William Higgins (director)
William Higgins (also "Wim Hof") is a director of gay pornographic films. His first film, "Boys of Venice," was produced in 1979. He has since produced over 140 internationally distributed titles.[1] His films have won several Grabby awards and he is in the GayVN Awards Hall of Fame.[2] He is the founder of the film production company Catalina Video.
One of gay porn's pioneers, William Higgins began making movies with a distinctive '"California look" in the 1970s and directed many of Catalina Video's greatest hits for nearly two decades. With classic films like Pacific Coast Highway, The Young & the Hung, Sailor in the Wild, Class Reunion, Big Guns, These Bases Are Loaded, Brother Load, Beyond Hawaii, and French Lieutenant's Boys.
Channel 1 Releasing acquired the rights to Catalina Video in 2007 and is re-mastering many of Higgins' classic Catalina movies and transferring them to DVD.
Awards and nominations
- 1984 Gay Producers Association winner of Special Achievement Award for "Sailor in the Wild 1".[3]
- 1985 X-Rated Critics Organization winner of Best Depiction of Safe Sex for "The Young & the Hung".[4]
- 2000 Grabby Awards nomination for Best International Video and Best Videograph.[5]
- 2000 Grabby Awards winner of Best Classic DVD.[6]
- 2003 Grabby Awards winner of Best Classic DVD.[7]
Selected filmography
- 1978 Boys Of Venice at the Internet Movie Database
- 1981 Brothers Should Do It
- 1982 Buster Goes To Laguna at the Internet Movie Database
- 1983 Cousins
- 1983 Sailor in the Wild[8]
- 1984 Frat House Memories at the Internet Movie Database
- 1985 Pizza Boy: He Delivers at the Internet Movie Database
- 1985 Young and the Hung[9]
- 1987 Big Guns[10]
- 1988 William Higgins – Screen Test
- 1989 Down Under
- 1990 Catalina Orgies
- 1991 Sex in the Great Outdoors
- 1992 Frat Pack
- 1997 Wim Hof's Rough Cut (as Wim Hof)
- 1997 Puda: The Attic (as Wim Hof)
- 1998 Sex In The Can
- 1999 Double Czech[11] (as Wim Hof)
- 2001 Prague Buddies 3: Liebestod[12]
- 2001 The Seven Deadly Sins: Wrath (as Wim Hof)
- 2002 Hard Day's
- 2003 Kick Club
- 2005 Inside Jirka Gregor
- 2006 Weapon Of Mass Attraction
- 2007 Load Warriors
- 2008 Bjorn Free
- 2009 Exploring Rudolf Schneider
- 2009 Double Czech 2009[13]
References
- ↑ Weitzer, Ronald John (2000), Sex for sale: prostitution, pornography, and the sex industry, Routledge, p. 54, ISBN 978-0-415-92295-1,
Directors William Higgins and Matt Sterling set the standard for the new 1980s gay porn model.
- ↑ 1998 GayVN Hall of Fame.
- ↑ Guyjoy, Wilder, editor-in-chief (November 1995). Adam Gay Video 1996 Directory. Los Angeles, California: Knight Publishing Corp.
- ↑ "XRCO award winners". XRCO.
- ↑ "GVD 2000 Grabby Awards Nominations". Archived from the original on June 4, 2004.
- ↑ "The 12th Annual (2002) Grabby Award Winners". Gay Chicago Magazine. May 24, 2003. Archived from the original on May 9, 2004.
- ↑ "The 13th Annual (2003) Grabby Award Winners". Gay Chicago Magazine. Archived from the original on June 18, 2004.
- ↑ 2004 Grabby award winner for Best Classic DVD
- ↑ 1985 X-Rated Critics Organization (XRCO) award for best director.
- ↑ 1987 X-Rated Critics Organization Best Video, 2002 Grabby Award Best Classic DVD and 2006 Grabby Award Best Classic Gay DVD.
- ↑ J. C. Adams (May 4, 2009). "Real-Life Sibling Sex in Gay Porn Flicks". The Adams Report. Retrieved September 9, 2012.
- ↑ 2002 Grabby award winner for Best International Screenplay.
- ↑ JC Adams (April 28, 2009). "Identical-Twin Sex Featured in 'Double Czech'". The Adams Report. Retrieved 2010-02-06.
External links
- Official website
- William Higgins at the Internet Adult Film Database
- William Higgins at the Internet Movie Database