Devil's Film
{{Short description|Pornographic film studio based in Los Angeles}}
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| foundation = {{Start date and age|1997|04|23}}
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| location_city = Chatsworth, California
| location_country = United States
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| industry = Pornography
| products = Pornographic films
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| owner = Gamma Entertainment
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Devil's Film is an American independent pornographic film studio, based in Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California. Launched in 1997, the studio continues to specialize in swinger and gang bang oriented gonzo pornography and niche product centered on such popular fetishes as interracial pornography, transsexual pornography, and MILF pornography.
History
Devil's Film entered the adult parody market in 2009 with the release of Coctomom, a spoof inspired by tabloid sensation Nadya Suleman ("Octomom") after giving birth to octuplets through in vitro fertilisation.{{cite web |url=http://business.avn.com/articles/video/Devil-s-Film-Delivers-Octomom-Parody-308700.html |title=AVN - Devil's Film Delivers Octomom Parody |publisher=Business.avn.com |date=2009-03-20 |access-date=2013-05-30 |archive-date=2016-03-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316033232/http://business.avn.com/articles/video/Devil-s-Film-Delivers-Octomom-Parody-308700.html |url-status=dead }} Parodies of HBO's Big Love, AMC's Mad Men, ABC's The Bachelor and NBC's The Biggest Loser soon followed, along with send-ups of Fast Times at Ridgemont High and the entire Twilight Saga.{{cite web |url=http://business.avn.com/articles/video/Devil-s-Film-Promises-This-Isn-t-Big-Love-The-XXX-Parody-355176.html |title=AVN - Devil's Film Promises 'This Isn't Big Love: The XXX Parody' |publisher=Business.avn.com |date=2009-08-10 |access-date=2013-05-30 |archive-date=2022-08-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220815074215/http://avn.com/business/articles/video/devil-s-film-promises-this-isn-t-big-love-the-xxx-parody-355176.html |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://business.avn.com/articles/video/Devil-s-Films-Says-Weight-No-More-for-Biggest-Loser-Parody-394890.html |title=AVN - Devil's Film Says Weight No More for ‘Biggest Loser’ Parody |publisher=Business.avn.com |date=2010-04-29 |access-date=2013-05-30 |archive-date=2016-06-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160627135625/http://business.avn.com/articles/video/Devil-s-Films-Says-Weight-No-More-for-Biggest-Loser-Parody-394890.html |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |last=Ayala |first=Nelson |url=http://www.xbiz.com/news/news_piece.php?id=156061&mi=all&q=breaking+dawn |title=Devil's Releases 'Breaking Dawn 2' Parody, Donates to Fight Measure B |publisher=XBIZ.com |date=2012-10-31 |access-date=2013-05-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303213750/http://www.xbiz.com/news/news_piece.php?id=156061&mi=all&q=breaking+dawn |archive-date=2016-03-03 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://www.devilsfilmparodies.com/en |title=XXX Porn Parodies from TV Shows & Movies |publisher=DevilsFilmParodies.com |access-date=2013-05-30}}
Management
In April 2013, Giant Media Group, the parent company of Pipedream Products, announced the acquisition of Devil's Film.{{cite magazine|url=http://business.avn.com/articles/video/Giant-Media-Group-Devil-s-Film-Acquire-Two-GoodFellas-Series-513468.html|title=Giant Media Group/Devil's Film Acquire Two GoodFellasSeries|magazine=AVN|access-date=2013-05-31|archive-date=2016-04-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160408235324/http://business.avn.com/articles/video/Giant-Media-Group-Devil-s-Film-Acquire-Two-GoodFellas-Series-513468.html|url-status=dead}}
Operations
