Steven Scarborough
{{Short description|American pornographic film director}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{BLP sources|date=April 2014}}
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Steven Scarborough (born June 23, 1953) is an American gay pornographic film director, the founder of Hot House Entertainment (1993),{{cite web|url=http://press.hothouse.com/company_info.php|title=Company Info|access-date=December 29, 2007|publisher=Hot House Entertainment|date=June 11, 2003|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071219172006/http://press.hothouse.com/company_info.php |archive-date = December 19, 2007}}{{Cite web|url=https://avn.com/business/articles/gay/business-profile-hot-house-entertainment-50755.html|title=Business Profile: Hot House Entertainment AVN|last=Jansen|first=Brady|date=August 24, 2006|website=AVN|access-date=October 31, 2019}} and he was an Executive Vice-President and director for Falcon Studios from 1987 to 1993.
Career
In 1974, Scarborough came to San Francisco. He opened up a health food store on Castro Street opposite Harvey Milk's camera shop. He later met Dick Fisk (a local sales clerk), who was also a porn star in The Other Side of Aspen (1977), a very successful Falcon Studios gay pornographic film. Then he was introduced to Chuck Holmes, they soon became friends.Jeffrey Escoffier {{Google books|zdDPAcmS9XUC|Bigger Than Life: The History of Gay Porn Cinema from Beefcake to Hardcore|page=261}}
Scarborough debuted as a director in the summer of 1988 with the Falcon Studios Perfect Summer at the behest of his life partner Chuck Holmes. Scarborough established that the studio would refrain from condom-less films in support of the safe sex condom-use philosophy.
Awards
Scarborough was inducted into the GayVN Hall Of Fame in 2002.{{cite web|url=http://www.gayvnawards.com/index.php?center=pastwinners |title=2002 Winners: GayVN Hall of Fame Inductees |access-date=December 29, 2007 |publisher=GAYVN |work=Previous Winners |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080917120355/http://www.gayvnawards.com/index.php?center=pastwinners |archive-date=September 17, 2008 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.gayvnawards.com/index.php?center=halloffame|title=Previous Inductees|access-date=December 29, 2007|publisher=GAYVN|work=Hall of Fame|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071221151210/http://www.gayvnawards.com/index.php?center=halloffame|archive-date=December 21, 2007}}
- 1996 Gay Erotic Video Award Best Special Interest Video – Call To Arms
- 1999 "Grabby" Award Best Fetish Video – Batter Up!
- 2001 Free Speech Coalition – Lifetime Achievement Award – Steven Scarborough
- 2002 GayVN Award Hall of Fame Inductee – Steven Scarborough
- 2004 GayVN Award Best Speciality Tape – Mo' Bubble Butt
- 2004 GayVN Award Best Leather Video – Skuff II
- 2004 "Grabby" Award Hall of Fame Inductee – Steven Scarborough
- 2005 "Grabby" Award Best Classic Release – The Road To Hopeful
- 2005 "Grabby" Award Best Duo Sex Scene – Tag Adams and Aiden Shaw in Perfect Fit
- 2005 FICEB "HeatGay" Award – Best Gay Picture (Skuff 3)
- 2006 GayVN Award Best Leather Video – The Missing
- 2006 "Grabby" Award Best Fetish Video – Twisted
- 2006 "Grabby" Award Best Leather Video – The Missing
- 2006 "Grabby" Award Hottest Cum Scene – Marco Paris in The Missing
- 2006 Maleflixxx Gold VOD Award Top 10 VOD – Justice
- 2006 Maleflixxx Gold VOD Award Top 10 VOD – Trunks 2
- 2006 Hard Choice Awards Best Director – Steven Scarborough for Justice, Black -N- Blue & Trunks 2
- 2006 FICEB "HeatGay" Award – Best Director (The Missing – Hot House Entertainment){{cite web|url=http://www.ficeb.com/english/awards.htm |title=The FICEB Ninfa, Tacón de Aguja and HeatGay Awards |date=June 9, 2007 |access-date=April 17, 2014 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100611134050/http://www.ficeb.com/english/awards.htm |archive-date=June 11, 2010 }}
- 2007 GayVN Award Best Leather Video – Black -N- Blue
- 2007 GayVN Award Best All-Sex Video – Black -N- Blue
- 2007 GayVN Award Best Oral Scene – Ty Hudson and Shane Rollins in Justice
- 2007 "Grabby" Award Best Director – Steven Scarborough for Justice
- 2007 "Grabby" Award Best Video – Justice
- 2007 "Grabby" Award Best Actor – Shane Rollins in Justice
- 2007 "Grabby" Award Best Leather Video – Black -N- Blue
- 2007 "Grabby" Award Best Solo Sex Scene – Kent North in At Your Service
- 2007 "Grabby" Award Best Duo Sex Scene – Shane Rollins and Trevor Knight in Justice
- 2007 "Grabby" Award Best Versatile Performer – Hot House Exclusive Francesco D'Macho
- 2007 "Grabby" Award Maleflixxx People's Choice Award – Justice
- 2007 David Award Best American Performer – Hot House Exclusive Trunks 3, Full Throttle, Communion and Jockstrap!
- 2007 Maleflixxx Gold VOD Award Top 10 VOD – Butch Alley
- 2007 Maleflixxx Gold VOD Award Top 10 VOD – Private Lowlife
- 2008 CyberSocket Award Best Video Company Website – HotHouse.com
- 2008 XBIZ Award GLBT Lifetime Achievement Award – Steven Scarborough[http://www.xbiz.com/news/glbt/89881]; February 7, 2008
- 2008 European Gay Porn Awards Best Non-European Movie – Communion
- 2008 European Gay Porn Awards Best Non-European Studio – Hot House Entertainment
- 2008 "Grabby" Award Best Leather Video – Verboten Parts 1 & 2
- 2008 "Grabby" Award Best Art Direction – Verboten Parts 1 & 2
- 2008 "Grabby" Award Best Cum Scene – Francesco D’Macho and Romario Faria in Verboten Part 2
- 2008 "Grabby" Award Wall of Fame Inductee – Brent Smith
- 2008 "Grabby" Award Wall of Fame Inductee – Hot House Lifetime Exclusive Kent North
- 2009 CyberSocket Award Best Video Company Website – HotHouse.com
- 2009 GayVN Award Best Leather Video – Verboten Parts 1 & 2
- 2009 GayVN Award Best Sex Comedy Video – Paging Dr. Finger
- 2009 "Grabby" Award Lifetime Achievement Award – Steven Scarborough
- 2009 "Grabby" Award Best Newcomer – Kyle King
- 2009 "Grabby" Award Best Sex Comedy – Paging Dr. Finger
- 2009 "Grabby" Award Maleflixxx People's Choice Award – Jockstrap
- 2010 XBIZ Award Gay Movie Director of the Year
See also
References
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External links
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Category:American pornographic film directors