{{Short description|American adult film director}} {{BLP sources|date=June 2014}} {{use mdy dates|date=August 2015}} {{Infobox person | name = Michael Ninn | image = <!-- only free-content images are allowed for depicting living people. Non-free and "fair use" images, e.g. promo photos, CD/DVD covers, posters, screen captures, etc., will be deleted - see WP:NONFREE --> | image_size = 150px | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} or {{Death-date and age|death date†|birth date†}} --> | death_place = | other_names = | occupation = Adult film director | years_active = 1992 – present | known_for = adult erotic films | spouse = | partner = | website = https://www.michaelninn.com }}
'''Michael Ninn''' is an adult film director and writer. He began his career as a music video director and made his first adult films in 1992.<ref name="SA-20140128">{{cite web|author=Adam|title=Legendary Director Michael Ninn Strikes Awards Season Gold with "The Ingenuous"|url=http://www.sexart.com/blog/20140128/Legendary_Director_Michael_Ninn_Strikes_Awards_Season_Gold__br__with__The_Ingenuous_/ |date=January 28, 2014 |work=Sexart.com |accessdate=December 24, 2014 }}</ref>
== Adult film career == In 1992, Ninn made his first adult erotic films – ''Black Orchid,'' ''Principles of Lust'' and ''Two Sisters''.<ref name="CA-20081118">{{cite web |last=Sutton |first=David |title=The Nymphetamine Series - Michael Ninn |url=http://www.celluloidaddiction.com/ca_b2b/main-page-ca.html |date=November 18, 2008 |work=Celluloid Addiction |accessdate=August 15, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150812023018/http://www.celluloidaddiction.com/ca_b2b/main-page-ca.html |archive-date=August 12, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The next year he signed with VCA Pictures and went on to produce a series of award-winning films, including ''Sex'', ''Latex'' and ''Shock''.
Ninn's production company, Ninn Worx, has produced dozens of films that have won more than 70 AVN Awards.<ref name="avnawards.avn.com">{{cite web|url=http://avnawards.avn.com/past/winners |title=AVN - 2014 AVN Awards Show - History |publisher=Avnawards.avn.com |accessdate=January 20, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140330192524/http://avnawards.avn.com/past/winners |archivedate=March 30, 2014 }}</ref> In 1997, ''Shock'' won eleven awards, including "Best Director" and "Best Video Feature".<ref name="avnawards.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.avnawards.com/index.php?content=pastwinners |title=AVN - 2014 AVN Awards Show - History |publisher=Avnawards.com |accessdate=January 20, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929000922/http://www.avnawards.com/index.php?content=pastwinners |archivedate=September 29, 2007 }}</ref> In 2005, the Ninn Worx film ''Fetish Circus'' won the 2005 AVN award for "Best DVD", and ''Lost Angels: Katsumi'' won "Best Foreign All-Sex Release".<ref name="avnawards.com"/> In 2006, Ninn won the AVN Award for "Best Director - Non Feature" for the film ''Neo Pornographia''.<ref name="avnawards.com"/>
In 2006, Eddie Van Halen contributed to the soundtrack of Ninn's film ''Sacred Sin''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=When Eddie Van Halen Made a Porno Soundtrack|url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/eddie-van-halen-porno-soundtrack/|first=Jeff|last=Giles|date=September 30, 2016|access-date=November 23, 2020|website=Ultimate Classic Rock}}</ref>
In 2013 Ninn received an XBIZ Award nomination for "Director of the Year - Feature Release" for ''The Four''.<ref name=XbizNoms2013>{{cite web|url=http://xbizawards.xbiz.com/nominees.php |title=XBIZ Nominees 2013 |accessdate=September 26, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120131025101/http://xbizawards.xbiz.com/nominees.php |archivedate=January 31, 2012 }}</ref> He also was nominated for seven AVN Awards in 2013 for ''The Four''.<ref name="avnawards.avn.com"/>
