Vivian "Viv" Leonard Thomas (born 10 January 1948) is a
South African-born
British producer
Producer or producers may refer to:
Occupations
*Producer (agriculture), a farm operator
*A stakeholder of economic production
*Film producer, supervises the making of films
**Executive producer, contributes to a film's budget and usually does not ...
of
pornographic movies. He has produced hundreds of features over the course of his 15+ year career. He specializes in producing
lesbian pornography as well as
foot fetish videos. His popular titles include the ''Pink Velvet'' trilogy, the ''Unfaithful'' series, and ''The Art of Kissing'' series.
''The Story of She 2'' starring British model Lexi Lowe was his best-selling movie of 2013.
Career
He has also produced an equal number of heterosexual works. The majority of his work was produced prior to the British government lifting some of the more stringent laws regarding what could be shown in pornographic films; when those laws were repealed in 1999, Thomas moved into producing hardcore material exclusively. However, after a court decision confirmed that
R18 rated hardcore DVDs can only be sold via licensed sex shops in the UK, not mail-order via the internet, Thomas decided to move his whole operation from
Acton Acton may refer to:
Places Antarctica
* Mount Acton
Australia
* Acton, Australian Capital Territory, a suburb of Canberra
* Acton, Tasmania, a suburb of Burnie
* Acton Park, Tasmania, a suburb of Hobart, Tasmania, formerly known as Acton
Canada ...
, West London to
Portugal.
He also maintains a studio in
Budapest.
Thomas is known for producing artistic pornographic films with an emphasis on high production values and has been nominated for numerous awards
and has won at the AVN awards in the past. His contemporaries include the established pornographic director/producers
Andrew Blake,
Michael Ninn and
Marc Dorcel.
Thomas' more recent work has starred almost exclusively
Hungarian,
Czech, and other
Central European models, although he does feature some British performers, such as Ian Tate, as well as Americans such as the former
Penny Flame.
Other British models he has worked with include Lexi Lowe (Lowe worked exclusively with Thomas for the first year of her lesbian film career), Alicia Rhodes,
Michelle Thorne, Kelle Marie, and Roxanne Hall. Central European models who are frequently featured in his videos include Eve Angel.
His productions are distributed by
Girlfriends Films (USA and the world) and Erigo Distribution (UK and Europe). In early 2013 Viv Thomas Productions entered into an agreement with MetArt
for the management of their flagship web site, vivthomas.com. The new site was launched on 26 March 2013.
Between 2006 and 2011, every year Thomas presented his models with awards for working with the company "as a way of saying thank you".
The company hosted a fan based voting competition to find the Viv Thomas Babe of the Year on
In 2008 Thomas instituted the Viv Thomas Golf Masters, a golf tournament that takes place every year around Spain and Portugal.
Awards
*Babe Of The Year
**2011: BABE OF THE YEAR:
Sandra Shine
Sandra or SANDRA may refer to:
People
* Sandra (given name)
* Sandra (singer) (born 1962), German pop singer
* Margaretha Sandra (1629–1674), Dutch soldier
* Sandra (orangutan), who won the legal right to be defined as a "non-human person"
Pl ...
**2011: BEST NEWCOMER: Lexi Lowe
*Best Movie
**2009: ''Office Girls 2''
**2010: ''Unfaithful 5''
References
External links
*
Official Viv Thomas BlogViv Thomas Golf Masters
*
Viv's information Website about Throat Cancer
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English pornographic film directors
British pornographic film producers
South African pornographic film directors
Directors of lesbian pornographic films
Producers of gay pornographic films
Living people
1948 births