VCA Pictures

American pornographic film company

VCA Pictures

Industry	Pornography
Founder	Russ Hampshire
Headquarters	United States
Products	Pornographic films
Parent	Hustler Video
Website	vcaxxx.com

VCA Pictures (Video Company of America)^[1] is an American independent pornographic film production and distribution company. The company was founded by Russ Hampshire, and was formerly a major player during the 'Golden Age of Porn'.^[2] Throughout the 1970s and 1980s VCA produced big budget, plot-oriented feature films.^[2] In 1982 VCA sold 12,000 units of Insatiable on its first day of release, making it the top selling video (not just adult video) that year in America.^[2] In the 1990s Hampshire served one year in jail for the interstate transportation of obscene materials.^[2] In 2003, VCA was bought by Hustler Video, a subsidiary of Larry Flynt-owned Larry Flynt Publications.^[2] VCA maintains a separate identity within the LFP conglomerate.^[2] VCA distributed the 1998 documentary Wadd: The Life & Times of John C. Holmes, and in 2004 provided footage for the HBO documentary Pornucopia.^[3]

Films

Notable films VCA has produced or distributed include Insatiable, New Wave Hookers, The Devil in Miss Jones 2, The Opening of Misty Beethoven, Times Square Comes Alive, Café Flesh, Debbie Does Dallas 3, Black Throat, Let Me Tell Ya 'bout Black Chicks and Britney Rears.^[2]

Directors

Notable directors to have worked for VCA include Jim Holliday, Axel Braun, Gerard Damiano, Alex de Renzy, Gregory Dark, Henri Pachard, John Leslie, Paul Thomas, John Stagliano, Ben Dover, Michael Ninn, Veronica Hart, Eon McKai, Chloe, Nicki Hunter and Eli Cross.^[2]

Awards

The following is a selection of some of the major awards VCA films have won:

