Victor Humphry Knipe (born 1941) is a sociology and history author, and
adult film writer, director, and website administrator. He is a co-author of ''The Dominant Man: The Pecking Order in Human Society'', a sociology book which has been translated into five languages, and the sole author of ''The Nero Prediction'', a historic novel about Emperor
Nero
Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus ( ; born Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus; 15 December AD 37 – 9 June AD 68), was the fifth Roman emperor and final emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, reigning from AD 54 unti ...
and
astrology
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, which won the 2006 Independent Publisher Book Award for "Best
Historical Fiction."
Biography
Humphry Knipe was born in
Kimberley, South Africa
Kimberley is the capital and largest city of the Northern Cape province of South Africa. It is located approximately 110 km east of the confluence of the Vaal and Orange Rivers. The city has considerable historical significance due to its ...
, on 20 September 1941. He graduated from
Rhodes University
Rhodes University is a public research university located in Makhanda (Grahamstown) in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. It is one of four universities in the province. Established in 1904, Rhodes University is the province's oldest ...
, and majored in History and English. He moved to England in the 1960s, where he met his future wife, erotic photographer
Suze Randall. They immigrated to Los Angeles in 1975, and wrote about their experiences in
Hugh Hefner's
Playboy Mansion
The Playboy Mansion, also known as the Playboy Mansion West, is the former home of ''Playboy'' magazine founder Hugh Hefner who lived there from 1974 until his death in 2017. Barbi Benton convinced Hefner to buy the home located in Holmby Hill ...
in the book ''Suze''.
Mostly in the 1980s, Knipe wrote and directed several Suze Randall produced
pornographic films
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under the ''
nom de porn'' Victor Nye.
The couple now resides in
Malibu, California
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, where he manages Randall's erotic web sites, and administers much of the business of Suze Randall Productions as Haaren Enterprises, Ltd., using his first name, Victor Knipe.
They have three children, including daughter
Holly Randall
Holly Randall Knipe (born September 5, 1978) is an English- South African American erotic photographer, director, producer, and a podcast host. In 2013, she was named one of the most influential women in the adult industry by AVN magazine.
Bio ...
, an erotic photographer who also assists in the business.
Bibliography
* ''The Dominant Man: The Pecking Order in Human Society'', with
George Maclay, 1972,
* ''Suze'', with Suze Randall, 1977,
* ''The Nero Prediction'', 2005,
Partial filmography
* ''Star Virgin'' (1979)
* ''Kiss and Tell'' (1980) aka ''KOCK-FM 69''
* ''Miss Passion'' (1984)
* ''Love Bites'' (1985)
* ''Too Naughty to Say No'' (1985)
* ''Sky Foxes'' (1987)
* ''Erotic Eye'' (1995) aka ''Suze Randall's Erotic Eye''
References
External links
The Nero PredictionAuthor's website dedicated to the book.
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Amazon.com Profile, Reviews, and BlogIncludes short autobiography
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1941 births
Living people
South African sociologists
Rhodes University alumni
South African pornographic film directors
South African pornographic film producers
South African writers