10th AVN Awards

1993 American adult industry award ceremony

Randy West
Porsche Lynn
Ona Zee^[1]

Produced byGary MillerDirected byS. Marco DiMercurioHighlightsBest PictureFace Dance, Parts 1 & 2 (Best Film)Most awardsThe Party (8)

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The 10th AVN Awards ceremony, presented by Adult Video News (AVN), honored pornographic films released in 1992 in the United States and took place in January 1993, at Bally's Hotel and Casino in Paradise, Nevada.^[2] During the ceremony, AVN presented AVN Awards in 67 categories. The ceremony was produced by Gary Miller and directed by S. Marco DiMercurio. Actor Randy West hosted the show for the second consecutive year, with actresses Porsche Lynn and Ona Zee as co-hosts.^[1]^[3]

The Party won eight AVN awards but Best Film went to Face Dance, Parts 1 & 2, which also won Best Director—Film for John Stagliano.^[1]

Winners and nominees

The winners were announced during the awards ceremony in January 1993. Ashlyn Gere won the grand slam of erotic acting: Female Performer of the Year, Best Actress in a Feature Film and Best Actress in a Video.^[1]^[4]

Major awards

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡).

Best Film	Best Shot-on-Video Feature
Face Dance, Parts 1 & 2‡^[1]^[3]^[4] Bonnie and Clyde The Secret Garden 1 & 2^[1]	The Party‡^[1]^[3]^[4]
Male Performer of the Year	Female Performer of the Year
Rocco Siffredi‡^[1]^[3]^[4] Mike Horner^[1]	Ashlyn Gere‡^[1]^[3]^[4]
Best New Starlet	Best Tease Performance
Alex Jordan‡^[1]^[3] Chrissy Ann Nikki Dial Kiss Tiffany Million Tiffany Mynx Kelly O’Dell Alicia Rio^[1]	Racquel Darrian, Bonnie and Clyde‡^[1]^[3]^[4]
Best Actor—Film	Best Actress—Film
Mike Horner, The Seduction of Mary‡^[1]^[3]^[4] Rocco Siffredi, Face Dance, Parts 1 & 2^[1]	Ashlyn Gere, Chameleons‡^[1]^[3]^[4] Tiffany Million, Face Dance, Parts 1 & 2 Ashlyn Gere, The Secret Garden 1 & 2^[1]
Best Actor—Video	Best Actress—Video
Joey Silvera, The Party‡^[1]^[3]^[4] Tony Tedeschi, The Buttsizer^[1]	Ashlyn Gere, Two Women‡^[1]^[3]^[4] Tiffany Million, One in a Million Victoria Paris, Two Women Ashlyn Gere, Gerein’ Up Taylor Wane, Just Friends^[1]
Best Supporting Actor—Film	Best Supporting Actress—Film
Randy Spears, The Secret Garden 1 & 2‡^[3]^[4]¹ Joey Silvera, Face Dance, Parts 1 & 2^[1]	Ona Zee, The Secret Garden 1 & 2‡^[1]^[3]^[4]
Best Supporting Actor—Video	Best Supporting Actress—Video
Tony Tedeschi, Smeers‡^[1]^[3]	Melanie Moore, The Party‡^[1]^[3]
Best Sex Scene, Film	Best Sex Scene, Video (Couple)
Angel Ash, Chrissy Ann, Sheila Stone, Sierra, Tiffany Mynx, Rick Smears, Rocco Siffredi, Tom Byron, Woody Long; the blindfold butt orgy, Face Dance, Part 1‡^[1]^[3] Rocco Siffredi, Sierra; Face Dance, Part 2^[1]	Joey Silvera, Alex Jordan; The Party‡^[1]^[3] Rocco Siffredi, Silver; Butt Freak^[1]
Best Sex Scene, Video (Group)	Best All-Girl Sex Scene, Video
Marc Wallice, T. T. Boy, Ashlyn Gere; Realities 2‡^[1]^[3] Danyel Cheeks, Jim Sparks, Joey Silvera, John Stagliano, Woody Long; the anal gang bang, Butt Freak^[1]	Diedre Holland, Ashlyn Gere; strap-on dildo scene, Chameleons‡^[1]^[3]^[4] Summer Knight, Porsche Lynn; Where The Girls Play^[1] Madison, Flame; Buttwoman II: Behind Bars^[4] Pool table orgy, Kittens III^[4]
Best Gonzo Video	Best Amateur or Pro-Am Video Series
Radical Affairs I‡^[1]^[3]	More Dirty Debutantes‡^[1]^[3]

Additional award winners

These awards were also announced at the awards show.^[1]

