Axel Braun (born September 22, 1966) is an Italian-American adult film producer and director known for his productions of pornographic parodies. He is the most awarded director in the history of adult films.Axel Braun announces retirement, avn.com. Accessed February 21, 2024.
The son of Lasse Braun, he is an AVN Hall of Fame, XRCO Hall of Fame and NightMoves Hall of Fame inductee.
Early life Axel was born and raised in Milan, Italy. He attended film school at Columbia College Hollywood.
Career Braun has directed over 500 movies since 1990. Braun's movie Batman XXX: A Porn Parody was the best-selling and best-renting title of 2010. Due to the success of Batman XXX, Vivid Entertainment created a new line to capitalize on the superhero and sci-fi genres called Vivid Superhero and Braun was named leading director for the initiative. In 2013, Braun left Vivid and signed an exclusive directing contract with Wicked Pictures to launch Wicked Fairy Tales and Wicked Comix, two imprints dedicated exclusively to fairy tale and comic book parodies.
In December 2020, following the acquisition of Wicked Pictures by Gamma Entertainment, Braun was appointed Head of Production for the company. On June 23, 2023, Braun announced his retirement from the adult industry after a career spanning 33 years.
Advocacy In October 2010, Braun filed a federal lawsuit against 7,098 individuals who he alleged illegally shared digital copies of his movie Batman XXX: A Porn Parody.
In October 2013, Braun instated a policy that required all performers appearing in sexually explicit roles in any of his movies to be 21 years of age, or older.
In May 2014, Braun announced two new policies for his productions. First, he would no longer forgo the use of condoms in his videos. Second, he will require full-panel STD/HIV tests no older than seven days. He added that he would personally cover the cost for the test if a performer's current test is older.
Recognition Braun was inducted into the AVN Hall of Fame in 2011 and into the XRCO Hall of Fame in 2014. He has won the AVN Best Parody award for ten consecutive years in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020. Braun is the only adult director to have won the AVN Director of the Year award four consecutive times in 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014.
In January 2015, 24 XXX: An Axel Braun Parody became the first parody ever to win the AVN Movie of the Year award. Braun won the top award again in 2016 with Peter Pan XXX: An Axel Braun Parody, and in 2017 with Suicide Squad XXX: An Axel Braun Parody scoring an unprecedented AVN Movie of the Year three-peat.
In 2019, Braun won the AVN Movie of the Year for a fourth time with The Possession of Mrs. Hyde, his first non-parody feature in 15 years, written with his father Lasse Braun and his son Rikki, and shot entirely in Black and White CinemaScope.
Other ventures Braun is the owner of Level 5 Post, a post-production company that supplies editing, authoring, graphics and special effects to many adult and mainstream companies.
Selected awards + List of accolades received by Axel BraunAwards and honorsAwardWonHonored AVN Awards NightMoves Awards XBIZ Awards XRCO Awards Ninfa Awards Total number of wins and honors + AVN Awards Year Category Nominated work2004 Best ScreenplayCompulsion 2011AVN Hall of Fame inducteerowspan="2" Director of the Year Best ScreenplayBatman XXX: A Porn Parody2012Director of the Year rowspan="3" 2013Director of the Year Best Director-Parody Best ScreenplayStar Wars XXX: A Porn Parody2014Director of the Year rowspan="2" 2015Best Director/Parody Best Screenplay24 XXX: An Axel Braun Parody2016 Best Director/Parody Best ScreenplayBatman v Superman XXX: An Axel Braun Parody 2017 Suicide Squad XXX: An Axel Braun Parody Best Director/Parody rowspan="3" 2018Best Director/Feature 2019Best ScreenplayThe Possession of Mrs. Hyde + XBIZ Awards Year Category Nominated work2010Director of the Year-Body of Work 2013Director of the Year – ParodyStar Wars XXX: A Porn Parody 2014Director of the Year-Body of Work rowspan="2" 2016Director of the Year-Parody + NightMoves Awards Year Category Nominated work2010Best Director (Editor's Choice) rowspan="3" 2012NightMoves Lifetime Achievement Award2014NightMoves Hall of Fame inductee + Ninfa Awards Year Category Nominated work2004Best DirectorCompulsión + XRCO Awards Year Category 2011Best Director-Parody 201220132014XRCO Hall of Fame inductee
See also
Porn parody
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