Jacky St. James (born October 15, 1976) is an American

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and

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for the studio

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. She also directs for Bellesa Films.

Early life

St. James grew up within the

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. She was raised

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. St. James has a

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degree in Theatre with a concentration in Film. At age 27, she moved to

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to pursue a career in the mainstream

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. She worked as an actress in films and television shows and has directed small mainstream projects as well. She also worked in

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for over 13 years.

Career

In May 2010, a friend of St. James, who is a director of photography, sent her a clip of ''The Wedding Day'' from the

Romance Series because he was impressed by the quality of the film. After researching ''The Romance Series'', she discovered that New Sensations was doing a writing contest for the series. Adult film director Eddie Powell gave her advice on how to write a porn script after she contacted him on

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. She entered the contest in 2011 and her script, ''Dear Abby'', won. Powell directed the film and New Sensations released it in June 2011. St. James also won Best Screenplay for the film at the

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s. Some of St. James's most notable works are ''Torn'', ''The Temptation of Eve'', and ''The Submission of Emma Marx'' (including three sequels). She co-directed ''Torn'' with Eddie Powell and it won the AVN Award for Best Romance Release in 2013, the year in which the category was first created. In 2014, ''The Temptation of Eve'' and ''The Submission of Emma Marx'' won AVN Awards for Best Romance Movie and Best BDSM Movie, respectively. That same year, St. James began to direct mostly for

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's Tabu Tales, a line with plots featuring sex between

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members. In 2014, she became only the second woman after

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to win an

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as ''Best Director (Feature)'', an honor she could retain in the following two years. In 2015 and 2016, she also received the

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for ''Director of the Year – Body of Work''. The 2015 sequel ''The Submission of Emma Marx 2: Boundaries'' won her two more screenplay awards, an AVN and XBIZ Award. In 2016, she co-created a

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erotic series, ''

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'' with

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. Since 2019, Jacky St. James has been also directing movies for site Bellesa Films, including their imprint Bellesa House.

Awards and nominations

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