Jules Jordan (born May 25, 1972) is an American adult film actor, director, and producer. He launched the production and distribution company Jules Jordan Video in 2006, and has been inducted into the AVN and XRCO Halls of Fame.
Early life Jordan was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. An only child, he was raised by his mother in Hershey; he never met his father. As a teen, Jordan worked at an amusement park, a skateboard shop, an Italian restaurant, a pizza joint, and a Subway restaurant. He attended Hershey High School.
One of his first exposures to pornography was looking through his grandfather's explicit movie collection on 8 mm film.
After trying out a semester of college, Jordan dropped out to work full-time. He began working as a clerk for an adult video store he frequented as a customer.
Career Jordan's entry into the adult film industry was through Frank Kay, owner of International Video Distributors (IVD). Kay initially hired Jordan for sales, and then gave him a chance to shoot movies under his established Pleasure and Rosebud labels.
In 1998, Jordan directed the first full-length movie of his career for Pleasure Productions, releasing Live Bait. One of the women he shot, Chastity, helped propel the tape to national notoriety because she was a pro wrestling valet for World Championship Wrestling (WCW). Jordan sold several individual scenes prior to releasing Live Bait, selling early scenes to Odyssey Group and Elegant Angel. He produced more than 50 videos for Pleasure and Rosebud during a two-year span.
In 1999, Jordan moved to Los Angeles after finding it difficult to produce films on the East Coast. He spent his first two months living in an Econo Lodge. After jobs with Vivid Entertainment and Elegant Angel failed to materialize, he started working for IVD again out of his apartment with just a fax machine.
Jordan helped re-invigorate IVD's Rosebud line in 1999–2000, producing, directing and selling titles such as Bottom Feeders (1-4), Deep Cheeks (6-7), Anal Sluts & Sweethearts (4-5) and Heavy Metal (1-2). Jordan won the first AVN Award of his career in 2002 for Heavy Metal, which was honored as the Best Anal-Themed Release.
Jordan signed a DVD distribution deal with John Stagliano's studio Evil Angel in 2001, becoming their top-selling director in his first year on their roster. While working with Evil Angel, he launched signature titles such as Ass Worship, Flesh Hunter and Feeding Frenzy, all three of which would go on to become AVN award-winning series. When Jordan left Evil Angel in 2006 to form his own production company (Jules Jordan Video), he was their top-selling director. Jordan said, "I wanted to control my own destiny, with where my product was headed."
In 2013, Jordan closed a distribution deal with Kink.com to bring their content to DVD for the first time.
In 2015, Jordan signed Jesse Jane to an two-year exclusive performance contract where she would perform in eight movies per year.
Personal life He voiced his support for Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton for the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
Awards +List of accolades received by Jules JordanAwards and nominationsAwardWonNominated AVN Awards F.A.M.E. Awards NightMoves Awards XBIZ Awards XRCO Awards Total number of wins and nominations +AVN Awards Year Result Award Film 2007Best New Video Production Company for Jules Jordan Video Best Oral-Themed Release Feeding Frenzy 8 Best Specialty Release - Big BustBreast Worship 2008Director of the Year (Body of Work) Best Interracial ReleaseBlack Owned 2 Best Oral-Themed SeriesFeeding Frenzy 2009 Best Director, Ethnic VideoLex the Impaler 3 Best Anal-Themed ReleaseJules Jordan's Weapons of Ass Destruction 6 Best Big Bust ReleaseBig Tits at School Best Ethnic-Themed Release - BlackBlack Ass Addiction 2 Black Ass Addiction Best Internal ReleaseAll Internal 7 Best POV SeriesDouble Vision Best Young Girl ReleaseJailbait 5 2010 Best Director, Ethnic VideoLex the Impaler 4 2011Lex the Impaler 5 AVN Hall of Fame inductee 2017Best Director - Non-FeatureFace of an Angel Mind of a Devil +F.A.M.E. Awards Year Result Award Film 2006Favorite Directorrowspan="2" Alt URL2010 +NightMoves Awards Year Result Award Film 2008 Best Director (Editors' Choice) 2017Best Non Feature Director +XBIZ Awards Year Result Award Film 2007Up-and-Coming Studio of the Yearrowspan="3" 2008 Gonzo Director of the Year2010Studio of the Year 2011 Ethnic Release of the YearBlack Ass Master 4 2012Gonzo/All-Sex Studio of the Year 2013Gonzo Series of the YearUltimate Fuck Toy2014All-Black Release of the YearBlack Heat 2015Latin-Themed Release of the YearLatinas on Fire 22018Director of the Year - Body of Work +XRCO Awards Year Result Award Film 2001Best Director 2002 Best Threeway Sex SceneTrained Teens 2003Director of the Yearrowspan="5" 2006Best Director (Non-Features)2008 2009 XRCO Hall Of Fame Inductee (Film Creators)2017Best Director (Non-Features)
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