Best All-Girl Video: Kittens III^[1]
Best All-Sex Video: Realities 2
Best Alternative Release, Film: Desert Passion
Best Alternative Release, Specialty or Featurette Tape: Playmates In Paradise
Best Alternative Release, Video: Love Scenes, Vol. 2
Best Amateur Tape: Amorous Amateurs #12
Best Anal-Themed Video: Dr. Butts 2
Best Art Direction: Bonnie and Clyde
Best Big-Bust Specialty Tape: Adventures of Breastman
Best Bisexual Video: Down Bi Law
Best Bondage Specialty Tape: Ona Zee's Learning The Ropes 1–3
Best Boxcover Concept: Bonnie and Clyde
Best Boxcover Concept, Gay Video: Mindscape II
Best Cinematography: Face Dance, Parts 1 & 2
Best Compilation Tape: Only The Very Best On Film
Best Director, Bisexual Video: Josh Eliot, Down Bi Law
Best Director, Feature Film: John Stagliano, Face Dance, Parts 1 & 2
Best Director, Gay Video: Chi Chi LaRue, Songs in the Key of Sex
Best Director, Video Feature (tie): Alex de Renzy, Two Women; Anthony Spinelli, The Party
Best Editing for a Film: Chameleons
Best Editing for a Gay Video Feature: James Stark, Kiss-Off
Best Gay Video Feature: Kiss-Off
Best Gay Video Solo Release: The Beat Cop^[1]

Best Music: Chameleons^[1]
Best Music, Gay Video: Straight To The Zone
Best Newcomer, Gay Video: B. J. Slater
Best Non-Sexual Performance: J. B., The Dirty Little Mind of Martin Fink
Best Non-Sexual Performance, Gay Video: Kenneth Weyerhaeuser, Kiss-Off
Best Overall Marketing Campaign: The Party, Pepper Productions
Best Packaging, Feature Film: Sin City—The Movie
Best Packaging, Gay Video: Mindscape II
Best Packaging, Specialty Tape: The Legend of Katoey Island
Best Packaging, Video Feature: Illusions
Best Performance in a Gay Video: Michael Brawn, Kiss-Off
Best Pro-Am Tape: Biff Malibu's Totally Nasty Home Videos #6
Best Screenplay, Film: Michael Torino, The Secret Garden 1 & 2
Best Screenplay, Gay Video: Stan Mitchell, Songs in the Key of Sex
Best Screenplay, Video: Michael Ellis, Jack Stephan; The Party
Best Sex Scene in a Gay Video: Erik Houston, Brett Ford, Scorcher
Best Spanking Specialty Tape: Defiance: The Spanking Saga
Best Specialty Tape — All Other Genres: The Legend of Katoey Island
Best Supporting Performance in a Gay Video: Wes Daniels, Songs in the Key of Sex
Best Video Editing: Gene Sixx, The Party
Best Videography: Two Women
Best Videography, Gay Video: Ellary Stag, Disconnected
Top Renting Release of the Year: Chameleons^[4]
Top Selling Release of the Year: Chameleons^[1]^[4]

Honorary AVN awards

Special Achievement Award

Paul Thomas^[1] and Vivid Video, for loyalty to the adult film genre

Hall of Fame

AVN Hall of Fame inductees for 1993 were: Erica Boyer, David Christopher, Debi Diamond, Jim Holliday, Fred J. Lincoln, Richard Mailer, William Margold, Peter North, Loni Sanders, Jeff Stryker, Marc Wallice, Ona Zee^[1]^[4]

Multiple nominations and awards

The following twelve movies received multiple awards:

8 - The Party
6 - Chameleons
4 - Face Dance, Parts 1 & 2; Kiss-Off
3 - Bonnie and Clyde, The Secret Garden 1 & 2, Songs in the Key of Sex, Two Women
2 - Down Bi Law, The Legend of Katoey Island, Mindscape II, Realities 2

Presenters and performers

The following individuals, in order of appearance, presented awards or performed musical numbers. The show's trophy girl was Shayla LaVeaux.^[1]^[3]

