Jules Jordan
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{{Infobox person
| name = Jules Jordan
| image = Jules_Jordan_2014.jpg
| caption = Jordan in 2014
| birth_name = Ashley Gasper{{cite web|last=Nathan-Kazis|first=Josh|date=April 6, 2011|title=Top Pinto Aide Tied to Porn Sales and Legal Troubles|url=https://forward.com/news/136819/top-pinto-aide-tied-to-porn-sales-and-legal-troubl/|publisher=The Forward|access-date=January 27, 2019}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1972|05|25}}
| birth_place = Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.
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| height = {{height|ft=5|in=7}}
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| website = {{URL|julesjordan.com}}
}}
Jules Jordan (born May 25, 1972) is an American adult film actor, director, and producer known for his work in gonzo pornography.
Jordan entered the adult film industry as a clerk for a video store. While working in sales, he recruited models and began shooting amateur scenes. In 2006, he launched his production and distribution company Jules Jordan Video.{{Cite web |last=Price |first=Heidi |date=2019-08-24 |title=Latest Jules Jordan Review |url=https://bestofpornography.com/jules-jordan-review/ |access-date=2022-09-20 |website=Best of Pornography |language=en-US}} Jordan has been inducted into the AVN and XRCO Halls of Fame.
Early life
Jordan was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. An only child, he was raised by his mother in Hershey; he never met his father.{{cite magazine|url=http://business.avn.com/articles/video/American-Dreamer-Jules-Jordan-Interview-398163.html|title=American Dreamer: The rapid rise of Jules Jordan from East Coast fan to the top of the adult industry|access-date=May 16, 2015|author=Dan Miller|date=May 24, 2010|magazine=AVN|archive-date=May 18, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518093955/http://business.avn.com/articles/video/American-Dreamer-Jules-Jordan-Interview-398163.html|url-status=dead}} As a teen, Jordan worked at an amusement park, a skateboard shop, an Italian restaurant, a pizza joint, and a Subway restaurant. He attended Hershey High School, where he maintained a varsity position on the wrestling team all four years.
One of his first exposures to pornography was looking through his grandfather's explicit movie collection on 8 mm film.
After trying out a semester of college, Jordan dropped out to work full-time. He began working as a clerk for an adult video store he frequented as a customer.{{cite magazine|last=Vazquez|first=Danny|date=February 10, 2012|title=Interview: Jules Jordan On Living The Dream In Rolls Royces And Adult Film|url=https://www.complex.com/sports/2012/02/interview-jules-jordan-on-living-the-dream-in-rolls-royces-and-adult-film|magazine=Complex|access-date=January 29, 2019}}{{cite news|last=Strauss|first=Eric M.|date=January 14, 2008|title=Porn Industry Still Struggles With Condom Issue|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Health/AIDS/story?id=4130615&page=1|publisher=ABC News|access-date=January 29, 2019}}
Career
One of Jordan's first big breaks in the adult film industry was meeting Frank Kay, owner of International Video Distributors (IVD). Kay initially hired Jordan for sales, and then gave him a chance to shoot movies under his established Pleasure and Rosebud labels.
In 1998, Jordan directed the first full-length movie of his career for Pleasure Productions, releasing Live Bait. One of the women he shot, Chastity, helped propel the tape to national notoriety because she was a pro wrestling valet for World Championship Wrestling (WCW). Jordan sold several individual scenes prior to releasing Live Bait, selling early scenes to Odyssey Group and Elegant Angel. He produced more than 50 videos for Pleasure and Rosebud during a two-year span.
In 1999, Jordan moved to Los Angeles after finding it difficult to produce films on the East Coast. He spent his first two months living in an Econo Lodge. After jobs with Vivid Entertainment and Elegant Angel failed to materialize, he started working for IVD again out of his apartment with just a fax machine.
Jordan helped re-invigorate IVD's Rosebud line in 1999–2000, producing, directing and selling titles such as Bottom Feeders (1-4), Deep Cheeks (6-7), Anal Sluts & Sweethearts (4-5) and Heavy Metal (1-2). Jordan won the first AVN Award of his career in 2002 for Heavy Metal, which was honored as the Best Anal-Themed Release.