Devil's Film is also home to lesbian shingle The L Factor and transsexual studio GoodFellas Productions, producer of America's Next Top Tranny, a parody of The CW's long-running reality series America's Next Top Model.{{cite web |url=http://business.avn.com/articles/video/Devil-s-Film-Moves-Up-L-Factor-Release-26732.html |title=AVN - Devil's Film Moves Up 'L Factor' Release |publisher=Business.avn.com |date=2007-05-11 |access-date=2013-05-30 |archive-date=2015-02-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150222050043/http://business.avn.com/articles/video/Devil-s-Film-Moves-Up-L-Factor-Release-26732.html |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://business.avn.com/articles/video/Devil-8217-s-and-Goodfellas-to-Launch-Transsexual-Line-49618.html |title=AVN - Devil’s and Goodfellas to Launch Transsexual Line |publisher=Business.avn.com |date=2006-06-08 |access-date=2013-05-30 |archive-date=2016-03-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316032008/http://business.avn.com/articles/video/Devil-8217-s-and-Goodfellas-to-Launch-Transsexual-Line-49618.html |url-status=dead }}
Awards
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- 2007 AVN Award - 'Best Transsexual Series' for Transsexual Prostitutes {{cite magazine|url=http://www.avnawards.com/index.php?content=pastwinners |title=AVN AWARDS PAST WINNERS |magazine=AVN |access-date=2009-03-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071020212409/http://www.avnawards.com/index.php?content=pastwinners |archive-date=2007-10-20 }}
- 2008 AVN Award - 'Best Transsexual Release' for Transsexual Babysitters 2 {{cite magazine|url=http://business.avn.com/articles/2759.html |title=2008 AVN AWARDS WINNERS ANNOUNCED |magazine=AVN |access-date=2009-03-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090228062450/http://business.avn.com/articles/2759.html |archive-date=2009-02-28 }}
- 2008 AVN Award - 'Best Transsexual Series' for Transsexual Prostitutes
- 2009 AVN Award - 'Best Orgy/Gang Bang Series' for Cream Pie Orgy {{cite magazine|url=http://www.avnawards.com/index.php?content=winners09 |title=THE 2009 AVN AWARDS WINNERS |magazine=AVN |access-date=2009-03-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090305071639/http://www.avnawards.com/index.php?content=winners09 |archive-date=2009-03-05 }}
- 2009 AVN Award - 'Best Transsexual Release' for America's Next Top Tranny 2
- 2009 AVN Award - 'Best Transsexual Series' for Transsexual Babysitters
- 2011 XBIZ Award - 'Transsexual Release of the Year' for America's Next Top Tranny: Season 6 [http://www.xbizawards.com/winners.php XBIZ Award Winners], XBIZ, February, 2011
- 2012 AVN Award - 'Best Transsexual Series' for America's Next Top Tranny{{cite web |url=http://business.avn.com/articles/video/AVN-Announces-the-2012-AVN-Award-Winners-461715.html |title=AVN - AVN Announces the 2012 AVN Award Winners |publisher=Business.avn.com |date=2012-01-22 |access-date=2013-05-30 |archive-date=2016-05-13 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20160513174915/http://business.avn.com/articles/video/AVN-Announces-the-2012-AVN-Award-Winners-461715.html |url-status=dead }}
- 2012 XBIZ Award - 'Interracial Series of the Year' for Interracial Swingers[http://www.xbizawards.com/winners.php XBIZ Award Winners], XBIZ, January, 2012
- 2013 XBIZ Award Nominee - 'Vignette Series of the Year' for Don't Tell My Wife...[http://xbizawards.xbiz.com/nominees.php XBIZ Nominees 2013] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120131025101/http://xbizawards.xbiz.com/nominees.php |date=January 31, 2012 }}, XBIZ, January, 2013
- 2014 XBIZ Award - 'All-Girl Release of the Year' for The Seduction of Riley Reid[http://xbizawards.xbiz.com/winners.php XBIZ Award Winners 2014], XBIZ, January, 2014
- 2015 XBIZ Award - 'All-Black Release of the Year' for The Seduction of Skin Diamond [http://xbizawards.xbiz.com/winners.php XBIZ Award Winners], XBIZ, January, 2015
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References
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External links
- {{official website|http://www.devilsfilm.com}}
- {{IAFD studio|775}}
{{American pornographic film studios}}
Category:1997 establishments in California
Category:American pornographic film studios
Category:Film production companies of the United States
Category:Companies based in Los Angeles