10th AVN Awards

The 10th AVN Awards ceremony, presented by Adult Video News (AVN), honored pornographic films released in 1992 in the United States and took place in January 1993, at Bally's Hotel and Casino in Paradise, Nevada. During the ceremony, AVN presented AVN Awards in 67 categories. The ceremony was produced by Gary Miller and directed by S. Marco DiMercurio. Actor Randy West hosted the show for the second consecutive year, with actresses Porsche Lynn and Ona Zee as co-hosts.

The Party won eight AVN awards but Best Film went to Face Dance, Parts 1 & 2, which also won Best Director—Film for John Stagliano.

Winners and nominees

The winners were announced during the awards ceremony in January 1993. Ashlyn Gere won the grand slam of erotic acting: Female Performer of the Year, Best Actress in a Feature Film and Best Actress in a Video.

Major awards

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡).

Additional award winners

These awards were also announced at the awards show.

Honorary AVN awards

Special Achievement Award

• Paul Thomas and Vivid Video, for loyalty to the adult film genre

Hall of Fame

AVN Hall of Fame inductees for 1993 were: Erica Boyer, David Christopher, Debi Diamond, Jim Holliday, Fred J. Lincoln, Richard Mailer, William Margold, Peter North, Loni Sanders, Jeff Stryker, Marc Wallice, Ona Zee

Multiple nominations and awards

The following twelve movies received multiple awards:

• 8 - The Party
• 6 - Chameleons
• 4 - Face Dance, Parts 1 & 2; Kiss-Off
• 3 - Bonnie and Clyde, The Secret Garden 1 & 2, Songs in the Key of Sex, Two Women
• 2 - Down Bi Law, The Legend of Katoey Island, Mindscape II, Realities 2

Presenters and performers

The following individuals, in order of appearance, presented awards or performed musical numbers. The show's trophy girl was Shayla LaVeaux.

Presenters

Performers

Ceremony information

Actor Randy West hosted the show for the second consecutive year. His co-host for the first half of the show was Porsche Lynn while Ona Zee co-hosted the last half. Randy West opened the show with a song, “We Put the X in Sex”, the lyrics of which contained names of several actors and actresses.

Several other people were involved with the production of the ceremony. The live show was produced by Gary Todd while musical direction was undertaken by Mark J. Miller. A VHS videotape of the show was also published and sold by VCA Pictures, which was produced and directed by S. Marco DiMercurio.

There were several new categories this year, including Female Performer of the Year, Male Performer of the Year, Best Gonzo Video and Best Amateur or Pro-Am Video series.

Chameleons was announced as both the top selling movie and the top renting movie of the year.

Critical reviews

Hustler magazine was critical of the awards, pointing out the Best Marketing Campaign award went to a video that wasn't released in 1992, and adding, “No matter. The AVN show isn't about accuracy. The annual exercise is a tuxedo-clad circle-jerk from AVN to all its advertisers. The joke is watching so many smut peddlers and performers take it seriously.”

Cheri magazine was more charitable, calling the awards “the porn industry's biggest party of the year.”

See also

• AVN Award for Best Actress
• AVN Award for Best Supporting Actress
• AVN Award for Male Foreign Performer of the Year
• AVN Award for Male Performer of the Year
• AVN Award for Female Foreign Performer of the Year
• AVN Female Performer of the Year Award
• List of members of the AVN Hall of Fame

Notes

References

Bibliography

• "AVN Awards & CES Event Report". Bachelor (in Japanese). Japan. April 1993.
• "The AVN Awards, the CES Show in Vegas". High Society. United States. July 1993.
• "Hot Vegas: Filtny Times at XXX Vid Awards". Live. United States. December 1993.

External links

• AVN Awards
• Adult Video News Awards Archived January 19, 2009, at the Wayback Machine at the Internet Movie Database
• Adult Video News Awards 1993 (1993 Video) at IMDb
• Adult Video News Awards 1993 at the Internet Adult Film Database
• 1993 AVN Awards at the Adult Film Database