==Awards== {| class="wikitable" |+ AVN Awards |- ! Year ! Award ! Film |- | 1996<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.rame.net/faq/avn/1995.html|title= Adult Video News Award Winners - 1995|accessdate= July 3, 2015|date= January 8, 1996|publisher= RAME}}</ref> |rowspan="2"|Best Director-Video |''Latex'' |- |rowspan="3"| 1997<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.avn.com/avn_main/1997awards.html |title=1997 AVN Award Winners |accessdate=July 3, 2015 |magazine=AVN |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19971012101924/http://www.avn.com/avn_main/1997awards.html |archivedate=October 12, 1997 }}</ref> |rowspan="2"|''Shock'' |- |Best Editing-Video |- |Best Editing-Gay Video |''Night Walk'' |- | 2002<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://avn.digitalod.com/query/?for=news&eid=10019 |title=2002 AVN Awards Show Winners Announced |accessdate=July 3, 2015 |author=Heidi Pike-Johnson |date=January 12, 2002 |magazine=AVN |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20020204080833/http://avn.digitalod.com/query/?for=news&eid=10019 |archivedate=February 4, 2002 }}</ref> |AVN Hall of Fame | {{n/a}} |- | 2003<ref>{{cite magazine|url= http://business.avn.com/articles/video/2003-AVN-Awards-Winners-Announced-Awards-Presented-Big-Year-for-Evil-Angel-32917.html|title= 2003 AVN Awards Winners Announced: Awards Presented Big Year for Evil Angel...|accessdate= July 3, 2015|author= Heidi Pike-Johnson|date= January 21, 2003|magazine= AVN}}</ref> |Best Videography |''Perfect'' |- | 2006<ref>{{cite magazine|url= http://business.avn.com/articles/video/2006-AVN-Award-Winners-Announced-47237.html|title= 2006 AVN Award Winners Announced|accessdate= July 3, 2015|date= January 9, 2006|magazine= AVN}}</ref> |Best Director - Non Feature |''Neo Pornographia'' |- | 2014<ref>{{cite magazine|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|accessdate= July 3, 2015|author= AVN Staff|date= January 19, 2014|magazine= AVN}}</ref> |Best Director – Foreign Feature <small>(shared with Max Candy)</small> |''The Ingenuous'' |} {| class="wikitable" |+ Hot d'Or Awards |- ! Year ! Award ! Film |- | 1996<ref name=HotdOr>{{cite web|url=http://hot-dor.fr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30:ceremonies&catid=2:archives&Itemid=4 |title=Les cérémonies des Hot d'Or |accessdate=July 3, 2015 |publisher=Hot d'Or |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140225215905/http://hot-dor.fr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30%3Aceremonies&catid=2%3Aarchives&Itemid=4 |archivedate=February 25, 2014 }}</ref> |rowspan="4"|Best American Director |''Latex'' |- | 1997<ref name=HotdOr/> |''Body Shock'' |- | 1999<ref name=HotdOr/> |''La Nuit Sans Fin'' |- | 2000<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.adultvideonews.com/bone/by0800_04.html |title=Hot d'Or Winners |accessdate=July 3, 2015 |date=August 2000 |magazine=AVN |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20001018072649/http://www.adultvideonews.com/bone/by0800_04.html |archivedate=October 18, 2000 }}</ref> |''Ritual'' |} {| class="wikitable" |+ NightMoves Awards |- ! Year ! Award |- | 2005<ref>{{cite magazine|url= http://business.avn.com/articles/video/NightMoves-Awards-Show-Reaches-Climax-46072.html|title= NightMoves Awards Show Reaches Climax|accessdate= July 3, 2015|author= Dirty Bob|date= October 11, 2005|magazine= AVN}}</ref> |Best Director (Editor's Choice) |} {| class="wikitable" |+ XRCO Awards |- ! Year ! Award |- | 1996<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.dirtybob.com/xrco/oldies.html|title= The Best Of 1995 (1996 Show)|accessdate= July 3, 2015|publisher= X-Rated Critics Organization}}</ref> |Director of the Year |- | 2006<ref>{{cite magazine|url= http://business.avn.com/articles/video/i-Pirates-i-Wins-Big-at-XRCO-Awards-48808.html|title= Pirates Wins Big at XRCO Awards|accessdate= July 3, 2015|date= April 20, 2006|magazine= AVN}}</ref> |XRCO Hall of Fame |}
==See also== {{div col |colwidth=30}} * Andrew Blake * Helmut Newton * Philip Mond * Radley Metzger * Tinto Brass {{div col end}}
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==External links== * {{Official website|https://www.michaelninn.com|Michael Ninn - Official Website}}. * {{IMDb name|id=0632479|name=Michael Ninn}}. * {{iafd name|id=mninn|gender=male|name=Michael Ninn}}. * [https://www.adultfilmdatabase.com/director.cfm?directorid=242 Michael Ninn] at the Adult Film Database. * [https://www.ninnworx.com Michael Ninn - NINN WORX]. * {{YouTube|_b_NOvYBB00|Michael Ninn - Video (03:26)}}. * {{YouTube|-d-vi8SrgUI|Michael Ninn - Video (03:34)}}. * {{YouTube|vG3G4dfwbSw|Michael Ninn - Video (10:00)}}. {{Authority control}} {{Portal bar|biography|Society|fashion|film|United States}}
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