Wicked Pictures

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Wicked Pictures
Company typePrivate
Industry Pornography
Genre Adult
Founded1993;31 years ago (1993)
FounderSteve Orenstein
Headquarters
Canoga Park, California
,
U.S.
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
 Axel Braun
Products Pornographic films
OwnerGamma Entertainment
Website www.wickedpictures.com OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

Wicked Pictures is an American independent pornographic movie studio headquartered in Canoga Park, California. Between 2004 and 2021, it was one of the only heterosexual studios to maintain a condoms-only policy. [1] [2]

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Company history

Steve Orenstein founded Wicked Pictures in 1993, after developing an interest in creative aspects of film production while a partner in his previous adult company, X-Citement Video. During its first year, Wicked won industry awards and Orenstein signed Chasey Lain as the first "Wicked Girl". The second Wicked Girl, Jenna Jameson, signed in 1995. Under Wicked's promotion, Jameson became the only winner of AVN Awards for Best New Starlet, Best Actress, and Best Sex Scene in the same year. [3]

Wicked won the first high-definition Adult Video News Award for Camp Cuddly Pines Powertool Massacre in December 2006. [4] The movie went on to win several AVN Awards in 2007.

In October 2010, Wicked stopped production when an actor tested positive for HIV. [5]

The studio agreed with Manwin to run its websites in December 2010. [6] In December 2020, it was announced that founder and president Steve Orenstein had sold the company to Gamma Entertainment, and that the new ownership had named Axel Braun Head of Production. [7]

Awards

The following is a selection of major awards Wicked films have won:

Wicked Girls

Ranking

As of October 2021, Wicked Pictures has a traffic ranking of 81,588. [44]

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  14. 1 2 3 4 5 XBIZ Award Winners 2014, January 2014
  15. 1 2 3 XBIZ Award Winners, January 2015
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