{{Short description|French producer and director of pornographic films}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox person | name = Marc Dorcel | image = | birth_name = Marcel Herskovitz {{Birth date and age|1934|03|27|df=y}} | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Producer, director and founder of Video Marc Dorcel | years_active = 1965–present | children = 1 }} {{Infobox company | name = Dorcel | logo = Dorcel-2022.svg | type = Private | predecessor = | successor = | founder = | defunct = | fate = | area_served = Worldwide | key_people = | industry = Adult erotic films | genre = Pornography | products = Pornographic films | services = | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | aum = | assets = | equity = | owner = | num_employees = | parent = | divisions = | subsid = | footnotes = | intl = | foundation = | location_city = | location_country = France | location = | locations = | market cap = | homepage = {{official website}} }}
'''Marc Dorcel''' ({{IPA|fr|maʁk dɔʁsɛl}}; born in March 1934 as Marcel Herskovitz<ref>{{cite web | title=Marc Dorcel - Biography | website=IMDb | url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0233443/bio/ }}</ref>) is a French-Hungarian producer of adult erotic films who founded the company '''Video Marc Dorcel''' (or simply '''Marc Dorcel'''). Besides producing films by himself, he also produces films in partnership with people like Michel Ricaud, Cyril Randuineau, Marc Ange and Julo Kaiel. Dorcel is known for the long-running ''Pornochic'' film series. Dorcel was inducted into the AVN Hall of Fame in 2015.
In the 1990s, Marc Dorcel became the first French porn producer to employ actresses under exclusivity contracts. Dorcel's first brand ambassador, in the late 1990s, was Laure Sainclair,<ref>[http://www.strategies.fr/actualites/marques/r3329W/comment-marc-dorcel-est-devenu-le-prince-du-x.html Comment Marc Dorcel est devenu le prince du X] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220716124545/https://www.strategies.fr/actualites/marques/r3329W/comment-marc-dorcel-est-devenu-le-prince-du-x.html |date=16 July 2022 }}, ''Stratégies'', 20 July 1998</ref> followed by other female performers such as Mélanie Coste<ref name="Vecchi">Philippe Vecchi, [http://www.gqmagazine.fr/pop-culture/medias/articles/melanie-mon-ange-pervers-quand-philippe-vecchi-nous-racontait-sa-vie-avec-une-porn-star/57286 Mélanie, mon ange pervers], ''GQ'' France, August 2008</ref> and Yasmine Lafitte.<ref name="inrocks">[http://www.lesinrocks.com/2011/01/09/actualite/yasmine-ex-egerie-dorcel-maintenant-je-sais-pourquoi-je-suis-devenue-hardeuse-1121463/ Yasmine, ex-égérie Dorcel: “Maintenant je sais pourquoi je suis devenue hardeuse”], ''Les Inrockuptibles'', 9 January 2011</ref>
==3D/360° films== Dorcel is a pioneer in producing 3D/360° films.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.euronews.com/2015/10/05/porn-pioneers-the-3d-360-virtual-reality-viewing-experience|title = 3D, 360° virtual reality is ready to launch - on an adult film| work=euronews |date = 5 October 2015}}</ref>
==Distribution deals== The company's films are distributed in the U.S. by Wicked Pictures.<ref name="dorcel">{{cite magazine | title = Dorcel Signs Priscila Sol to Performance Contract |author=Ron Martin| magazine = AVN|url = http://www.avn.com/video/articles/18022.html|archive-url = https://archive.today/20130117192403/http://www.avn.com/video/articles/18022.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 17 January 2013| date=10 January 2004|accessdate = 20 August 2008 }}</ref>
On 1 March 2006, Dorcel launched Dorcel TV, a cable and satellite service broadcasting adult films.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.avmaroc.com/actualite/producteur-films-a18637.html|title=Le producteur de films X Marc Dorcel lance Dorcel TV|date=1 March 2006|accessdate=29 August 2007|publisher=AFP|language=French}}</ref> Dorcel TV is also available online. Video Marc Dorcel has also expanded to include a range of gay erotic content.
