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Wash Westmoreland (b. March 4, 1966) has recently emerged as a nationally-known independent film director with his 2006 release, "Quinceañera", which had a double Sundance win (Audience Award and Grand Jury Prize), and also picked up the Humanitas Prize, and the John Cassavetes Spirit Award. Events 51 - Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title Princeps iuventutis (head of the youth Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Sundance is a popular Ski resort located near Provo Utah. It was bought by the Actor Robert Redford in 1968 presumably because Redford's wife The Humanitas Prize is an award for film and television writing intended to promote human dignity meaning and freedom John Nicholas Cassavetes ( December 9, 1929 – February 3, 1989) was an American Actor, Screenwriter, and director In his career he has worked in television, documentaries, independent films. Westmoreland's route into film-making was an unusual one, having cut his teeth in the adult film world of the late-nineties making deliberately ironic post-modern porn that gained attention from academics and consumers alike.


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Biography

Wash Westmoreland was born Paul Westmoreland in Leeds, England on March 4, 1966. Leeds ( is located on the River Aire in West Yorkshire, England Events 51 - Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title Princeps iuventutis (head of the youth Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. [1] His father was a maintenance engineer for the CEGB and his mother worked as a receptionist at a local hair salon. The Central Electricity Generating Board (CEGB was the cornerstone of the British electricity industry for almost 40 years from 1957 to Privatisation in the He was named "Paul" after a member of the The Beatles but received the nickname "Wash" as a child. [1] He finished high school intending to pursue science at university level, but after a short disruptive spell in a religious cult changed his direction to study social science. Westmoreland earned his college degree in Politics and East Asian Studies at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Fukuoka University in Japan graduating in 1990. Newcastle University is a leading research intensive University located in Newcastle upon Tyne in the north-east of England. Fukuoka University is a Private university in Fukuoka, Japan. He emigrated to America in 1992, initially living in New York, then moving to New Orleans where he survived by doing menial work, washing dishes and cleaning houses. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous New Orleans (nʲuːˈɔrliənz nʲuːˈɔrlənz French: La Nouvelle-Orléans) is a major United States port city and the largest city in Louisiana In 1995 he moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in film. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West


Early career

After working as a camera assistant on Bruce LaBruce's movie Hustler White, Westmoreland decided to enter the Adult Entertainment world to make what he described as "post-modern pornography" and research material for a feature film project "The Fluffer. In Cinematography, a focus puller or first assistant camera (1st AC is the member of a Film crew responsible for keeping the Camera 's focus Bruce LaBruce (born 3 January 1964) is a Canadian writer Film -maker Photographer and underground gay porn star based Hustler White is a 1996 film by Bruce LaBruce and Rick Castro. " He managed to land a job directing for BIG Video, a minor label and directed under the name Wash West. Toolbox and Dr Jerkoff and Mr Hard were his first significant films .

In 1997 he wrote and directed Naked Highway for BIG Video. This film starred "Jim Buck" and received high praise from many critics and was filled with daring music, deep saturated color alternating with washed out sections and black and white sequences. It was also released in a softcore edit and made available in more mainstream outlets. Softcore (or soft porn) is a form of Pornography, either video or nude Glamour photography, that is less explicit than hardcore material The movie swept both the 1997 Adult Erotic Gay Video Awards and the 1998 AVN Awards. The Adult Erotic Gay Video Awards, better known as the The Big Ben, are presented annually for Gay pornography by Gay Chicago Magazine.

It was also during this time that Westmoreland started to make his presence in mainstream films felt. He appeared briefly in Velvet Goldmine by director Todd Haynes. Velvet Goldmine is a 1998 film directed and co-written by Todd Haynes. Todd Haynes (born January 2, 1961, in Encino, California) is an award-winning American Film director. Haynes would go on to work with Westmoreland as a producer on Quinceañera. Quinceañera is a 2006 American Independent film written and directed by Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland.

