Axel Braun
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Axel Braun (born September 22, 1966) is an Italian-American adult film producer and director known for his productions of pornographic parodies.[1][2][3][4] He is the most awarded director in the history of adult films.[5]
The son of Lasse Braun, he is an AVN Hall of Fame, XRCO Hall of Fame and NightMoves Hall of Fame inductee.[6][7]
Early life
Axel was born and raised in Milan, Italy.[8] His mother had a brief affair with adult film director Lasse Braun.[9] Axel didn't meet Lasse until he was 14.[9] He attended film school at Columbia College Hollywood.[9]
Career
Braun has directed over 500 movies since 1990.[10] Braun's movie Batman XXX: A Porn Parody was the best-selling and best-renting title of 2010.[11][12] 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.[13] In 2013, Braun left Vivid and signed an exclusive directing contract with Wicked Pictures[14] to launch Wicked Fairy Tales and Wicked Comix, two imprints dedicated exclusively to fairy tale and comic book parodies.[15][16]
In December 2020, following the acquisition of Wicked Pictures by Gamma Entertainment, Braun was appointed Head of Production for the company.[17] On June 23, 2023, Braun announced his retirement from the adult industry after a career spanning 33 years. [5]
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.[18]
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.[19]
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.[20]
Recognition
Braun was inducted into the AVN Hall of Fame in 2011 and into the XRCO Hall of Fame in 2014.[6][7] He has won the AVN Best Parody award for ten consecutive years in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020.[21] 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.[22]
In January 2015, 24 XXX: An Axel Braun Parody became the first parody ever to win the AVN Movie of the Year award.[23] 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.[24]
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.[21]
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.[25]
Selected awards
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| Totals | 31 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Year | Category | Nominated work |
|---|---|---|
| 2004[26] | Best Screenplay | Compulsion |
| 2011[27][28] | AVN Hall of Fame inductee | — |
| Director of the Year | ||
| Best Screenplay | Batman XXX: A Porn Parody | |
| 2012[29] | Director of the Year | — |
| 2013[30] | ||
| Director of the Year | ||
| Best Director-Parody | ||
| Best Screenplay | Star Wars XXX: A Porn Parody | |
| 2014[31] | Director of the Year | — |
| 2015[28][32] | Best Director/Parody | |
| Best Screenplay | 24 XXX: An Axel Braun Parody | |
| 2016[28][32] | Best Director/Parody | — |
| Best Screenplay | Batman v Superman XXX: An Axel Braun Parody | |
| 2017[28][32] | Suicide Squad XXX: An Axel Braun Parody | |
| Best Director/Parody | — | |
| 2018[21][32] | Best Director/Feature | |
| 2019[21] | ||
| Best Screenplay | The Possession of Mrs. Hyde |
| Year | Category | Nominated work |
|---|---|---|
| 2010[33] | Director of the Year-Body of Work | — |
| 2013[34] | Director of the Year – Parody | Star Wars XXX: A Porn Parody |
| 2014[35] | Director of the Year-Body of Work | — |
| 2016[28][36] | Director of the Year-Parody |
| Year | Category | Nominated work |
|---|---|---|
| 2010[37] | Best Director (Editor's Choice) | — |
| 2012[38] | NightMoves Lifetime Achievement Award | |
| 2014[39] | NightMoves Hall of Fame inductee |
| Year | Category | Nominated work |
|---|---|---|
| 2004[40] | Best Director | Compulsión |
| Year | Category |
|---|---|
| 2011 | Best Director-Parody |
| 2012 | |
| 2013 | |
| 2014 | XRCO Hall of Fame inductee |
See also
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References
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