In August 2008, Private Media Group announced it has established an alliance with Video Marc Dorcel to collaborate in the home video market. The collaboration starts with a three-year DVD distribution agreement for France and going forward it is expected that Private and Marc Dorcel will explore additional opportunities in other territories. It is also expected that Private and Marc Dorcel will join forces on distribution platforms including Internet and IPTV/VOD in both France and across the EU.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.prvt.com/newsroom/press/view.php?pressid=204 |title=Private Media Group Announces Landmark Strategic Alliance With Marc Dorcel |publisher=prvt.com |accessdate=13 March 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081224190918/http://www.prvt.com/newsroom/press/view.php?pressid=204 |archivedate=24 December 2008 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
The studio's content is also available online through ''archos.com''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://digital-lifestyles.info/2008/04/23/archos-content-portal-expands-paramount-porn/|title=Archos Content Portal Expands: Paramount & Porn: Digital-Lifestyles|work=digital-lifestyles.info|date=23 April 2008 |accessdate=7 December 2014}}</ref>
In October 2017, Marc Dorcel has partnered with Canada's Vanessa Media to launch a TV channel and VOD service in Canada in French and English language.<ref>{{cite news|title=Marc Dorcel launches Canadian TV channel, VOD service|url=http://www.digitaltveurope.net/756392/marc-dorcell-launches-canadian-tv-channel-vod-service/|accessdate=7 November 2017|publisher=www.digitaltveurope.net|date=11 October 2017|archive-date=7 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107214111/http://www.digitaltveurope.net/756392/marc-dorcell-launches-canadian-tv-channel-vod-service/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Awards== Video Marc Dorcel has been nominated for AVN Awards on many occasions.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.avnawards.com/index.php?content=nominees |title=2014 AVN Awards Show – History |publisher=Avnawards.com |accessdate=31 July 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080224070917/http://www.avnawards.com/index.php?content=nominees |archivedate=24 February 2008 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.avn.com/imagearchive/20/53/72/2053722005_Nominations.pdf] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060718075739/http://www.avn.com/imagearchive/20/53/72/2053722005_Nominations.pdf |date=18 July 2006 }}</ref> The following is a selection of some of the major adult erotic awards won by Dorcel personally or by his company:
*1995 AVN Award – Best American Release in Europe (The Hot Video Award) for ''Le Parfum de Mathilde''<ref name=AVN>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.avnawards.com/index.php?content=pastwinners |title=AVN AWARDS PAST WINNERS |magazine=AVN |accessdate=7 March 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140118084001/http://avnawards.avn.com/past/winners/1989 |archivedate=18 January 2014 }}</ref> *1995 Hot d'Or Award – Best European Director (''Citizen Shane'')<ref name=IMDBAwards>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0233443/awards|title=Marc Dorcel: Awards|accessdate=26 August 2007|website=IMDb}}</ref> *1996 Hot d'Or Awards – Best European Director, Best European Film and Best Remake or Adaptation, all for ''La Princesse et La Pute'' – ''The Princess and The Whore'')<ref>[http://hot-dor.fr/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=2&Itemid=4 5ème cérémonie des Hot d'Or] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140316035017/http://hot-dor.fr/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=2&Itemid=4 |date=16 March 2014 }}</ref> *1998 AVN Award – Best American Release in Europe (The Hot Video Award) for ''President by Day, Hooker by Night''<ref name=AVN/> *1998 Hot d'Or d'Honneur for special achievements in the European adult industry<ref name=HotDor98>{{cite web|url=http://hotdor.org/hot-dor-1998-winners.htm |title=Hot d'Or 1998 Winners |accessdate=28 August 2007 |publisher=Hot d'Or |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070825141007/http://www.hotdor.org/hot-dor-1998-winners.htm |archivedate=25 August 2007 |url-status=usurped |df=dmy }}</ref> *1999 AVN Award – Best American Release in Europe (The Hot Video Award) for ''Drop Sex: Wipe The Floor''<ref name=AVN/> *1999 Hot d'Or Award – Best European Movie (''L'enjeu du desir'')<ref name=HotDor99>{{cite web|url=http://hotdor.org/hot-dor-1999-winners.htm |title=Hot d'Or 1999 Winners |accessdate=28 August 2007 |publisher=Hot d'Or |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070824003409/http://www.hotdor.org/hot-dor-1999-winners.htm |archivedate=24 August 2007 |url-status=usurped |df=dmy }}</ref> *2001 AVN Award – Best American Release in Europe (The Hot Video Award) for ''Tell Me What You Want''<ref name=AVN/> *2001 Venus Award – French National Prize<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.german-adult-news.com/artikel/erotik/149--6-venus-2002-messe-preview-a-awards.