AVN Awards - 1997

The awards show at the was held on January 10, 1998. Here's a run down on the awards. Thanks to those who posted and sent this info along.

An analysis of the Gay portion of the awards by Tim Evanson.


Film Awards

Best Film Bad Wives, Vivid Video
Best All-Sex Film Zazel, Cal Vista Films/Metro
Best Director Nic Cramer, Operation Sex Siege, Private USA
Best Actress Dyanna Lauren, Bad Wives, Vivid Film
Best Actor - Film Steven St. Croix, Bad Wives, Vivid Film
Best Supporting Actress Melissa Hill, Bad Wives, Vivid Film
Best Supporting Actor Wilde Oscar, Doin' The Ritz, Pleasure Productions
Best Couples Sex Scene Red Vibe Diaries, Misty Rain & Marc Wallice, Cal Vista Films/Metro
Best All-Girl Sex Scene Satyr, Missy & Jenna Jameson, Wicked Pictures
Best Group Sex Scene Zazel, Anna Romero, Sasha Vinni, Drew Reese & Kevin James, Cal Vista Films/Metro
Best Anal Sex Scene Bad Wives, Steven St. Croix & Dyanna Lauren, Vivid Film
Best Packaging Paris Chic, Studio A Entertainment
Best Art Direction Zazel, Cal Vista Films/Metro
Best Screenplay Bad Wives, Vivid Film, Dean Nash
Best Editing Zazel, Cal Vista Films/Metro, James Avalon

Shot-On-Video Awards

Best Feature Buda, Evil Angel Productions
Best Director Robert Black Miscreants, Extreme Video/Elegant Angel
Best Actress Stephanie Swift, Miscreants, Extreme Video/Elegant Angel
Best Actor Tom Byron, Indigo Delta, Wicked Pictures
Best Supporting Actress Jeanna Fine, Miscreants, Extreme Video/Elegant Angel
Best Supporting Actor Dave Hardman, Texas Dildo Masquerade, Heatwave Platinum
Best Couples Sex Scene Buda, Rocco Siffredi & Ursula Moore, Evil Angel Productions
Best All-Girl Sex Scene Cellar Dwellers II, Jeanna Fine, P.J. Sparxx & Tricia Devereaux, Extreme Video/Elegant Angel
Best Group Sex Scene Gluteus to the Maximus, Peter North, Alyssa Love, Holli Woods, Katie Gold & Shay Sweet, Seymore, Inc.
Best Anal Sex Scene Butt Banged Naughty Nurses, Careena Collins, Mark Davis & Sean Michaels, Anabolic Video
Best Packaging Makin' Whoopee, Cal Vista Video/Metro
Best Art Direction New Wave Hookers 5, VCA Platinum Plus
Best Screenplay Crazed, Wicked Pictures, Jonathan Morgan
Best Editing Drop Sex: Wipe the Floor, John Leslie Productions/Evil Angel, John Leslie

Gay/BiSexual Video

Best Director (Gay) Wash West, Naked Highway, BIG Video
Best Actor Jim Buck, Naked Highway, BIG Video
Best Supporting Performer Bo Summers, Family Values, Men of Odyssey
Best Sex Scene Jeff Stryker's Underground, Jeff Stryker & Derek Cameron, HIS Video Gold
Best Gay Alternative Release Summer, The First Time, Pride Video
Best Gay Specialty Release Fallen Angel, Titan Media
Best Gay Solo Video Titan Men - Alone in the Backwoods, Titan Media
Best Overall Marketing Campaign- Gay Video Family Values, Men of Odyssey
Best Boxcover Concept Matador, All Worlds Video
Best Packaging Tailspin, Studio 2000
Best Art Direction Doin' Time 2069, Part 2, Latino Fan Club/Pleasure Productions
Best Screenplay Naked Highway, BIG Video, Wash West
Best Videography Naked Highway, BIG Video, Wash West
Best Editing Dr. Jerkoff & Mr. Hard, BIG Video, Wash West
Best Music A Love Story, Forum Studios, Tom Alex & Sharon Kane
Best Gay Video Naked Highway, BIG Video

Specialty Videos

Best Director (Bisexual) Josh Eliot, Night of the Living Bi Dolls, Catalina Video
Best Specialty Tape - Bondage Kym Wilde's On the Edge 40, RedBoard Video
Best Specialty Tape - Big Bust Mandy Mountjoy Does Hardcore, Big Top Video
Best Specialty Tape - Spanking Disciplined by the Cane, Bizarre Video
Best Specialty Tape - Other Genre Hardcore Male/Female Oil Wrestling, Jet Set Productions
Best Bisexual Video Night of the Living Bi Dolls, Catalina Video
Best Trans Video I Dream of Queenie, Soho/Metro

