Van Damage

Van Damage
Born	Van Brunt (1966-09-28) September 28, 1966 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.), is a former United States Army Special Forces, a retired porn star, and also an acclaimed director, cameraman and producer in the pornography industry.^{[citation needed]}

Career

Briefly serving in the Special Forces 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, after retiring from the army.^{[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]}

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.^[1]
• 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

References

External links

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