Paul Norman (director)

Paul Norman
Born Paul Apstein[1]
1956
Spouse(s) Tori Welles (1990-1994)
Celeste (1995-1996)
Children 3

Paul Norman (born 1956) is an American former pornographic director who directed approximately 134 films from 1986–1999.[2] His birth name is Paul Apstein.[1]

Career

Norman started his career making bisexual pornography. One of his earliest works in this genre is his Bi and Beyond series, which debuted in 1988.[3] He later ventured towards establishing himself as a director of strictly straight pornography in the early 1990s. Norman was inducted into the AVN Hall of Fame in 1998.

Personal life

Norman is Jewish.[1][4] He married fellow pornographic actress Tori Welles in 1990, before finally divorcing in 1994. They had two sons, Nicolas and Joshua. He was a friend of the late pornographic director Fred J. Lincoln.[5] Norman was later married to fellow pornographic actress Celeste 1995-1996. The relationship produced one child.[6]

Awards

  • 1990 AVN Award - Best Director: Bisexual Video (Bi and Beyond III)[7]
  • 1991 AVN Award - Best Director: Bisexual Video (Bi and Beyond IV)[7]
  • 1998 AVN Hall of Fame inductee.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Jones, E. Michael (2009). "6". The Jewish Revolutionary Spirit and its Impact on World History (Selections). Nobel` Press.
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  3. ↑ Summers (Ed.), Claude J. (2005). The Queer Encyclopedia of Film & Television. Cleis Press Inc. p. 234.
  4. ↑ Ford, Luke (1999). A History of X: 100 Years of Sex in Film. Prometheus Books. p. 22.
  5. ↑ "Large Industry Turn-Out for Fred Lincoln Memorial Celebration". avn.com. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  6. ↑ O'Toole, Laurence (1999). Pornocopia: porn, sex, technology and desire. Serpent's Tail. pp. 199, 389.
  7. 1 2 World Public Library. "AVN Awards 2006". netlibrary.ws. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
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