Axel Braun
Axel Braun | |
|---|---|
 Braun in October 2010 | |
| Born | September 22, 1966[1] |
| Nationality | Italy USA[3] |
| Years active | 1990-present[4] |
| Children | Rikki Braun[5] |
| Website | axelbraun |
Axel Braun (born September 22, 1966) is an Italian-American adult film producer and director known for his productions of pornographic parodies.[3][1][6][7] He is the most awarded director in the history of adult films.[8]
The son of Lasse Braun, he is an AVN Hall of Fame, XRCO Hall of Fame and NightMoves Hall of Fame inductee.[9][10]
Early life
Axel was born and raised in Milan, Italy.[2] His mother had a brief affair with adult film director Lasse Braun.[11] Axel didn't meet Lasse until he was 14.[11] He attended film school at Columbia College Hollywood.[11]
Career
Braun has directed over 500 movies since 1990.[12] Braun's movie Batman XXX: A Porn Parody was the best-selling and best-renting title of 2010.[13][14] Due to the success of Batman XXX, Vivid Entertainment created a new line to capitalize on the superhero and sci-fi genres called Vivid Superhero and Braun was named leading director for the initiative.[15] In 2013, Braun left Vivid and signed an exclusive directing contract with Wicked Pictures[16] to launch Wicked Fairy Tales and Wicked Comix, two imprints dedicated exclusively to fairy tale and comic book parodies.[17][18]
In December 2020, following the acquisition of Wicked Pictures by Gamma Entertainment, Braun was appointed Head of Production for the company.[19] On June 23, 2023, Braun announced his retirement from the adult industry after a career spanning 33 years. [20]
Advocacy
In October 2010, Braun filed a federal lawsuit against 7,098 individuals who he alleged illegally shared digital copies of his movie Batman XXX: A Porn Parody.[21]
In October 2013, Braun instated a policy that required all performers appearing in sexually explicit roles in any of his movies to be 21 years of age, or older.[22]
In May 2014, Braun announced two new policies for his productions. First, he would no longer forgo the use of condoms in his videos. Second, he will require full-panel STD/HIV tests no older than seven days. He added that he would personally cover the cost for the test if a performer's current test is older.[23]
Recognition
Braun was inducted into the AVN Hall of Fame in 2011 and into the XRCO Hall of Fame in 2014.[9][10] He has won the AVN Best Parody award for ten consecutive years in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020.[24] Braun is the only adult director to have won the AVN Director of the Year award four consecutive times in 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014.[25]
In January 2015, 24 XXX: An Axel Braun Parody became the first parody ever to win the AVN Movie of the Year award.[26] Braun won the top award again in 2016 with Peter Pan XXX: An Axel Braun Parody, and in 2017 with Suicide Squad XXX: An Axel Braun Parody scoring an unprecedented AVN Movie of the Year three-peat.[27]
In 2019, Braun won the AVN Movie of the Year for a fourth time with The Possession of Mrs. Hyde, his first non-parody feature in 15 years, written with his father Lasse Braun and his son Rikki, and shot entirely in Black and White CinemaScope.[24]
Other ventures
Braun is the owner of Level 5 Post, a post-production company that supplies editing, authoring, graphics and special effects to many adult and mainstream companies.[28]
Selected awards
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| Totals | 31 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Year | Category | Nominated work |
|---|---|---|
| 2004[29] | Best Screenplay | Compulsion |
| 2011[30][31] | AVN Hall of Fame inductee | — |
| Director of the Year | ||
| Best Screenplay | Batman XXX: A Porn Parody | |
| 2012[32] | Director of the Year | — |
| 2013[33] | ||
| Director of the Year | ||
| Best Director-Parody | ||
| Best Screenplay | Star Wars XXX: A Porn Parody | |
| 2014[34] | Director of the Year | — |
| 2015[31][35] | Best Director/Parody | |
| Best Screenplay | 24 XXX: An Axel Braun Parody | |
| 2016[31][35] | Best Director/Parody | — |
| Best Screenplay | Batman v Superman XXX: An Axel Braun Parody | |
| 2017[31][35] | Suicide Squad XXX: An Axel Braun Parody | |
| Best Director/Parody | — | |
| 2018[24][35] | Best Director/Feature | |
| 2019[24] | ||
| Best Screenplay | The Possession of Mrs. Hyde |
| Year | Category | Nominated work |
|---|---|---|
| 2010[36] | Director of the Year-Body of Work | — |
| 2013[37] | Director of the Year – Parody | Star Wars XXX: A Porn Parody |
| 2014[38] | Director of the Year-Body of Work | — |
| 2016[31][39] | Director of the Year-Parody |
| Year | Category | Nominated work |
|---|---|---|
| 2010[40] | Best Director (Editor's Choice) | — |
| 2012[41] | NightMoves Lifetime Achievement Award | |
| 2014[42] | NightMoves Hall of Fame inductee |
| Year | Category | Nominated work |
|---|---|---|
| 2004[43] | Best Director | Compulsión |
| Year | Category |
|---|---|
| 2011 | Best Director-Parody |
| 2012 | |
| 2013 | |
| 2014 | XRCO Hall of Fame inductee |
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