Paul Norman (director)

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Paul Norman
Born
Paul Apstein [1]

1956[ citation needed ]
Spouse(s) Tori Welles (1990-1994)[ citation needed ]
Celeste (1995-1996)[ citation needed ]
Children3

Paul Norman (born Paul Apstein, 1956) is an American former pornographic director who directed approximately 134 films from 1986 to 1999. [2]

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Career

Norman started his career making bisexual pornography. One of his earliest works in this genre is his Bi and Beyond series, which debuted in 1988. [3] He later ventured towards establishing himself as a director of strictly straight pornography in the early 1990s. Norman was inducted into the AVN Hall of Fame in 1998.[ citation needed ]

Personal life

He married fellow pornographic actress Tori Welles in 1990, before divorcing in 1994. They had two sons, Nicolas and Joshua. He was a friend of the late pornographic director Fred J. Lincoln. [4] Norman was later married to fellow pornographic actress Celeste 1995–1996. The relationship produced one child. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ Jones, E. Michael (2009). "6". The Jewish Revolutionary Spirit and its Impact on World History (Selections). Nobel` Press.
  2. ↑ Paul Norman at the Internet Adult Film Database
  3. ↑ Summers, Claude J., ed. (2005). The Queer Encyclopedia of Film & Television. Cleis Press Inc. p. 234.
  4. ↑ "Large Industry Turn-Out for Fred Lincoln Memorial Celebration". avn.com. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  5. ↑ O'Toole, Laurence (1999). Pornocopia: porn, sex, technology and desire. Serpent's Tail. pp. 199, 389.
  6. 1 2 World Public Library. "AVN Awards 2006". netlibrary.ws. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
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