Henri Pachard, Jackson St. Louis and Crystal Blue were the
pseudonym
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grindhouse
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market. Working for Sam Lake Enterprises in New York, he directed his first film, ''Lust Weekend'' (1967). This was followed by ''The Bizarre Ones'' (1967), ''Scare Their Pants Off'' (1968), and ''This Sporting House'', with future adult star Jennifer Welles, in 1969.
In the 1980s he adopted the alias "Henri Pachard". From then until his death in 2008, he produced and directed dozens of mainstream pornographic films, including ''
The Devil in Miss Jones
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2'' and ''Blame it on Ginger,'' starring
Ginger Lynn
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.
He also made numerous bondage-discipline features, particularly for the long-running ''Dresden Diary'' series, and many spanking fetish videos such as ''Blazing Bottoms'' and ''Smarty Pants!'' (both for LBO Entertainment).
In addition to directing, he also acted in small character roles in adult films, most notably, ''Glen and Glenda'' (1994), a pornographic spoof of
Ed Wood
Edward Davis Wood Jr. (October 10, 1924 – December 10, 1978) was an American filmmaker,
actor, and pulp novel author.
In the 1950s, Wood directed several low-budget science fiction, crime and horror films that later became cult cla ...
's 1953 movie ''
Glen or Glenda
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''.
In May 2008 it was reported that Sullivan/Pachard was gravely ill from cancer, with an open call to others in the industry to employ his wife Deloras as a cameraman or as a
film editor
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to help offset his medical expenses.
He died at his home on September 27, 2008 after a three-year battle with cancer.
Awards
*1979 AFAA Award - Best Director - ''Babylon Pink''
*1983 AFAA Award - Best Director - ''The Devil in Miss Jones Part II''
*1985 AVN Award – Best Director (Video) – ''Long Hard Nights''
*1985
XRCO Award
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- Best Director - ''Taboo American Style''
*1986 CFAA Award - Best Director - ''Taboo American Style''
*1988 AVN Award – Best Director (Video) – ''Talk Dirty to Me, Part V''
*1990 AVN Award – Best Director (Film) – ''The Nicole Stanton Story, Parts 1 & 2''
*1997
XRCO Hall of Fame
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