Mark Spiegler
{{short description|Pornographic talent agent}}
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Mark Spiegler (born 1958/1959){{Cite news|first=Barbara |last=Herman |authorlink= |title= In Bed With Porn Super Agent Mark Spiegler: 'It's Business, With Sex' |newspaper=International Business Times|date=January 23, 2015 |url= https://www.ibtimes.com/bed-porn-super-agent-mark-spiegler-its-business-sex-1792720 |via=|quote=The 56-year-old Spiegler, dubbed the “Ari Gold of porn” by L.A. Weekly, referring to the manic Hollywood agent in “Entourage” played by Jeremy Piven, may look relaxed, but by his own admission, he’s a workaholic.}} is an American talent agent for pornographic actresses and founder of Spiegler Girls, which is often regarded as being among the adult film industry's top agencies.{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/porn-star-agents-inside-risky-390466|title=Inside the Risky Business of Porn Star Agents|accessdate=November 2, 2013|author=Daniel Miller|date=November 15, 2012|work=The Hollywood Reporter}}{{cite news|url=http://www.lasvegasweekly.com/blogs/porno-blog/2009/jan/12/breastroke-through-porn-talent-pool-mark-spiegler/|title=A breaststroke through the porn talent pool with Mark Spiegler|accessdate=November 2, 2013|author=Sarah Feldberg|date=January 12, 2009|newspaper=Las Vegas Weekly}}{{cite web|url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/01/08/avn-awards-at-porns-biggest-weekend-with-mark-spiegler.html|title=At AVN Weekend with Porn's Top Talent Agent|accessdate=November 2, 2013|author=Richard Abowitz|date=January 8, 2011|website=The Daily Beast}}
Spiegler was inducted into the AVN Hall of Fame in 2012.{{cite web|url=http://avnawards.avn.com/2012_AVN_Awards_nominations.pdf|title=AVN Awards 2012 - Nominations|accessdate=November 2, 2013|publisher=AVN Awards|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130329124455/http://avnawards.avn.com/2012_AVN_Awards_nominations.pdf|archivedate=March 29, 2013}}
Early life
Spiegler was raised in West Hollywood, California and attended Hollywood Professional School and then Hollywood High School.{{cite journal |last1=Richardson |first1=Andrew |last2=Padgett |first2=Esra Soraya |title=Mark Spiegler Patron of the Tarts |journal=Richardson Magazine |issue=A11: The Agency Issue |page=73 |ref=richardson |quote="I grew up in Hollywood and went to a school called Hollywood Professional School"}} He is Jewish.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jan-20-ca-vegas20-story.html|title=Now they bare their souls to minister to others|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=Jan 20, 2008|author=Richard Abowitz}} He graduated from California State University, Northridge with a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics and became a stock trader afterward.
Career
File:Spieglergirls-avnawards2014b.jpg, Asa Akira, Alina Li, Gabriela Paltrova, Jessie Andrews and Casey Calvert at the 2014 AVN Awards]]
Spiegler began working in the adult film industry as a production assistant in the 1980s, while in the 1990s he worked as a producer on 96 pornographic films.
Spiegler began working as an agent after French pornographic actress Lisa Crawford asked him to represent her.{{cite web|url=http://www.xbiz.com/articles/126972|title= Step Into The Arena|accessdate=July 11, 2015|author=Erika Icon|date=December 20, 2008|publisher=XBIZ}} In 1999, he began working as an agent for Topp Models, but in 2003 he founded his own agency, Spiegler Girls, which is a member of the Licensed Adult Talent Agency Trade Association (LATATA).
Spiegler refers to himself as the "Patron of the Tarts" on his business cards. He has also been referred to as the "Ari Emanuel of porn" by several mainstream media outlets, such as The Hollywood Reporter and The Daily Beast. LA Weekly referred to him as the "Ari Gold of porn".{{cite news|url=http://blogs.laweekly.com/arts/2013/03/porn_stars_young_san_fernando_valley.php?page=3|title=10 Porn Stars Who Could Be the Next Jenna Jameson|accessdate=December 1, 2013|author=Jessica P. Ogilvie|date=March 26, 2013|newspaper=LA Weekly|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130329013637/http://blogs.laweekly.com/arts/2013/03/porn_stars_young_san_fernando_valley.php?page=3|archive-date=March 29, 2013|url-status=dead}}
Spiegler has appeared on The Tyra Banks Show,{{cite web|url= https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1548218/|title= Teens in the Sex Trade|accessdate= November 2, 2013|date=February 8, 2007|website=IMDb}} The Burn with Jeff Ross{{cite magazine|url=http://business.avn.com/articles/video/Jeff-Ross-Gives-Porn-The-Burn-487337.html|title=Jeff Ross Gives Porn 'The Burn'|accessdate=November 2, 2013|author= Peter Warren|date= September 7, 2012|magazine=AVN}} and the German documentary film 9to5 – Days in Porn.{{cite magazine|url=http://business.avn.com/articles/video/Porn-Documentary-Premieres-in-Montreal-54357.html|title=Porn Documentary Premieres in Montreal|accessdate=November 2, 2013|author=David Sullivan|date=August 21, 2008|magazine=AVN}}{{cite magazine|url=http://business.avn.com/articles/video/Strand-Releasing-to-Unveil-9-to-5-Days-in-Porn-Documentary-390413.html|title=Strand Releasing to Unveil '9 to 5: Days in Porn' Documentary|accessdate=November 2, 2013|author=Dan Miller|date=March 23, 2010|magazine=AVN}}
In February 2009, Spiegler filed a $3 million lawsuit for defamation of character against pornographic film director Skeeter Kerkove, who alleged that Spiegler received oral sex from four of his clients (Jayna Oso, Katja Kassin, Melissa Lauren and Katsuni) in exchange for finding them work, but all four performers signed declarations, stating that the allegations made by Kerkove were false and Spiegler won $85,000 in damages in December 2010.{{cite magazine|url=http://business.avn.com/articles/legal/Mark-Spiegler-Wins-85K-in-Defamation-Suit-Against-Skeeter-Kerkove-419599.html|title=Mark Spiegler Wins $85K in Defamation Suit Against Skeeter Kerkove|accessdate=November 2, 2013|author=Steve Javors|date=December 16, 2010|magazine=AVN}}
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Mark Spiegler}}
- [http://www.spieglergirls.com Spiegler Girls]
- {{IMDb name|0995335|Mark Spiegler}}
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Category:Film producers from California
Category:American people of Jewish descent
Category:American stock traders
Category:American talent agents
Category:California State University, Northridge alumni
Category:People from West Hollywood, California
Category:Hollywood High School alumni