Foreign Videos

Best Director - Foreign Pierre Woodman, The Fugitive 1 & 2, Private USA
Best Sex Scene - Foreign Private Stories 16, Double Ship Orgy, Private USA

Performers of the Year

Female Performer of the Year Stephanie Swift Male Performer of the Year, Tom Byron
Gay Video Performer of the YearJim Buck
Best New StarletJohnni Black
Best NewcomerJim Buck
Best Non-Sex Performance: Straight Jamie Gillis, New Wave Hookers 5, VCA Platinum Plus
Best Non-Sex Performance: Gay, etc. Sharon Kane, Family Values, Men of Odyssey

Various Bests

Best Sex Comedy Cellar Dwellers II, Extreme Video/Elegant Angel
Best All-Sex Video Fresh Meat 4, John Leslie Productions/Evil Angel Productions
Best Gonzo Video Voyeur 7 & 8: Live in Europe, John Leslie Productions/Evil Angel
Best Gonzo Series Tom Byron's Cumback Pussy, Tom Byron/Elegant Angel Video
Best European Release (The Hot Video Award) President by Day, Hooker by Night, Video Marc Dorcel
Best Foreign Release The Fugitive 1 & 2, Private USA
Best All-Girl Feature Diva 4, VCA Platinum Plus
Best All-Girl Series Diva, VCA Platinum Plus
Best Anal-Themed Feature Gluteus to the Maximus, Seymore, Inc.
Best Solo Sex Scene Vicca, Diva, VCA Platinum Plus
Most Outrageous Sex Scene My Girlfriend's Girlfriend, Mila & Kiss (Anal Food Express), Al Borda Video
Best Tease Performance Silvia Saint, Fresh Meat 4, John Leslie Productions/Evil Angel
Best Gangbang Tape Gangbang Girl 19, Anabolic Video
Best Ethnic-Themed Video Midori's Flava, Video Team
Best Featurette Tape Heart & Soul, Wicked Pictures
Best Foreign Featurette Tape Private Stories 22, Private USA
Best Pro-Am Tape More Dirty Debutantes 71, 4-Play Video
Best Amateur Tape Southern Belles 8, Xplor Media Group
Best Compilation Tape The Voyeur's Favorite Blow Jobs & Anals, John Leslie Productions/Evil Angel

Best Series

Best Pro-Am Series Filthy First Timers, Elegant Angel Productions
Best Amateur Series Catalina L'Amour, Charm Productions
Best Continuing Video Series Fresh Meat, John Leslie Productions/Evil Angel
Best Explicit Series Filthy Fuckers, Zane Entertainment Group

Best Alternatives to Porn

Best Alternative Adult Feature Film: Crash, Fine Line
Best Alternative Adult Video: 10th Anniversary Colorado River Wet T&A, Vols. 1 & 2, GM Video
Best Alternative Adult Film Featurette or Specialty Tape: Jenny McCarthy: The Playboy Years, Playboy Home Video

Geek Stuff

Best Interactive CD-ROM Game Dadahouse, RomAntics
Best Interactive CD-ROM (Non-Game) Virtual Sex with Asia, Digital Playground
Best Original CD-ROM Concept Fischer's Erotic Encyclopedia, Dream Catcher Interactive
Best CD-ROM Graphics/Art Direction UltraVixen, PIXIS Interactive
Best CD-ROM Photo Disc Super Models 1, Digital Playground

Best Bean Counters and Marketing

Best Overall Marketing Campaign - Company Image VCA Pictures
Best Overall Marketing Campaign - Individual Title or Series Zazel, Cal Vista Films/Metro
Best Advertisement The World's Luckiest Man, Hustler/Vivid
Best Boxcover Concept Ancient Secrets of the Kama Sutra, Vivid Video
Best Packaging - Specialty Spiked Heel Diaries 8, Bizarre Video
Best Trailer New Wave Hookers 5, VCA Platinum Plus

Best Behind the Scenes Work

Best Special Effects New Wave Hookers 5, VCA Platinum Plus
Best Cinematography Zazel, Cal Vista Films/Metro, Philip Mond
Best Videography Diva, The Series, VCA Platinum Plus, Justin Sterling & Barry Harley
Best Music Skin 11: Unbound, Eurotique Entertainment, Toshi Gold

Sales

Best-Selling Tape of the Year Zazel, Cal Vista Films
Best-Renting Tape of the Year New Wave Hookers 5, VCA Platinum Plus

Hall of Famers

Lois Ayres
Jerry Butler
Rene Bond
Careena Collins
Jon Dough
Jerry Douglas
Roy Karch
Keisha
Dorothy LeMay
Chelsea Manchester
Constance Money
Paul Norman
Jace Rocker
Derek Stanton
Jane Waters
Bambi Woods

Special Achievement Awards

Christy Canyon
Dave Friedman
Al Goldstein

AVN Breakthrough Award

Steve Orenstein of Wicked Pictures