Wicked Pictures is an American
pornographic
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headquartered in
Canoga Park
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,
California
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. Between 2004 and 2021, it was one of the only heterosexual studios to maintain a
condoms
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-only policy.
Company history
Steve Orenstein founded Wicked Pictures in 1993, after developing an interest in creative aspects of
film production
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while a partner in his previous adult company, X-Citement Video. During its first year, Wicked won industry awards and Orenstein signed Chasey Lain as the first "Wicked Girl". The second Wicked Girl,
Jenna Jameson
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, signed in 1995. Under Wicked's promotion, Jameson became the only winner of
AVN Awards
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for Best New Starlet, Best Actress, and Best Sex Scene in the same year.
Wicked won the first high-definition Adult Video News Award for ''
Camp Cuddly Pines Powertool Massacre
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'' in December 2006. The movie went on to win several AVN Awards in 2007.
In October 2010, Wicked stopped production when an actor tested positive for
HIV
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.
The studio agreed with
Manwin
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to run its websites in December 2010. In December 2020, it was announced that founder and president Steve Orenstein had sold the company to Gamma Entertainment, and that the new ownership had named
Axel Braun
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The son of Lasse Braun, he is an AVN Hall of Fame, XRCO Hall of Fame and NightMoves Hall of Fame inductee ...
Head of Production.
Awards
The following is a selection of major awards Wicked films have won:
* 1994
AVN Award
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- Best Video Feature (''Haunted Nights'')
[
* 1996 AVN Award - Best Film (''Blue Movie'')][
* 1998 AVN Award - Best Vignette Release (''Heart & Soul'')][
* 2001 AVN Award - Top Selling Release of the Year (''Dream Quest'')][
* 2001 AVN Award - Top Renting Release of the Year (''Dream Quest'')][
* 2002 AVN Award - Best Video Feature (''Euphoria'')][
* 2003 AVN Award - Best DVD (''Euphoria'')][
* 2007 AVN Award - Best Film (''Manhunters'')][
* 2008 AVN Award - Best Sex Comedy (''Operation: Desert Stormy'')]XBIZ Award
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- Peoples Choice Porn Studio of the Year[XBIZ Award Winners]
February 2011
* 2011 XBIZ Award - Feature Movie of the Year (''Speed'')[XBIZ Award Winners]
January 2012
* 2012 XBIZ Award - Specialty Release of the Year (''Jessica Drake's Guide to Wicked Sex: Anal Edition'')Octomom Home Alone
''Octomom Home Alone'' is a pornographic film featuring prominent American mother Nadya Suleman, also known as "Octomom", masturbating. The DVD was released on 16 July 2012Alexander Espinoza,Octomom Home Alone" ''XCritic'', 17 December 2012, URL ...
'')
* 2013 XBIZ Award - Parody Release of the Year - Drama (''Inglorious Bitches'')[XBIZ Award Winners 2013]
January 2013
* 2013 XBIZ Award - All-Girl Release of the Year (''Girls With Girls'')[XBIZ Award Winners 2014]
January 2014
* 2014 XBIZ Award - Best Cinematography (''Underworld'')[XBIZ Award Winners]
January 2015
* 2015 XBIZ Award - Best Actress/Parody: Jessica Drake, (''Snow White XXX: An Axel Braun Parody'')[
* 2015 AVN Award - Best Supporting Actress: Veronica Avluv, (''Cinderella XXX: An Axel Braun Parody'')][
* 2016 XBIZ Award - Parody Release of the Year (''Batman v. Superman XXX: An Axel Braun Parody'')][XBIZ Award Winners]
January 2016
Wicked Girls
* Chasey Lain
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(1993–1995)
* Jenna Jameson
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(1995–2000)["The (Porn) Player"]
by Matthew Miller, ''Forbes
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'' magazine, July 4, 2005, Retrieved February 1, 2007
* Serenity (1996–2001)
* Missy (1997–1999)
* Stephanie SwiftDevinn Lane
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Biography
Lane became pregnant at 16 and began stripping to support herself and her child in 1990 ...
(2000–2005)
* Sydnee Steele (2001–2003)["Sydnee Steele: Still Shy, But Definitely Wicked"]
Mike Ramone, 2001-10-05, Retrieved 2007-07-12
* Julia Ann
Julia Ann is an American pornographic actress and feature dancer. She is a member of the AVN, XRCO, and Brazzers Halls of Fame.
Career
By age 18 Julia Ann started modeling, then became a professional mud wrestler in Hollywood before becoming ...
(2001[Wicked Divas: Julia Ann The Legend]
Archived at: , Retrieved 2007-10-272004, 2006–2007)
* Keri Sable (2005)Carmen Hart
Carmen Hart (born March 12, 1984) is a Native American former pornographic actress and exotic dancer from North Carolina.
Career
Hart attributes the 1996 Demi Moore movie '' Striptease'' as her inspiration to begin exotic dancing. Hart drove ...
(2005–2007)Lupe Fuentes
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B ...
(2010–2011)
* Alektra Blue[
* ]Kaylani Lei
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Early life
Lei is of Chinese and Filipino descent.
Career
Lei danced at the Olympic Garden in Las Vegas prior to her porn career. She is a former contract performer for ...
Asa Akira
Asa Akira (born January 3, 1985) is an American pornographic actress and adult film director. Akira has appeared in over 505 adult films as of May 2016. In 2013, she became the third Asian performer (after Asia Carrera and Stephanie Swift) to w ...
(2013–2018)
* Stormy Daniels
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(2002–2018)
* Jessica Drake
Jessica Drake is an American pornographic actress and sex educator.
Career
Drake spent two years as a contract performer for the studio Sin City until May 31, 2002, when her contract expired. She gained her first AVN Award in 2001, winning "Bes ...
(2003–2021)
Ranking
As of October 2021, Wicked Pictures has a traffic ranking of 81,588.
References
External links
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