Presenters

Name(s)	Role
Alexis DeVille Madison Kelly O'Dell	Presenters of the awards for Best Supporting Actor—Video and Best Supporting Actress—Video
Tiffany Million Jonathan Morgan Leena	Presenters of the awards for Best Supporting Actor—Film and Best Supporting Actress—Film
Raquel Darrian Janine Lindemulder	Presenters of the awards for Best All-Girl Sex Scene and Best Group Sex Scene
Sharon Mitchell Lynn LeMay Sheila Stone	Presenters of the awards for Best Tease Performance and Best Amateur or Pro-Am Series Video Series
Sean Michaels Sunny McKay	Presenters of the awards for Best Sex Scene on Film and Best Sex Scene on Video
Hyapatia Lee Rick Savage	Presenters of the awards for Male Performer of the Year and Female Performer of the Year
Ona Zee Randy West	Presenters of the award for Best New Starlet
Tony Tedeschi Domonique Simone Taylor Wane	Presenters of the awards for Best Actor in a Feature Film and Best Actress in a Feature Film
Tom Byron Angela Summers	Presenters of the awards for Best Actor in a Shot-on-Video Feature and Best Actress in a Shot-on-Video Feature
Ashlyn Gere Jon Dough	Presenters of the award for Feature Film of the Year
Ona Zee Randy West	Presenters of the award for Best Shot-on-Video Feature

Performers

Name(s)	Role	Performed
Randy West The Stingers	Performers	Opening number: “We Put the X in Sex”
Bobby Slayton	Performer	Standup comedy
Chi Chi LaRue The Stingers	Performers	Musical number: “Two Tons of Love”

Ceremony information

Actor Randy West hosted the show for the second consecutive year. His co-host for the first half of the show was Porsche Lynn while Ona Zee co-hosted the last half. Randy West opened the show with a song, “We Put the X in Sex”, the lyrics of which contained names of several actors and actresses.^[1]^[3]

Several other people were involved with the production of the ceremony. The live show was produced by Gary Todd while musical direction was undertaken by Mark J. Miller. A VHS videotape of the show was also published and sold by VCA Pictures, which was produced and directed by S. Marco DiMercurio.^[3]

There were several new categories this year, including Female Performer of the Year, Male Performer of the Year, Best Gonzo Video and Best Amateur or Pro-Am Video series.^[1]^[3]

Chameleons was announced as both the top selling movie and the top renting movie of the year.^[1]

Critical reviews

Hustler magazine was critical of the awards, pointing out the Best Marketing Campaign award went to a video that wasn't released in 1992, and adding, “No matter. The AVN show isn't about accuracy. The annual exercise is a tuxedo-clad circle-jerk from AVN to all its advertisers. The joke is watching so many smut peddlers and performers take it seriously.”^[2]

Cheri magazine was more charitable, calling the awards “the porn industry's biggest party of the year.”^[4]

Notes

^1 Randy Spears was announced as the winner of Best Supporting Actor—Film in VCA Pictures' VHS videotape of the awards show, and a clip featuring him in The Secret Garden is shown.^[3] Cheri magazine also reported Spears as the winner of this category.^[5] However, Adult Video News magazine reported that the category was won by Joey Silvera for his role in Face Dance, Parts 1 & 2.^[1] AVN has repeated this in its lists of past winners published online and in subsequent awards show official programs. AVN did not report whether an error was made at the show, so it may be an error in their publications.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag ^ah ^ai ^aj ^ak ^al ^am ^an ^ao ^ap ^aq ^ar ^as ^at ^au Ross, Gene (March 1993). "The Adult Video News Awards, 1993 The Year of Gere". Adult Video News. Vol. 8, no. 4. Upper Darby, Pennsylvania: AVN Publications, Inc. pp. 32–44. ISSN 0883-7090.
^ ^a ^b "The Envelope, Sleaze". Hustler. LFP Publications, Inc. June 1993. p. 19.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z Di Mercurio, S. Marco (Director) (1993). The 10th Annual Adult Video News Awards (videotape). VCA Pictures.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s "On the Road: 1993 Adult Video Awards, Las Vegas, Nevada". Cheri. New York, New York: Cheri Magazine, Inc. June 1993. pp. 20–27. ISSN 1059-7131.
^ "On the Road: 1993 Adult Video Awards, Las Vegas, Nevada". Cheri. New York, New York: Cheri Magazine, Inc. June 1993. p. 22. ISSN 1059-7131. Ona Zee, inducted into Adult Video's Hall of Fame this year, took the prize for Best Supporting Actress in a Film for her work in The Secret Garden, which garnered Best Supporting Actor for Randy Spears.

Bibliography

"AVN Awards & CES Event Report". Bachelor (in Japanese). Japan. April 1993.
"The AVN Awards, the CES Show in Vegas". High Society. United States. July 1993.
"Hot Vegas: Filtny Times at XXX Vid Awards". Live. United States. December 1993.

External links

AVN Awards
Adult Video News Awards Archived January 19, 2009, at the Wayback Machine at the Internet Movie Database
Adult Video News Awards 1993 (1993 Video) at IMDb
Adult Video News Awards 1993 at the Internet Adult Film Database
1993 AVN Awards at the Adult Film Database