Bruce Seven

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Bruce Seven
Birthdate: June 4, 1946
Date of death: January 15, 2000 (aged 53)
Hair color: Brown
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Stage Name(s): Bruce Six
No. of films: 95 as actor (non-sex)
204 as director (per IAFD)[1]
Bruce Seven at IMDb
Bruce Seven at IAFD
Bruce Seven at AFDB

Bruce Seven (June 4, 1946 – January 15, 2000)[2] was an American pornographic film producer and director. He created 200 films and was a member the AVN Hall of Fame[3] and the XRCO Hall of Fame.[4]

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[edit] Career

Bruce Seven worked on special effects in the mainstream film industry before he entered the adult film business. He started filming bondage porn on 8 mm film as a hobby around 1970. He was first hired as a professional camera operator around 1980, shooting bondage features for Bizarre Video.[5]

In 1983 Seven and actor John Stagliano formed Lipstik Video, a producer of lesbian themed porn. For Lipstik, Seven produced and co-directed his first film Aerobisex Girls.[2]

Bruce Seven married pornographic actress Bionca in 1984.

From 1984 to 1986, Seven directed a line of videos for Vivid Entertainment featuring Ginger Lynn.[2] He also produced and directed the Loose Ends series for 4-Play Video starting in 1985.[5]

In the late 1980s became seriously ill from emphysema. He recovered in 1989.

Starting in 1990, Seven made films for John Stagliano's Evil Angel Productions as an outside director. For Evil Angel, he directed bondage films including House of Dark Dreams and lesbian films including Where the Girls Sweat. He also directed several films in the Buttman and 'Buttwoman series.

In 1993, Seven worked with Bionca to launch her new production company, Exquisite Pleasures.[2] He produced and co-directed Takin' It to the Limit with Bionca. The video was Bionca's debut as director and it won the 1994 XRCO Award for Best Video.[6] He also directed the Buttslammers series of all-girl films.

In 1995, Seven suffered a stroke which left him confined to a wheelchair. He continued to produce and direct, but he withdrew from day-to-day film making. Bruce Seven died on January 15, 2000 from complications from emphysema and the stroke.[2]

[edit] Honors

Seven was inducted into the X-Rated Critics Organization Hall of Fame in 1993. Two of his films, Aerobisex Girls and the original Loose Ends, are also listed in the XRCO Hall of Fame.[4] Seven is also a member of the AVN (magazine) AVN Hall of Fame.[3] In 2007 he received a posthumous Adam Film World Lifetime Achievement Award.[7]

[edit] Awards

  • 1994 XRCO Award "Best Video" - Takin' It to the Limit (co-director with Bionca)[6][8]
  • 2007 Adam Film World "Lifetime Achievement Award"[7]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Bruce Seven at the Internet Adult Film Database. Retrieved on 2007-10-21.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Bruce Seven Dies", Adult Video News, 2000-01-18. Retrieved on 2007-10-19. 
  3. ^ a b AVN Hall of Fame. Retrieved on 2007-10-19.
  4. ^ a b XRCO Hall of Fame. Retrieved on 2007-10-21.
  5. ^ a b Bruce Seven. Adult Video News (2000-02-04). Retrieved on 2007-10-21.
  6. ^ a b PREVIOUS WINNERS AND NOMS - 2002 and Before. XRCO. Retrieved on 2007-10-19.
  7. ^ a b Nelson X. "Adam Film World Announces Annual Award Winners", Adult Video News, 2007-03-29. Retrieved on 2007-10-19. 
  8. ^ Takin' It to the Limit at the Internet Movie Database. Retrieved on 2007-10-03.

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