1984 AVN Award – Best Art Director – Film (Cafe Flesh)^[4]
1986 AVN Award – Best Film (Raw Talent)^{[citation needed]}
1986 AVN Award – Best Cinematography (Raw Talent)^[4]
1986 AVN Award – Best Screenplay – Film (Raw Talent)^{[citation needed]}
1987 AVN Award – Best Film (The Devil in Miss Jones, Part 3)^{[citation needed]}
1987 AVN Award – Best Screenplay – Film (Sexually Altered States)^{[citation needed]}
1988 AVN Award – Best All-Sex Release (Baby Face II)^[4]
1988 AVN Award – Best Editing – Film (Baby Face II)^{[citation needed]}
1988 AVN Award – Best Editing – Video (Edwin Durell's Dreamgirls)^{[citation needed]}
1989 AVN Award – Best All-Sex Release (Angel Puss)^[4]
1989 AVN Award – Best Film (Pretty Peaches 2)^{[citation needed]}
1989 AVN Award – Best Director – Film (Pretty Peaches 2)^{[citation needed]}
1989 ANV Award – Best Editing – Film (Pretty Peaches 2)^{[citation needed]}
1989 AVN Award – Best Director – Video (Catwoman)^{[citation needed]}
1989 AVN Award – Best Editing – Video (Catwoman)^{[citation needed]}
1989 AVN Award – Best Screenplay – Video (Catwoman)^{[citation needed]}
1989 AVN Award – Best Video Feature (Catwoman)^{[citation needed]}
1990 AVN Award – Best Couples Sex Scene (The Chameleon)^{[citation needed]}
1990 AVN Award – Best Video Feature (Mad Love)^{[citation needed]}
1991 AVN Award – Top Renting Release of the Year (Pretty Peaches 3)^{[citation needed]}
1991 AVN Award – Best Couples Sex Scene (Beauty & the Beast 2)^{[citation needed]}
1991 AVN Award – Best Director – Video (Beauty & the Beast 2)^{[citation needed]}
1991 AVN Award – Best Editing – Video (Beauty & the Beast 2)^{[citation needed]}
1991 AVN Award – Best Video Feature (Beauty & the Beast 2)^{[citation needed]}
1992 AVN Award – Top Selling Release of the Year (New Wave Hookers 2)^{[citation needed]}
1992 AVN Award – Best Editing – Video (Curse of the Catwoman)^{[citation needed]}
1992 AVN Award – Best Video Feature (Curse of the Catwoman)^{[citation needed]}
1993 AVN Award – Best Compilation Tape (Only the Very Best on Film)^{[citation needed]}
1993 AVN Award – Top Selling Release of the Year (Chameleons)^{[citation needed]}
1993 AVN Award – Top Renting Release of the Year (Chameleons)^{[citation needed]}
1993 ANV Award – Best Editing – Film (Chameleons)^{[citation needed]}
1994 AVN Award – Top Renting Release of the Year (New Wave Hookers 3)^{[citation needed]}
1994 AVN Award – Best Editing – Video (The Creasemaster's Wife)^{[citation needed]}
1995 AVN Award – Best Film (Sex)^{[citation needed]}
1995 AVN Award – Best Editing – Film (Sex)^{[citation needed]}
1995 AVN Award – Best Art Direction – Film (Sex)^[4]
1995 AVN Award – Best Art Direction – Video (Bad Habits)^{[citation needed]}
1995 AVN Award – Best Special Effects (Virtual Sex)^{[citation needed]}
1995 XRCO Award – Best Video (Latex)^[5]
1996 AVN Award – Top Selling Release of the Year (Latex)^{[citation needed]}
1996 AVN Award – Best Art Direction – Video (Latex)^{[citation needed]}
1996 AVN Award – Best Editing – Video (Latex)^{[citation needed]}
1996 AVN Award – Best Special Effects (Latex)^{[citation needed]}
1996 AVN Award – Best Video Feature (Latex)^{[citation needed]}
1996 AVN Award – Top Renting Release of the Year (Latex)^{[citation needed]}
1996 AVN Award – Best Cinematography for (Sex 2)^[4]
1997 AVN Award – Top Selling Release of the Year (Shock)^{[citation needed]}
1997 AVN Award – Best Art Direction – Video (Shock)^{[citation needed]}
1997 AVN Award – Best Director – Video (Shock)^{[citation needed]}
1997 AVN Award – Best Editing – Video (Shock)^{[citation needed]}
1997 AVN Award – Best Special Effects (Shock)^{[citation needed]}
1997 AVN Award – Best Video Feature (Shock)^{[citation needed]}
1997 AVN Award – Top Renting Release of the Year (Shock)^{[citation needed]}
1998 AVN Award – Best All-Girl Release (Diva 4)^[4]
1998 AVN Award – Best Art Direction – Video (New Wave Hookers 5: The Next Generation)^[4]
1998 AVN Award – Best Special Effects (New Wave Hookers 5)^{[citation needed]}
1998 AVN Award – Top Renting Release of the Year (New Wave Hookers 5)^{[citation needed]}
1998 XRCO Award – Best Video (Cafe Flesh 2)^[5]
1999 AVN Award – Best Couples Sex Scene (Dream Catcher)^{[citation needed]}
1999 AVN Award – Best Video Feature (Cafe Flesh 2)^[4]
1999 AVN Award – Best Special Effects (Cafe Flesh 2)^{[citation needed]}
1999 AVN Award – Best Ethnic-Themed Release (Dinner Party at Six)^{[citation needed]}
2000 AVN Award – Top Renting Release of the Year (Devil in Miss Jones 6)^{[citation needed]}
2000 AVN Award – Best Video Feature (Dark Garden)^{[citation needed]}
2000 AVN Award – Best Classic DVD (The Devil in Miss Jones Parts III & IV)^{[citation needed]}
2000 AVN Award – Best DVD (Cashmere)^{[citation needed]}
2000 AVN Award – Best Special Effects (Cashmere)^{[citation needed]}
2001 AVN Award – Best Classic DVD (Chameleons Not the Sequel)^{[citation needed]}
2001 AVN Award – Best Art Direction – Video (Shayla's Web)^{[citation needed]}
2001 AVN Award – Best DVD (Raw)^{[citation needed]}
2001 AVN Award – Best Screenplay – Video (Raw)^{[citation needed]}
2002 AVN Award – Best DVD (Unreal)^{[citation needed]}
2002 AVN Award – Best Classic DVD (The Opening of Misty Beethoven)^{[citation needed]}
2002 AVN Award – Best Sex Comedy (Cap'n Mongo's Porno Playhouse)^[4]
2003 AVN Award – Best Classic DVD (Pretty Peaches 2)^{[citation needed]}
2004 AVN Award – Best Editing – Video (New Wave Hookers 7)^{[citation needed]}
2004 XRCO Award – Best Comedy or Parody (Misty Beethoven: The Musical)^[5]
2005 AVN Award – Best Sex Comedy (Misty Beethoven: The Musical)^[4]
2005 AVN award – Most Outrageous Sex Scene (Misty Beethoven: The Musical) with Chloe, Ava Vincent & Randy Spears^{[citation needed]}
2006 AVN award – Most Outrageous Sex Scene (Re-Penetrator) with Joanna Angel^{[citation needed]}
2007 AVN Award – Best All Sex Release (Neu Wave Hookers) – shared with Blacklight Beauties (Pulse Pictures)^[4]

References

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^ ^a ^b ^c "XRCO".