Joone (director)
Ali Joone is the founder and half-owner (other owner is Samantha Lewis) of the American pornographic movie studio Digital Playground.
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[edit] Career
Joone founded the Digital Playground company in 1993, initially making adult CD-ROM computer games.[1]
Commenting on the transition of the pornography industry from the underground economy to mainstream corporate acceptance, the company's founder said: "I look at the porn business where Vegas and gambling was in the 70's… Vegas was still mob-owned and they were making the transition between these small groups of people to being corporate owned… I feel the same exact thing is going to happen with adult".[2]
Joone is considered a "ground-breaker" in the world of interactive adult technology, introducing the Virtual Sex line of DVDs, in which the viewer can "command" a famous pornographic actress by selecting from a menu of explicit scenes.[1][3] The first film in the series was released in 1998.[1] In the series the actress looks directly at the camera, and appears to talk directly to the viewer.[1] According to Joone, "It's the closest you'll ever get to having sex with our girls without really having sex with them".[1]
Joone has directed the highly successful pornographic films Pirates and Pirates II: Stagnetti's Revenge. Digital Playground FX is accredited for the CGI work for Pirates and Pirates II and other Digital Playground features such as Top Guns and Body Heat.
[edit] Filmography
[edit] As director
- Pirates II: Stagnetti's Revenge
- Pirates
- Island Fever 1, 2, 3 & 4
- Forbidden Tales
- Virtual Sex line of DVDs:
- Virtual Sex with Jesse Jane
- Virtual Sex with Taylor Hayes
- Virtual Sex with Tera Patrick
- Virtual Sex with Jenna Jameson
- Rocki Roads' Wet Dreams
[edit] Awards
- 2006 AVN Award – Best Director, Video – Pirates[4]
- 2009 AVN Award – Best Director, Feature – Pirates II[5]
- 2009 AVN Award – Best Screenplay – Pirates II (shared with Max Massimo)[5]
- 2009 AVN Award – Best Videography – Pirates II (shared with Oliver Henry)[5]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e Dana Kennedy (2003-08-17). "The Fantasy of Interactive Porn Becomes a Reality". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/17/movies/17KENN.html?ei=5007&en=42e4fb19dab28bd1&ex=1376452800&partner=USERLAND&pagewanted=print&position=. Retrieved 2009-04-11.[dead link]
- ^ Jeffreys, Sheila (2008). The Industrial Vagina: The Political Economy of the Global Sex Trade. Taylor & Francis. pp. 73. ISBN 0415412331. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=-9U7Eqp8NigC.
- ^ Dines,Gail & Humez, Jean McMahon (2002). Gender, race, and class in media: a text-reader. SAGE. pp. 50. ISBN 076192261X. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Mh2PWvtzNFUC.
- ^ "AVN Award Winners Announced". Adult Video News. January 9, 2006. http://www.avn.com/index.cfm?objectId=EDA3C528-1372-4B41-C49CCD58F437DB11. Retrieved 2008-03-01.
- ^ a b c David Sullivan (2009-01-11). "2009 AVN Award-Winners Announced". AVN.com. http://www.avn.com/video/articles/34090.html. Retrieved 2009-01-11.[dead link]