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100209142942/http://www.german-adult-news.com/artikel/erotik/149--6-venus-2002-messe-preview-a-awards.html|archivedate=2010-02-09|title=Venus 2002 - Messe-Preview & Awards|accessdate=2014-05-02}}</ref> *2001 FICEB Ninfa Award – Lifetime Achievement Award<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ficeb.com/english/premiados_2001.htm |title=2001 FICEB Award Nominees & Winners |accessdate=9 January 2015 |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070104223540/http://www.ficeb.com/english/premiados_2001.htm |archivedate=4 January 2007 }}</ref> *2002 AVN Award – Best American Release in Europe (The Hot Video Award) for ''Dark Angels''<ref name=AVN/> *2008 Eroticline Award – Special Award for Outstanding Achievements<ref>{{cite web|url=http://business.avn.com/articles/Exclusive-Complete-2008-eLINE-Award-Winners-from-Venus-Berlin-55443.html|title=Complete 2008 eLINE Award Winners from Venus Berlin|accessdate=2014-05-29|archive-date=16 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140416021504/http://business.avn.com/articles/Exclusive-Complete-2008-eLINE-Award-Winners-from-Venus-Berlin-55443.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> *2009 Hot d'Or Award – Best French Film (''Ritual'' – Marc Dorcel/Wicked Pictures){{citation needed|date=December 2014}} *2011 XBIZ Award – European Studio of the Year<ref name=xbizwinners>[http://www.xbizawards.com/winners.php XBIZ Award Winners], ''XBIZ'', February 2011</ref> *2012 XBIZ Award – European Studio of the Year<ref name=xbizwinners2012>[http://www.xbizawards.com/winners.php XBIZ Award Winners], ''XBIZ'', January 2012</ref> *2012 XBIZ Award – European Feature Release of the Year (''Les Filles de la Campagne'')<ref name=xbizwinners2012 /> *2013 XBIZ Award – Parody Release of the Year, Drama (''Inglorious Bitches'')<ref name=xbixwins13>{{cite news|title=2013 XBIZ Award Winners Announced|url=http://www.xbiz.com/news/158425 |accessdate=12 January 2013|publisher=XBIZ|date=11 January 2013}}</ref> *2013 XBIZ Award – European Studio of the Year<ref name=xbixwins13/> *2013 XBIZ Award – European Feature Release of the Year (''Inglorious Bitches'')<ref name=xbixwins13/> *2014 XBIZ Award – European Studio of the Year<ref name=XBIZ14>{{cite web|url=http://www.xbiz.com/news/173901|title=2014 XBIZ Award Winners Announced|accessdate=2014-01-25|author=Dan Miller|date=2014-01-24|publisher=XBIZ}}</ref> *2014 XBIZ Award – Specialty Release of the Year<ref name=xbizwin2014>[http://xbizawards.xbiz.com/winners.php XBIZ Award Winners 2014], ''XBIZ'', January, 2014</ref> *2014 XBIZ Award – European Feature Release of the Year (''Claire Castel, The Chambermaid'')<ref name=xbizwin2014 /> *2014 AVN Award – Best Foreign Feature (''L’Innocente'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://business.avn.com/articles/video/AVN-Announces-the-Winners-of-the-2014-AVN-Awards-544448.html|title=AVN Announces the Winners of the 2014 AVN Awards|work=avn.com|accessdate=4 December 2014|archive-date=1 February 2016|archive-url=https://archive.today/20160201103626/http://business.avn.com/articles/video/AVN-Announces-the-Winners-of-the-2014-AVN-Awards-544448.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> *2015 XBIZ Award – European Studio of the Year<ref name=xbizwinners2015>[http://xbizawards.xbiz.com/winners.php XBIZ Award Winners], ''XBIZ'', January, 2015</ref> *2015 XBIZ Award – European Feature Release of the Year (''Russian Institute: Lesson 19: Holidays at My Parents'')<ref name=xbizwinners2015 /> *2015 AVN Hall of Fame<ref name=2015AVNHoF>{{cite web|title=Class of 2015: Meet the AVN Hall of Fame Inductees|url=http://business.avn.com/articles/video/Class-of-2015-Meet-the-AVN-Hall-of-Fame-Inductees-583141.html|website=AVN.com|publisher=Adult Video News|accessdate=26 January 2015|archive-date=26 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141226150842/http://business.avn.com/articles/video/Class-of-2015-Meet-the-AVN-Hall-of-Fame-Inductees-583141.html/|url-status=dead}}</ref> *2017 XBIZ Award – Foreign Studio of the Year<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.xbiz.com/news/216216/2017-xbiz-awards-winners-announced|title=2017 XBIZ Awards Winners Announced|last=XBIZ|website=XBIZ|date=13 January 2017 |language=en|access-date=2019-12-16}}</ref> *2017 XBIZ Award – Foreign Feature Release of the Year (''My Daughter Is A Whore'' – Marc Dorcel/Wicked Pictures)<ref name=":2" /> *2018 XBIZ Europa Award – Feature Movie of the Year ''(Undercover)''<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.xbiz.com/news/238611/1st-ever-xbiz-europa-awards-winners-announced|title=1st-Ever XBIZ Europa Awards Winners Announced|last=XBIZ|website=XBIZ|date=11 September 2018 |language=en|access-date=2019-12-16}}</ref> *2018 XBIZ Europa Award – Glamcore Movie of the Year ''(Luxure: Wife to Educate)''<ref name=":1" /> *2018 XBIZ Europa Award – Studio of the Year <ref name=":1" /> *2019 XBIZ Award – Foreign Studio of the Year<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.xbiz.com/news/241553/2019-xbiz-awards-winners-announced|title=2019 XBIZ Awards Winners Announced|last=XBIZ|website=XBIZ|date=18 January 2019 |language=en|access-date=2019-12-16}}</ref> *2019 XBIZ Europa Award – Glamcore Movie of the Year ''(Clea, Private Banker)''<ref name=":0" /> *2019 XBIZ Europa Award – Studio of the Year<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.xbiz.com/news/246815/winners-announced-for-2019-xbiz-europa-awards|title=Winners Announced for 2019 XBIZ Europa Awards|last=XBIZ|website=XBIZ|date=11 September 2019 |language=en|access-date=2019-12-16}}</ref>
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== External links == <!-- Per WP:ELMINOFFICIAL, choose one official website only --> * {{official website}} * [http://www.dorceltv.com/ Marc Dorcel & Dorcel TV Official Site] * {{IMDb name|0233443|Marc Dorcel}}
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