And now our annual annotated list of the AVN Award Nominees for The 2016 AVN Awards to be held in Las Vegas at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino on January 23, 2016.
Director of the Year
- Axel Braun
- B. Skow
- Brad Armstrong
- Eddie Powell
- Greg Lansky
- Jacky St. James
- James Avalon
- James Deen
- Jules Jordan
- Manuel Ferrara
- Mason
- Mike Adriano
- Ryan Madison
- Stormy Daniels
- William H. Nutsack
Best Director: Feature
- Greg Lansky, Carter Cruise: Obsession (Jules Jordan Video / Blacked.com)
- Kimberly Kane, Family Secrets (Vivid)
- Michael Ninn, How I Became a Sexual Slave (Video Marc Dorcel)
- Jakodema, Lock and Load (Digital Playground)
- Scott Allen, Love, Lust and Longing (Wicked Pictures)
- Will Ryder, Love, Sex and TV News (Adam & Eve)
- Paul Deeb, Marriage 2.0 (Adam & Eve / LionReach Productions)
- Kay Brandt, Safe Landings (Adam & Eve)
- Quasarman, Shades Of Scarlet 2: Higher Power (Zero Tolerance)
- Brad Armstrong, Starmaker (Wicked Pictures)
- James Deen, Stockholm Syndrome (Girlfriends Films / James Deen Productions)
- Jacky St. James, Submission Of Emma Marx 2: Boundaries (New Sensations / New Sensations Erotic Stories)
- Bree Mills, Turning: A Lesbian Horror Story (Girlfriends Films / Girlsway)
- Stills By Alan, Turning: A Lesbian Horror Story (Girlfriends Films / Girlsway)
- Stormy Daniels, Wanted (Wicked Pictures / Adam & Eve)
- David Stanley, Wild Inside (Vivid)
Best Director: Foreign Feature
- Franck Vicomte
- Rocco Siffredi, Bonnie vs. Rocco (Evil Angel / Rocco Siffredi Produzione)
- Hervé Bodilis, Claire Castel: Scandalous Girl (Video Marc Dorcel)
- Gazzman, Debauchery Mansion (Video Marc Dorcel)
- Dick Bush, Doctor (Brazzers)
- Justine Mii, Housemates 2 (JoyBear Pictures)
- Stevie McQueen, Housemates 2 (JoyBear Pictures)
- Michelle Flynn, Momentum 2 (Light Southern)
- Dick Bush, Monarch: Agents of Seduction (Digital Playground)
- Bobby Peru, Private Gold 182: Cheating With Friends and Family (Private)
- DiSanto, Private Gold 183: Deception (Private)
Best Director: Foreign Non-Feature
- Rebecca Lord, Do Not Disturb (Exile Distribution / Rebecca Lord Productions)
- Strangelove, Fucked and Disorderly (Harmony Films)
- Denys Defrancesco, Hot Cars and Hot Babes (DDF)
- Lensman, Manuel’s Fucking POV 2: Paris Edition (Jules Jordan Video)
- Hervé Bodilis, Married Women (Video Marc Dorcel)
- Dimitris Sirinakis, My Stepmother in Mykonos (Sirina)
- Nacho Vidal, Nacho’s Teen Addiction (Evil Angel / Nacho Vidal Productions)
- Rino Mizasawa, Pink Sugar (JAV 1 Models)
- DiSanto, Pretty Little Playthings (Daring)
- Guy Ranieri Sblattero, Reading Room (Girlfriends Films / Viv Thomas)
- Rocco Siffredi, Rocco’s Italian Porn Boot Camp (Evil Angel / Rocco Siffredi Produzione)
- Franck Vicomte, Secretary With Glasses (Video Marc Dorcel)
- David Lee, Stepmom Lessons (babes.com)
- Paul Hamilton, Stepmom Lessons (babes.com)
- Kendo, Trophy Wives (Harmony Films)
- Alis Locanta, Waltz With Me (Girlfriends Films / Metart)
Best Director: Non-Feature
- MimeFreak, Adriana’s a Slut (Girlfriends Films / ArchAngel Productions)
- Jonni Darkko, Anal Angels (Evil Angel / Jonni Darkko Productions )
- Angela White, Angela 2 (Girlfriends Films / AGW Entertainment B.V.)
- Claudio, Anikka’s Anal Sluts (Evil Angel / BAM Visions)
- Mick Blue, Anikka’s Anal Sluts (Evil Angel / BAM Visions)
- Jonathan Morgan, Asa Akira: Wicked Fuck Doll (Wicked Pictures)
- Mason, Big Anal Asses 3 (Mile High / Hard X)
- Robby D., Fucked Ra (AE Films)
- Jules Jordan, Jesse: Alpha Female (Jules Jordan Video)
- Chris Streams, Manuel Ferrara’s Reverse Gangbang 3 (Jules Jordan Video / Chris Streams Productions)
- Eddie Powell, Meet Aidra Fox (Digital Sin)
- Paul Woodcrest, Meet Aidra Fox (Digital Sin)
- Pat Myne, MILF Performers of the Year 2015 (Elegant Angel)
- Ivan, SeXXXploitation of Abigail Mac (Girlfriends Films / Desire Films)
- Chanel Preston, Smoke (Girlfriends Films / James Deen Productions)
- Holly Randall, True Erotica (AE Films)
- David Lord, Twisted Fantasies 2: Dark Desires (Devil’s Film)
Best Director: Parody
- Brett Brando, American Whore Story (Brazzers)
- Dick Bush, Doctor (Brazzers)
- Lee Roy Meyers, Gnardians Of The Galaxy And Other Porn Parodies (woodrocket.com)
- Jakodema, Kill Bill: A XXX Parody (Digital Playground)
- Brad Armstrong, Magic Mike XXXL (Wicked Pictures)
- Joanna Angel, Making the Band (Burning Angel)
- Lily Cade, Ms. Grey (Severe Sex)
- Mistress D Severe, Ms. Grey (Severe Sex)
- Jim Powers, Night at the Erotic Museum (Smash Pictures)
- Axel Braun, Peter Pan XXX: An Axel Braun Parody (Wicked Pictures / Wicked Fairy Tales)
- Kayden Kross, Screwing Wall Street: The Arrangement Finders IPO (Evil Angel / Manuel Ferrara Productions)
- Manuel Ferrara, Screwing Wall Street: The Arrangement Finders IPO (Evil Angel / Manuel Ferrara Productions)
- Bonnie Rotten, Sisters of Anarchy (Digital Playground)
- Barrett Blade, Sleeping With Danger (Dream Zone Entertainment)
- Andre Madness, This Ain’t Modern Family XXX (Hustler Video)
- Will Ryder, This Ain’t Supernatural XXX (Hustler Video)
- Ralph Long, This Can’t Be Deadpool XXXX (Spizoo)
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