Michael Stefano

Michael Stefano (born Michael Vito Menta; August 29, 1969) is an American pornographic actor and director.[2] He appeared in over 1,000 films and, by his own estimate, performed in over 3,000 scenes.[3]

This article is about the pornographic actor. For the firefighter and trainer, see Michael Stefano (trainer).
Michael Stefano
Stefano at the 2005 AVN Adult Entertainment Expo
Born (1969-08-29) August 29, 1969
Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.[1]
Other namesLuciano, Mike Long

An injury forced Stefano to take a break from performing and in the interim he learned how to edit.[4] He began his directing career with Extreme Associates in the mid-1990s under the name Luciano.[5] In 2001 he started directing for Red Light District Video.[6] In 2003 Platinum X Pictures was launched by Stefano and Jewel De'Nyle (whom he would later marry), bankrolled by Red Light.[6] Platinum X featured directors Manuel Ferrara, Brandon Iron and Steve Holmes, and produced very similar content to Red Light.[6] Around the same time Red Light began distributing the films of Amateur District and Candy Shop, a studio headed by Stefano specializing in interracial content.[6]

In 2010 Stefano announced his retirement from pornography,[3] but in 2011 he announced his return to pornography full-time. In 2012, he again retired from the Adult Industry, but returned in 2013.

Awards

References
  1. Ashley Kennedy (January 2001). "LUCIANO: Salami of Steel". AVN. Archived from the original on April 11, 2001. Retrieved May 12, 2015.
  3. Miller, Dan (August 27, 2010). "Michael Stefano Retires From Porn". XBIZ.com. Retrieved September 11, 2017.
  4. "Our Favorite Michael Stefano Story: The Day His Dick Almost Exploded, Nearly Ending His Career". AdultFYI. August 27, 2010. Archived from the original on February 3, 2014. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
  5. Steve Javors (January 31, 2008). "Hush Hush Entertainment Inks Michael Stefano". XBIZ. Retrieved September 11, 2017.
  6. Anne Winter (August 22, 2007). "Red Light District". XBIZ. Retrieved September 11, 2017.
  7. "PREVIOUS WINNERS and NOMS". xrco.com. Retrieved September 11, 2017.
  8. Trent Brown. "AVN Awards Nominations". AVN.com. Archived from the original on June 8, 2007. Retrieved August 9, 2007.
  9. Crucifixio_Jones, "Adam Film World Awards Winners", AdultDVDTalk.com, April 27, 2005 (Retrieved Sept. 25, 2012)
  10. David Sullivan (January 11, 2009). "2009 AVN Award-Winners Announced". AVN.com. Retrieved September 11, 2017.
  11. "2010 Nominees". AVN.com. Archived from the original on October 26, 2009. Retrieved November 26, 2009.
  12. "AVN Announces the Winners of the 2011 AVN Awards". AVN.com. January 9, 2011. Retrieved September 11, 2017.
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