Andrew Blake | |
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 Blake in 2007 | |
| Born | 1948 |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation(s) | Film director and cinematographer |
| Years active | 1989–Present |
| Known for | Adult erotic films |
| Website | http://www.andrewblake.com |
Andrew Blake (born 1948) is an American adult erotic film director and film producer. Blake has been inducted into both the AVN and XRCO Halls of Fame and is a medal recipient from the Worldfest-Houston International Film Festival for his first film NIGHT TRIPS.
Andrew Blake began his career working on movies for Playboy, and then for Penthouse but shifted to working independently in the 1990s. Most of Blake's films are released through his own production company, Studio A Entertainment. Andrew Blake is a member of the AVN Hall of Fame (200?) and XRCO Hall of Fame (2003). [1] [2] Blake's films usually feature original music scores by the composer Raoul Valve.
Blake has described his work as "erotic fashion," and his films usually include fetish, bondage, and lesbian imagery, often excluding heterosexual intercourse entirely. [3] Blake's earliest films were primarily works of softcore erotica. Early films made by Blake soon after he came into his own as an independent director are fully explicit and usually combine heterosexual intercourse with lesbian imagery while including much less fetish and bondage content than his later films.[ citation needed ]
An interview with Blake is included in the 9 to 5 – Days in Porn (2009) documentary film about the American porn industry. [4]
Blake's first major film, Night Trips, (1989), was awarded the silver medal in the Non-Theatrical Release Category at the Worldfest-Houston International Film Festival. Andrew Blake holds the distinction of being the first adult director to win a film award at a mainstream international film festival. [5]
Blake's films are characterized by high production values, artistic stylization, and rigorous technique. His style has been compared to that of the seminal fashion photographer Helmut Newton, and described as "decadent, lush, opulent, unfailingly arousing, moneyed and sophisticated." [5]
Sex writer Violet Blue says of Blake's work: "It's a whole different genre of explicit erotic filmmaking evident from the first frame -- pure high fashion, glossy candyland fantasy. It is luxuriously designed from nip tip to toe. And it's stylish as hell." [5]
Blake has had a significant impact on pop film culture. Blake was the first adult director to win a crossover award with Night Trips filmed in 1989, which won the Silver Award Non-Theatrical Release at the WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival. [6] Blake featured Dita Von Teese in a 1999 full-length feature film, Pin-Ups 2, which portrayed her as a pin-up girl and highlighted her interest in the fetish and kink lifestyle, and the following year in his 2000 film, Decadence, further popularizing her career as a world-leading fetish burlesque star.[ citation needed ]
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