Van Damage

For the Hollywood actor known as Van Damage, see Jean Claude Van Damme.

Van Damage
Born	Van Brunt September 28, 1966 (1966-09-28) Rome, New York, U.S.
Other names	"'Damage"
Ethnicity	Caucasian
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight	205 lb (93 kg)
Website
http://www.paganpictures.com/

Van Damage (born Van Brunt September 28, 1966 in Rome, New York, U.S.), a former soldier in an elite Special Forces unit, is a former American Porn Star and also an acclaimed director, cameraman and producer in the pornography industry.^{[citation needed]}

Career

Van Damage began his career in adult entertainment in 1995, producing a series of videos featuring local amateur girls located in Pacific Beach, a community in San Diego.^{[citation needed]} After that first year of directing and producing he was nominated by AVN in three different categories, solidifying his place in the adult industry.^{[citation needed]} He retired from the adult film industry August 2008.

Then he spent 13 months beginning in 1997 as a contract director for a then newly formed company called Elegant Angel, producing fifteen movies for that company which garnered seven AVN Award nominations that year and an XRCO win.^{[citation needed]} After the 1997 AVN awards (January 1998) show in Las Vegas, a mass exodus of Elegant Angel’s directors ensued after a wage and personality dispute between them and the company’s owner, Patrick Collins.^{[citation needed]}

In 1998, Van spent nearly a year directing videos for Extreme Associates.^{[citation needed]} For his efforts there, Van Damage received several more AVN nominations and another XRCO win for best group sex scene.^{[citation needed]} Van Damage left that company after one year and a legal battle arose when he sued fellow directors for holding back revenues due to him.^{[citation needed]}

During 1999, Van Damage directed only two movies for the entire year, and yet still received nine AVN, and three XRCO nominations in a market that released over 9,000 adult videos.^{[citation needed]} Adam Film World Magazine's, 2000 Yearly Directory quoted: Van Damage is one of top five directors to watch for in the new millennium.^{[citation needed]}

At the end of 2000, Van Damage formed the production company and website "Pagan Pictures" (www.paganpictures.com).^{[citation needed]} Pagan's titles are highly praised by trade magazines, especially the initial release A Toe Story, an award winning titles, "The Good Whore" as well as the AAAA rated (AVN Media Network) "The Damage Files" (1 & 2"), (declared "classics" by AVN Magazine)^{[citation needed]}

Often hailed as the "funniest" leading male in the pornography industry (Adult News XXX, 10/09/07) for his unbridled wit and candor. Discolorations on his skin indicate vitiligo, coining an industry nickname for his penis as "The Spotted Pony."^{[citation needed]}

Van Damage bears a resemblance to actor Adam Baldwin, best known for portraying Jayne Cobb on Firefly and "Animal Mother" in Full Metal Jacket

Van Damage was married to wife, Cynthia Damage, in 2008. (Porn Valley Observed, 03/21/2008) This is his first marriage. Cynthia does not perform as female talent in the adult industry, although she appears alongside her husband in a cameo appearance for the upcoming Pulpo, Inc. feature release: "Dirty Queen", as a television anchorwoman (AVN, 2/25/2008) and "Three's Company XXX" (Hustler 2009) and "One Last Ride" (Adam & Eve 2009). The couple live in the San Fernando Valley.

Awards

• 1996 Adult Video Review Magazine: Best New Director of the Year.^{[citation needed]}
• 1997 AVN: Best Pro-Am Video.^{[citation needed]}
• 1998 AVN: Best Pro-Am Series.^{[citation needed]}
• 1998 XRCO: Best Video Series.^{[citation needed]}
• 1999 XRCO: Best Group Scene.^{[citation needed]}
• 2000 AVN: Best Couples Scene.
• 2002 Adam Film Awards: Best Sex Scene.^{[citation needed]}
• 2007 AVN Nominee "Male Performer of the Year"
• 2008 AVN Nominee "Best Supporting Actor" for a DVD release for "Black Worm" distributed by Pulpo

External links

• Van Damage at the Internet Movie Database
• Van Damage at the Adult Film Database