James Avalon

James Avalon

James Avalon is an American adult film director, cinematographer, editor, writer, and producer.^[1] His aliases include Kunga Sludge, Mondo Tundra and Monty Tundra.^[2]

Early life

Avalon was a former Mormon missionary and has a degree in film studies from Brigham Young University.

James entered the adult film industry in 1979 as a journalist and became editor of Adam Film World’s special editions.^[3] He was also a founding member of the X-Rated Critics Organization.^[3]

1998 AVN Award winner – Best Editor, Video (Zazel: The Scent of Love)^[4]
2001 AVN Award winner - Best Director, Film (Les Vampyres)^[3]
2002 AVN Award nomination - Best Director, Video (Taboo 2001)^[5]
2003 AVN Award nomination - Best Director, Film (Les Vampyres 2)^[6]
2004 AVN Award nomination - Best Director, Non-Feature (Fantasy)^[7]
2004 XRCO Hall of Fame Inductee^[8]
2005 AVN Hall of Fame Inductee^[3]^[9]
2006 Ninfa Prize winner – Best Director (La Mansión del Placer)^[10]
2007 AVN Award nomination - Best Director, Video (Sex Pix)^[11]
2009 AVN Award nominations - Best Director, Feature, Best Videography & Best Screenplay (Roller Dollz)^[12]
2011 Feminist Porn Award winner – Steamiest Romantic Movie (A Little Part of Me)^[13]
2013 XBIZ Award nominations - Director of the Year (Tango to Romance) & Director of the Year – Body of Work^[14]

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↑ "2002 AVN Awards Nominations List". AVN.com. Archived from the original on 2001-12-08. Retrieved 2 October 2007.
↑ "2003 AVN Awards Nominations List". AVN.com. Archived from the original on 27 November 2002. Retrieved 2 October 2007.
↑ Trent Brown. "AVN Awards Nominations". AVN.com. Retrieved 9 August 2007.
↑ "Jules Jordan, Evil Angel, Elegant Angel, Wicked Pictures Capture XRCO Awards". avn.com. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
↑ "HALL OF FAME". Retrieved 16 January 2015.
↑ "The FICEB Ninfa, Tacón de Aguja and HeatGay Awards". Web.archive.org. 9 June 2007. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
↑ Jared Rutter (22 November 2006). "2007 AVN Awards Nominations Announced". AVN.com. Retrieved 6 August 2007.
↑ "Nominations 2009 AVN Adult Movie Awards" (PDF). 25 November 2008. Retrieved 26 November 2008.
↑ "The Romance Series’ ‘A Little Part of Me’ Receives Feminist Porn Award for Steamiest Romantic Movie". AVN. 20 April 2011. Retrieved 22 April 2011.
↑ "XBIZ Nominees 2013". Retrieved 27 September 2014.