Joone (director)

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Joone
Bornc. 1969 (age 54–55)[1]
Other namesJoone, Ali Joone,[2] Joonie
Alma materUniversity of Southern Utah
Occupation(s)Photographer, director & producer
Years active1998–2008 (porn director)[3]
Organization(s)Digital Playground
Diosa Spirits
SpouseSamantha Lewis (divorced)[1]

Joone is an entrepreneur,[4] photographer,[5] director and producer. For directing pornographic films, he won AVN Award twice. In 1993, Joone founded American pornographic movie studio Digital Playground[2] and was a co-owner of the company until it was acquired by Manwin in 2012.

Career

Ali Devoodin better known by the pseudonym Joone,[6][7][8] was born in Iraq and graduated from UCU School of Cinematic Arts.[1]

He founded the Digital Playground company[2] in 1993 when he was 25 and still a student,[1] initially making adult CD-ROM computer games.[9]

[10]

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".[11]

Joone has directed the pornographic films Pirates and Pirates II: Stagnetti's Revenge.

In January 2012, alongside his ex-wife Samantha Lewis who was co-owner, CEO and President of Digital Playground, he reached an agreement with Fabian Thylmann to sell the company to Manwin. On the acquisition, Joone commented: “To me this deal is no different than the acquisition of Pixar by Disney, The consumer is going to see more blockbusters, big-budget productions, and it’s our goal to create the next genre of adult entertainment. This acquisition is a marriage between two industry leaders. Adult entertainment is changing and Manwin has a lead on technology.” The price or terms of the deal was not disclosed, but it was announced that Lewis and Joone will "continue to oversee the studio",[12] however, it was reported in March that Manwin has released Lewis and some other employees in orther to make changes.[13]

Partial filmography

As director

Awards and nominations

  • 2006 AVN Award – Best Director, Video (Pirates)[14][15]
  • 2006 XRCO Award winner - Best Director[16]
  • 2009 AVN Award winner – Best Director, Feature (Pirates II)[17]
  • 2009 AVN Award winner – Best Screenplay (Pirates II) shared with Max Massimo[17]
  • 2009 AVN Award winner – Best Videography (Pirates II) shared with Oliver Henry[17]
  • 2009 Eroticline Awards winner - Best U.S. Director[18]
  • 2009 Hot d'Or Award winner - Best American Screenplay (Pirates II: Stagnetti's Revenge - Digital Playground)[19][20]
  • 2009 Hot d'Or Award winner - Best American Movie (Pirates II: Stagnetti’s Revenge - Digital Playground)[19][20]

Personal life

Joone is married.[21]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "THE SOFT MACHINE: Digital Playground's High-End XXX Vids Have Redefined the Craft of Making Commercial Porn With Solid-Gold Results". GramPonante. 19 April 2011. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  2. ^ a b c Josh Lipton. "Coming Soon: XXX In 3D". Minyanville. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
  3. ^ a b Joone
  4. ^ "Inside Joone". xrentdvd.com. 2006-01-19. Retrieved May 30, 2014.
  5. ^ "Joone". AVN. Retrieved May 30, 2014.
  6. ^ "Porn Industry May Decide DVD Format War". Fox News. January 22, 2007. Retrieved May 30, 2014.
  7. ^ Jay Cridlin (January 18, 2006). "Yo ho, yo ho ... oh no!". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved May 30, 2014.
  8. ^ "Blaue Laserdioden im Rotlichtbezirk: Pornofilmer als Schiedsrichter im Duell um neuen DVD-Standard?". Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in German). January 26, 2007. Retrieved May 30, 2014.
  9. ^ Dana Kennedy (2003-08-17). "The Fantasy of Interactive Porn Becomes a Reality". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-04-11. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  10. ^ "Talk About Digital Playground's "Pirates" Day". GramPonante. 20 September 2013. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  11. ^ Jeffreys, Sheila (2008). The Industrial Vagina: The Political Economy of the Global Sex Trade. Taylor & Francis. p. 73. ISBN 0-415-41233-1.
  12. ^ Pardon, Rhett (2012-01-17). "Manwin Acquires Digital Playground - XBIZ Newswire". XBIZ Newswire. Retrieved 2012-04-22.
  13. ^ "UPDATED: Manwin Makes Changes at Digital Playground". XBIZ Newswire. 2012-03-08. Retrieved 2015-04-02.
  14. ^ "AVN Award Winners Announced". AVN. January 9, 2006. Archived from the original on February 23, 2008. Retrieved 2008-03-01. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  15. ^ "Joone Digital Playground's founder and the director of 'Pirates' holds up his award at AVN Awards Show in Las Vegas". santabanta.com. January 9, 2006. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
  16. ^ Rhett Pardon (21 April 2006). "Porn Industry Shows Up for XRCO Awards". XBIZ. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  17. ^ a b c David Sullivan (2009-01-11). "2009 AVN Award-Winners Announced". AVN.com. Retrieved 2009-01-11.
  18. ^ "Gewinner 2009". Retrieved 15 April 2014.
  19. ^ a b Paul Fishbein, "Pirates II, Evil Angel Big Winners at 2009 Hot d’Or Awards", AVN.com. Retrieved June 6, 2012.
  20. ^ a b "Hot d'Or archives presse x, articles sur les Hot d'or". Hot-dor.fr. Retrieved 2014-05-09.
  21. ^ "Joone and his wife". AVN. Retrieved May 30, 2014.

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