Jewel De'Nyle (born Stephany Schwartz on August 5, 1976)
is an American former
pornographic actress
A pornographic film actor or actress, pornographic performer, adult entertainer, or porn star is a person who performs sex acts in video that is usually characterized as a pornographic movie. Such videos tend to be made in a number of dist ...
and
director
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* ''Director'' (magazine), a British magazine
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* ''The Director'' (play), a 2000 play by Nancy Hasty
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, active from late 1996 until at least 2008. She is a member of the NightMoves,
[ AVN,] and XRCO
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Halls of Fame. De'Nyle has directed over 80 films.
Career
De'Nyle was introduced to the adult film industry by Selena Steele. New Sensations signed De'Nyle to an exclusive two-year contract within her first month in the industry.[ She did her first scene with Peter North.][ In 2000, she made her directorial debut with ''XXXtreme Fantasies of Jewel De'Nyle'' for New Sensations before parting ways with the studio.] Later that year, she co-wrote and co-produced ''Bound by Blood'' for Extreme Associates
Extreme Associates, formerly known as Extreme and Extreme 2.0, is a pornographic film production company, featuring a catalog of DVD titles and Internet content. It is owned by Rob Zicari ("Rob Black") and his former wife Janet Romano ("Lizzy Bo ...
and started a series for Jill Kelly Productions
Jill Kelly (born February 1, 1971) is an American pornographic actress, director and producer. Kelly is an AVN Hall of Fame inductee.
Career
Kelly's stage name was derived from the names of the ''Charlie's Angels'' characters portrayed by Farr ...
titled ''Sluts of the Nyle''.[
Her mother was also a pornographic actress going by the name ''De'Bella''.] She was involved in a dispute with her mother as to her proceedings on camera and using Jewel's name to gather fame in the industry. By the start of the 2008 AVN Adult Entertainment Expo
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Medicine
* Atrioventricular node, special region of conducting tissue in the heart
* Avascular necrosis, medical condition
Transport
* Air Vanuatu, by ICAO airline code
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they had reconciled their differences, with De'Nyle saying that the biggest part of their reconciliation came when De'Bella left Platinum X Pictures.
In January 2003, she became a founding part-owner of the porn studio Platinum X Pictures, located in the San Fernando Valley
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of California. De'Nyle left Platinum X in June 2006.
Personal life
De'Nyle was born to Debbie Schwarz, who had her when she was 19. De'Nyle was later adopted by Larry Jack Schwarz, a former Republican Colorado state legislator. She was the co-owner of Platinum X Productions while her mother Debbie was the sales director.
De'Nyle started a two-year long relationship with colleague Peter North in 1998, after entering the adult business.[ She married Michael Stefano in 2002 (since divorced).] In September 2005, she was reported to be "newly married" in New York.
She identifies as a pagan
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and does not believe in God.
Awards
References
External links
Jewel Denyle Bio
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1976 births
American female erotic dancers
American erotic dancers
American pornographic film actresses
American pornographic film directors
American pornographic film producers
Hispanic and Latino American pornographic film actors
Living people
Native American pornographic film actors
People from Custer County, Colorado
Pornographic film actors from Colorado
Women pornographic film directors
Women pornographic film producers
Film directors from Colorado
21st-century American women
American film directors of Italian descent