic designer, model, and pornographic actor. [2]

Stage name pseudonym used by performing artist

A stage name is a pseudonym used by performers and entertainers, such as actors, comedians, singers and musicians. Such titles are adopted for a wide variety of reasons and may be similar or nearly identical to an individual's birth name. In some situations, a performer will eventually adopt his or her title as a legal name, although this is often not the case. It should be noted that Personal names or Nicknames that make up the professional name should not necessarily be considered as a "fake name" like Lady Gaga : for example: Miley Cyrus: born Destiny Hope Cyrus, uses her personal nickname "Miley" and her maiden name "Cyrus" as her professional name, in 2018 she legally changed to Miley Ray Hemsworth.

Graphic designer person who who assembles images, typography or motion graphics to create a piece of design

A graphic designer is a professional within the graphic design and graphic arts industry who assembles together images, typography, or motion graphics to create a piece of design. A graphic designer creates the graphics primarily for published, printed or electronic media, such as brochures (sometimes) and advertising. They are also sometimes responsible for typesetting, illustration, user interfaces, and web design. A core responsibility of the designer's job is to present information in a way that is both accessible and memorable.

A pornographic actor, adult entertainer, or porn star, is a person who performs sex acts in video that is usually characterized as a pornographic movie. Such videos tend to be made in a number of distinct pornographic subgenres and attempt to present a sexual fantasy and the actors selected for a particular role are primarily selected on their ability to create or fit that fantasy. Pornographic videos are characterized as either "softcore," which does not contain depictions of sexual penetration or "extreme fetishism" and "hardcore," which can contain depictions of penetration or extreme fetishism, or both. The genres and sexual intensity of videos is mainly determined by demand. Depending on the genre of the film, the on-screen appearance, age, and physical features of the main actors and their ability to create the sexual mood of the video is of critical importance. Most actors specialize in certain genres, such as gay sex, lesbian sex, bondage, strap-on sex, anal sex, double penetration, semen swallowing, teenage women, interracial or MILFs. Irrespective of the genre, most actors are required to appear nude in pornographic videos.

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Career

In 1997, Knight started out working for Sony Pictures to create Ghostbuster cartoons. [3] For years, he worked as an animator and storyboard artist, doing work for Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon, and the adult animated sitcom Family Guy . [3]

Sony Pictures American television and film production and distribution unit of Sony

Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. is an American entertainment company that produces, acquires and distributes filmed entertainment through multiple platforms. Through an intermediate holding company called Sony Film Holding Inc., it is operated as a subsidiary of Sony Entertainment Inc., which is itself a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, a wholly owned subsidiary and the US headquarters of the Tokyo-based multinational technology and media conglomerate Sony Corporation. Based in Culver City, California, it encompasses Sony's motion picture, television production and distribution units. Its group sales in the fiscal year 2017 has been reported to be $9.133 billion.

Cartoon form of two-dimensional illustrated visual art

A cartoon is a type of illustration, possibly animated, typically in a non-realistic or semi-realistic style. The specific meaning has evolved over time, but the modern usage usually refers to either: an image or series of images intended for satire, caricature, or humor; or a motion picture that relies on a sequence of illustrations for its animation. Someone who creates cartoons in the first sense is called a cartoonist, and in the second sense they are usually called an animator.

A storyboard artist creates storyboards for advertising agencies and film productions.

Due to the high risk of getting laid off in animation, Knight was urged by his then wife, Mika Tan, to begin performing in pornographic films. [3] Initially, Knight began acting in order to perform scenes with Tan. However, as traditional animation began to decline, Knight, who wasn't experienced in computer-generated imagery, began accepting more and more acting gigs. [3]

Mika Tan American pornographic actress

Mika Tan is the stage name of an American fetish model, and pornographic actress.

Computer-generated imagery application of computer graphics to create or contribute to images

Computer-generated imagery (CGI) is the application of computer graphics to create or contribute to images in art, printed media, video games, films, television programs, shorts, commercials, videos, and simulators. The visual scenes may be dynamic or static and may be two-dimensional (2D), though the term "CGI" is most commonly used to refer to 3D computer graphics used for creating scenes or special effects in films and television. Additionally, the use of 2D CGI is often mistakenly referred to as "traditional animation", most often in the case when dedicated animation software such as Adobe Flash or Toon Boom is not used or the CGI is hand drawn using a tablet and mouse.

In 2006, Knight and Tan formed their own production company, GenerAsianxxx Productions, which was aimed at the Asian gonzo market. [4] Their first film under the company, Mika Tan's Asian Stud Search, was a response to the "shortage of Asian guys in porn". [4]

Gonzo pornography genre of pornography

Gonzo pornography is a style of pornographic film that attempts to place the viewer directly into the scene. Jamie Gillis is considered to have started the gonzo pornography genre with his On the Prowl series of films.

Personal life

Knight with Tan in 2005 Mika Tan at West Coast Productions Party 2005 (1).jpg
Knight with Tan in 2005

Knight grew up in Missouri and considers himself to be a "Southern boy". [3] He describes his hometown as "a little Mayberrytype town with one streetlight." [3] Knight attended and graduated from art school in New Jersey, where he learned and developed skills in both traditional two-dimensional animation and computer design. [3]

Missouri State of the United States of America

Missouri is a state in the Midwestern United States. With over six million residents, it is the 18th-most populous state of the Union. The largest urban areas are St. Louis, Kansas City, Springfield, and Columbia; the capital is Jefferson City. The state is the 21st-most extensive in area. In the South are the Ozarks, a forested highland, providing timber, minerals, and recreation. The Missouri River, after which the state is named, flows through the center of the state into the Mississippi River, which makes up Missouri's eastern border.

Mayberry, North Carolina is a fictitious community that was the setting for two popular American television sitcoms, The Andy Griffith Show and Mayberry R.F.D. Mayberry was also the setting for a 1986 reunion television movie titled Return to Mayberry. Mayberry is said to be based on Andy Griffith's hometown of Mount Airy, North Carolina. Mount Airy is also known as Mayberry and called by both names by its residents.

Art school educational institution with a primary focus on the visual arts

An art school is an educational institution with a primary focus on the visual arts, including fine art, especially illustration, painting, photography, sculpture, and graphic design. Art schools are institutions with elementary, secondary, post-secondary or undergraduate, or part of a broad-based range of programs. France's École des Beaux-Arts is, perhaps, the first model for such organized institution, breaking with a tradition of master and apprentice system when it was formed.

Knight met model and pornographic actress Mika Tan at a fetish party. [5] The two were married on February 14, 2004. [1] [4] The couple divorced on January 17, 2006. [1]

Partial filmography

Film
YearTitleRoleNotes
2010This Ain't Charmed XXXAndy Trudeau
2010 Batman XXX: A Porn Parody Goon #1
2010 This Ain't Avatar XXX EytukanParody
2011 Portrait of a Call Girl Sam
2012 Wasteland Steve

Awards

YearAwardResultCategoryFilm
2009 AVN Award WonBest Group Sex Scene [6] Icon

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Mika Tan". Filmweb . Retrieved 2015-06-22.
  2. "AVN: Alec Knight". AVN. Retrieved 2015-06-22.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Alec Knight: Skills That Pay the Bills". XBIZ. Retrieved 2015-06-22.
  4. 1 2 3 "Mika Tan Starts Production House". AVN. Retrieved 2015-06-22.
  5. "Conversations with Mika Tan". AdultFYI. Archived from the original on 2016-03-11. Retrieved 2015-07-01.
  6. "2009 AVN Award winners and categories". Adult Video News. Archived from the original on 2013-12-12. Retrieved January 16, 2014.