Jordan signed a DVD distribution deal with John Stagliano's studio Evil Angel in 2001, becoming their top-selling director in his first year on their roster. While working with Evil Angel, he launched signature titles such as Ass Worship, Flesh Hunter and Feeding Frenzy, all three of which would go on to become AVN award-winning series. When Jordan left Evil Angel in 2006 he was their top-selling director. Jordan said, "I wanted to control my own destiny, with where my product was headed."
In 2013, Jordan closed a distribution deal with Kink.com to bring their content to DVD for the first time.{{cite web|url= http://www.xbiz.com/news/news_piece.php?id=160302&mi=all&q=Kink.com+Signs+DVD+Distribution+Deal+With+Jules+Jordan+Video|title= Kink.com Signs DVD Distribution Deal With Jules Jordan Video|access-date= May 17, 2015|author= John Sanford|date= March 6, 2013|publisher= XBIZ|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160112003933/http://www.xbiz.com/news/news_piece.php?id=160302&mi=all&q=Kink.com+Signs+DVD+Distribution+Deal+With+Jules+Jordan+Video|archive-date= January 12, 2016|url-status= dead}}
In 2015, Jordan signed Jesse Jane to an two-year exclusive performance contract where she would perform in eight movies per year.{{cite web|url= http://www.xbiz.com/news/news_piece.php?id=190099&mi=all&q=Jesse+Jane+Signs+Exclusive+Contract+With+Jules+Jordan+Video|title= Jesse Jane Signs Exclusive Contract With Jules Jordan Video|access-date= May 17, 2015|author= John Sanford|date= January 21, 2015|publisher= XBIZ|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160112003933/http://www.xbiz.com/news/news_piece.php?id=190099&mi=all&q=Jesse+Jane+Signs+Exclusive+Contract+With+Jules+Jordan+Video|archive-date= January 12, 2016|url-status= dead}}
Personal life
He voiced his support for Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton for the 2016 U.S. presidential election.{{cite magazine|last=Morris|first=Chris|date=January 28, 2016|title=Who America's Porn Stars Support For President|url=http://fortune.com/2016/01/28/porn-stars-adult-president/|magazine=Fortune|access-date=January 29, 2019}}
Awards
| class="infobox" style="width: 20em; text-align: left; font-size: 90%; vertical-align: middle;"
|+List of accolades received by Jules Jordan |
| colspan=3|
{| width=100% !colspan=3 style="background-color: #D9E8FF; text-align: center;"|Awards and nominations |
| style="background:#d9e8ff; text-align:center;"
|style="text-align:center;"|Award |style="text-align:center; background:#cec; text-size:0.9em; width:50px;"|Won |style="text-align:center; background:#fcd; text-size:0.9em; width:50px;"|Nominated |
| style="text-align:center;"|
; AVN Awards |{{won|17}} |{{nom|1}} |
| style="text-align:center;"|
|{{won|2}} |{{nom|0}} |
| style="text-align:center;"|
|{{won|1}} |{{nom|1}} |
| style="text-align:center;"|
; XBIZ Awards |{{won|9}} |{{nom|1}} |
| style="text-align:center;"|
; XRCO Awards |{{won|6}} |{{nom|1}} |
|-style="background:#d9e8ff;"
|style="text-align:center;" colspan="3"|
; Total number of wins and nominations
|-
|{{won|Totals}}
|{{won|35}}
|{{nom|4}}
|}
| class="wikitable"
|+AVN Awards ! Year ! Result ! Award ! Film ! {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}} |
| rowspan="3"| 2007
|{{won}} |Best New Video Production Company for Jules Jordan Video |{{n/a}} |
| {{won}}
|Best Oral-Themed Release |Feeding Frenzy 8 |style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"| {{cite magazine|date=January 14, 2007|title=2007 AVN Award Winners Announced|url=https://avn.com/business/articles/video/2007-avn-award-winners-announced-29596.html|magazine=AVN|access-date=January 30, 2019}} |
| {{won}}
|Best Specialty Release - Big Bust |Breast Worship |
| rowspan="3"| 2008
