Jack Shamama

From 2001 to 2003, Shamama served as the Arts & Entertainment editor for Gay.com, where he interviewed celebrities such as JT Leroy{{Cite web|url=http://www.jtleroy.com/old/press/bookrevs/sara/gaycomsarah.html|title=Home}} and Rufus Wainwright.

In 2004, he became the editor of GayPornBlog.com,{{cite web|url=http://www.gaypornblog.com/about.html |title=About Us |publisher=Gay Porn Blog |date=January 5, 2010 |accessdate=October 25, 2011}} which the adult industry trade publication Cybersocket Magazine honored as the Best Adult Blog in 2005,{{cite web|url=http://www.cybersocketwebawards.com/past_005.php |title=CyberSocketWebAwards |publisher=CyberSocketWebAwards |accessdate=October 25, 2011}} 2006,{{cite web|url=http://www.cybersocketwebawards.com/past_006.php |title=CyberSocketWebAwards |publisher=CyberSocketWebAwards |accessdate=October 25, 2011}} 2007,{{cite web|url=http://www.cybersocketwebawards.com/past_007.php |title=CyberSocketWebAwards |publisher=CyberSocketWebAwards |accessdate=October 25, 2011}} and 2008.{{cite web|url=http://www.cybersocketwebawards.com/past_008.php |title=CyberSocketWebAwards |publisher=CyberSocketWebAwards |accessdate=October 25, 2011}} Shamama was also honored with a GayVN Award in 2005 for Best Screenplay for his work with co-writer Michael Stabile on the first-ever{{cite web|url=http://www.sfbg.com/38/52/cover_wet_palms.html |title=Culture |work=San Francisco Bay Guardian |date=September 28, 2004 |accessdate=October 25, 2011}} gay pornographic soap opera, Wet Palms. Shamama's other credits as screenwriter{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1315825/|title=Jack J. Shamama|website=IMDb}} include the Falcon Studios titles Dare (in which he also appeared on-screen in a non-sexual role), Spokes III, Cross Country, and Pledgemaster: The Hazing. In addition to his screenwriting for Falcon, Shamama was also the product manager{{cite web|url=http://business.avn.com/articles/Company-Profile-FalconGear-29351.html |title=AVN – Company Profile: FalconGear |publisher=AVN |date=December 28, 2006 |accessdate=October 25, 2011}} for the studio from 2005 to 2008 before leaving to assume his current role as product manager and producer at Naked Sword.{{cite web|url=http://business.avn.com/articles/Jack-Shamama-Joins-NakedSword-55806.html |title=AVN – Jack Shamama Joins NakedSword |publisher=AVN |date=November 12, 2008 |accessdate=October 25, 2011}}

As a producer, Shamama worked with Stabile and cinematographer Ben Leon on the documentary short Smut Capital of America,{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1800738/|title = Smut Capital of America|website = IMDb}} which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York. Shamama, Stabile, and Leon are also in the midst of filming the feature-length documentary on Falcon Studios' founder and GLBT philanthropist Charles M. Holmes.

Outside of pornography, Shamama has found success as an author and irreverent micro-blogger. His short story, "Spatial Devices Can Take Any Form," was included in the Dennis Cooper-edited anthology Userlands. In a favorable review, writer Kevin Killian called{{cite web|author=Dennis Cooper |url=https://www.amazon.com/review/RF214VYEKNZ57/ref=cm_cr_pr_viewpnt#RF214VYEKNZ57 |title=Kevin Killian's review of Userlands: New Fiction Writers from the Bl |publisher=Amazon.com |date=February 26, 2007 |accessdate=October 25, 2011}} the short story "Syd Field form gone bananas." Shamama's Tumblr blog is known for its avant garde interpretation of culture and society as well as its celebration of internet memes with the use of original GIFs and other photo illustrations.