|{{won}} |Director of the Year (Body of Work) |{{n/a}} |style="text-align:center;" rowspan="3"|{{cite magazine|title=2008 AVN Awards Winners Announced |magazine=AVN |url=http://avn.com/video/articles/2759.html |date=January 12, 2008 |access-date=December 18, 2007 |first=Jared |last=Rutter |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080404082611/http://www.avn.com/video/articles/2759.html |archive-date=April 4, 2008 |url-status=dead }} |
| {{won}}
|Best Interracial Release |Black Owned 2 |
| {{won}}
|Best Oral-Themed Series |Feeding Frenzy |
| rowspan="8" |2009
|{{won}} |Best Director, Ethnic Video |
| {{won}}
|Best Anal-Themed Release |Jules Jordan's Weapons of Ass Destruction 6 |style="text-align:center;" rowspan="7"|{{cite magazine|url=http://www.avnawards.com/index.php?content=winners09 |title=The 2009 AVN Award Winners |magazine=AVN |access-date=March 7, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090305071639/http://www.avnawards.com/index.php?content=winners09 |archive-date=March 5, 2009 }} |
| {{won}}
|Best Big Bust Release |Big Tits at School |
| {{won}}
|rowspan="2"|Best Ethnic-Themed Release - Black |Black Ass Addiction 2 |
| {{won}}
|Black Ass Addiction |
| {{won}}
|Best Internal Release |All Internal 7 |
| {{won}}
|Best POV Series |Double Vision |
| {{won}}
|Best Young Girl Release |Jailbait 5 |
| 2010
|{{won}} |rowspan="2"|Best Director, Ethnic Video |style=text-align:center;"|{{cite magazine|last=Roland|first=John|date=January 13, 2010|title=2010 AVN Award Winners Announced|url=https://avn.com/business/articles/video/2010-avn-award-winners-announced-378238.html|magazine=AVN|access-date=February 2, 2019}} |
| rowspan="2"| 2011
|{{won}} |
| {{won}}
|AVN Hall of Fame inductee |{{n/a}} |
| 2017
|{{nom}} |Best Director - Non-Feature |Face of an Angel Mind of a Devil |
| class="wikitable"
|+F.A.M.E. Awards ! Year ! Result ! Award ! Film ! {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}} |
| 2006
|{{won}} |rowspan="2"|Favorite Director |rowspan="2" {{n/a}} |
| 2010
|{{won}} |
| class="wikitable"
|+NightMoves Awards ! Year ! Result ! Award ! Film ! {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}} |
| 2008
|{{won}} |Best Director (Editors' Choice) |{{n/a}} |
| 2017
|{{nom}} |Best Non Feature Director |{{n/a}} |style="text-align:center;"| {{cite web|last=Santana|first=Melissa|date=July 17, 2017|title=2017 NightMoves Awards Nominees Announced|url=https://www.xbiz.com/news/221677/2017-nightmoves-awards-nominees-announced|publisher=XBIZ|access-date=January 31, 2019}} |
| class="wikitable"
|+XRCO Awards ! Year ! Result ! Award ! Film ! {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}} |
| 2001
|{{won}} |Best Director | |style="text-align:center;"| {{cite web|url=http://dirtybob.com/xrco/oldies.html |title=BEST OF 1993-2002|access-date=September 20, 2014}} |
| 2002
|{{won}} |Best Threeway Sex Scene |Trained Teens | |
| 2003
|{{won}} |Director of the Year |rowspan="5" {{n/a}} |
| 2006
|{{won}} |rowspan="2"|Best Director (Non-Features) |rowspan="2"| |
| 2008
|{{won}} |
| 2009
|{{won}} |XRCO Hall Of Fame Inductee (Film Creators) | |
| 2017
|{{nom}} |Best Director (Non-Features) |style="text-align:center;"| {{cite web|last=Santana|first=Melissa|date=March 10, 2017|title=2017 XRCO Awards Nominations Announced|url=https://www.xbiz.com/news/217794/2017-xrco-awards-nominations-announced|publisher=XBIZ|access-date=January 31, 2019}} |
References
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External links
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- {{official website|http://enter.julesjordan.com/track/MTU4LjMuMy42LjAuMC4wLjAuMA}}
- {{IMDb name|0430047|Jules Jordan}}
- {{iafd name|id=JulesJordan|gender=male|name=Jules Jordan}}
- {{afdb name|id=15530|gender=male|name=Jules Jordan}}
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