Shamama's critiques and observations on technology, adult entertainment, and social networking have been featured in numerous publications and websites. Upon the release of Apple's iPhone in 2007, Shamama—a devoted Apple consumer—was interviewed by Gawker{{cite web|url=http://gawker.com/275585/is-the-iphone-the-gayest-product-of-all-time |title=Is The iPhone The Gayest Product Of All Time? |publisher=Gawker.com |date=July 6, 2007 |accessdate=October 25, 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121010051919/http://gawker.com/275585/is-the-iphone-the-gayest-product-of-all-time |archivedate=October 10, 2012 }} and Fox News.{{cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/some-early-iphone-adopters-have-no-regrets |title=Some Early iPhone Adopters Have No Regrets – Technology News |publisher=Fox News |date=September 10, 2007 |access-date=October 25, 2011}} The Wall Street Journal{{cite web|last=Lin |first=Sara |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB121210765306731281 |title=Designer Trash |work=The Wall Street Journal |date=May 30, 2008 |accessdate=October 25, 2011}} turned to him for a piece on ornate furniture. The Bay Area Reporter{{cite web|last=Baume |first=Matt |author1-link=Matt Baume |url=http://www.ebar.com/news/article.php?sec=news&article=4873 |title=The Bay Area Reporter Online | Website seeks to streamline gay men's social plans |publisher=Ebar.com |accessdate=October 25, 2011}} sought out Shamama for his take on the explosion of social networking sites, particularly within the gay community. And as an arbiter of trends in the gay adult industry, Shamama has been a guest panelist at the 2010 Good Vibrations Indie Erotic Film Festival{{cite web|url=http://www.sfbaytimes.com/?sec=article&article_id=13711 |title=San Francisco Bay Times |publisher=Sfbaytimes.com |accessdate=October 25, 2011}} as well as a featured consultant and interviewee for stories on controversial "incest porn"{{cite web|last=Overdorf |first=Jason |url=http://www.salon.com/life/feature/2010/05/20/twincest |title=Gay porn's most shocking taboo – Pornography |work=Salon.com |accessdate=October 25, 2011}} and the exploration of porn stars' sexual techniques.{{cite web|url=https://www.sfgate.com/living/article/How-to-have-sex-like-a-porn-star-You-too-can-2581929.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100104200642/http://articles.sfgate.com/2008-01-10/living/17119814_1_jenna-jameson-performers-judith-regan |url-status=live |archive-date=January 4, 2010 |title=How to have sex like a porn star: tips, techniques, and positions from stars like Jenna Jameson – SFGate |publisher=Articles.sfgate.com |date=January 10, 2008 |access-date=October 25, 2011}}

Shamama produced I Want Your Love, a feature film from director Travis Mathews. A demo scene from the forthcoming film premiered to critical acclaim{{cite web|url=http://www.indiewire.com/article/in_the_works_borrowed_bodies_gay_intimacy_high_school_jesus_dante_in_motion/ |title=In the Works: Borrowed Bodies, Gay Intimacy, High School Jesus, Dante in Motion & Dream 'House' |publisher=indieWIRE |date=May 27, 2010 |accessdate=October 25, 2011}} in the summer of 2010, and was awarded a "Best of the Bay" award by The San Francisco Bay Guardian.{{cite web|url=http://www.sfbg.com/specials/best-bay-2010-editors-picks-arts-and-nightlife |title=Best of the Bay 2010 Editors Picks: Arts and Nightlife |work=San Francisco Bay Guardian |accessdate=October 25, 2011}} The demo scene was screened at international film festivals throughout 2010,{{cite web|url=http://www.iwantyourlovethemovie.com/?page_id=10 |title=I WANT YOUR LOVE » Screenings |publisher=Iwantyourlovethemovie.com |accessdate=October 25, 2011}} and the feature version of I Want Your Love was shot in March 2011. The full-length film was released in 2012. Criticized in Variety and controversially banned at LGBT Australian film festivals by the Australian Classification Board for gratuitous, real, sex scenes by amateur actors.

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