Westmoreland went on to direct the cat-and-mouse thriller Animus for All Worlds Video, which channelled the millennium fears of the time (1999) and featured performances from Blake Harper and Thomas Lloyd, who both won GayVN Awards for their work. Blake Harper (born Peter Tiefenbach on October 19 1968 in Windsor Ontario, Canada Selected videography The GAYVN Awards are presented annually to honor work done in the Gay pornography industry

Taking a different direction, he began to direct a series of comic videos for All Worlds Video under the name of Bud Light. Of these, The Devil is a Bottom won the 2001 GayVN Award as Best Sex Comedy and was surprisingly listed as one of the LA Weekly Critic's Top Ten Movies of the year. The GAYVN Awards are presented annually to honor work done in the Gay pornography industry LA Weekly is a free weekly Tabloid -sized Newspaper (a so-called " Alternative weekly " in Los Angeles California [2]

His work in the adult industry culminated in 2001 independent film The Fluffer which was loosely based on many real events and characters. The Fluffer, a 2001 US Independent film, is a triangular story of obsessive love set against the backdrop of the adult video industry Around this time he gave a candid interview to Terri Gross on NPR's Fresh Air. Terry Gross (born 1951 is the host and co-executive producer of Fresh Air, an interview format Radio show produced by WHYY-FM in Philadelphia After this he only made two more Adult movies; Seven Deadly Sins Gluttony for All Worlds Video, based on Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray and a parody of the horror film The Ring called The Hole for Jet Set Productions which dealt with a videotape that would turn those who watched it gay in seven days. Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900 was an Irish Playwright, Novelist, poet and Author of The Picture of Dorian Gray is the only published Novel written by Oscar Wilde, first appearing as the lead story in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine A parody (ˈpɛɹədiː US, [ˈpaɹədiː] UK) in contemporary usage is a work created to mock comment on or poke fun at an original work its subject The Ring is a 2002 American remake of the 1998 Japanese horror film of the same name (also known as Ringu) Westmoreland picked up many GayVN Awards for both titles. The GAYVN Awards are presented annually to honor work done in the Gay pornography industry "The Hole" was also released in a softcore edit for more mainstream outlets. Softcore (or soft porn) is a form of Pornography, either video or nude Glamour photography, that is less explicit than hardcore material

Mainstream

Westmoreland's first mainstream film The Fluffer, was an exploration of obsession and power relations set with the adult video industry. The Fluffer, a 2001 US Independent film, is a triangular story of obsessive love set against the backdrop of the adult video industry The film received generally favorable reviews and was successful enough that West proved he could helm more mainstream films. He co-directed this film with his professional and personal partner, Richard Glatzer. [3]

After this Westmoreland segued into television work, making a successful VH1 show called Totally Gay which charted the evolution of mainstream gay culture from 1993-2003. Totally Gay! is a 2003 television special on VH1 that introduces the Gay Pop culture in The United States.

Then, Westmoreland made a documentary called Gay Republicans about the Log Cabin Republican reaction to Bush's support for a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage in the 2004 election campaign. The Log Cabin Republicans ( LCR) is a federated gay and lesbian political organization in the United States with state chapters and a national office in George Walker Bush ( born July 6 1946 is the forty-third and current President of the United States. Same-sex marriage (also referred to as gay marriage) is a term for a legally or Socially recognized Marriage between two people of the same The doc premiered on Trio cable network on election night. Shortly after, a longer version was shown at the 2004 American Film Institute festival where it picked up the Audience Award for best documentary. The American Film Institute ( AFI) is an independent Non-profit organization created by the National Endowment for the Arts, which was established in 1967 The Polish Academy Audience Award is an annual award given by audience to the best Polish Film of the year

Then came another collaboration with Glatzer -- Quinceañera -- about a 14 year old Hispanic girl discovering she is pregnant and being kicked out of the house. Quinceañera is a 2006 American Independent film written and directed by Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland. The film also received generally favorable reviews, reaching 86% on RottenTomatoes.com and has won awards at various film festivals including the Sundance Film Festival where it picked up the audience award for best narrative feature as well as the Grand Jury Prize. Rotten Tomatoes is a Website devoted to reviews information and news of Movies. The Sundance Film Festival is a Film festival that takes place annually in the state of Utah, in the United States.

Quinceañera also received the Humanitas prize for best screenplay of an independent film and the John Cassavetes Prize at the Independent Spirit Award for best low-budget independent movie. The word humanitas was created by Cicero to describe a good human John Nicholas Cassavetes ( December 9, 1929 – February 3, 1989) was an American Actor, Screenwriter, and director Founded in 1984, the Independent Spirit Awards were originally known as the FINDIE Awards ("Friends of Independents" and presented winners with

Filmography

As Wash Westmoreland

As Wash West

As Bud Light

Awards

In addition, Wash West directed the following winners for Best Gay Video:

He also directed the following Best Sex Scene Winners:

Trivia

Awards
Preceded by
Jerry Douglas
for Flesh and Blood		 AVN Awards for Best Director-Gay Video
for Naked Highway
1998		 Succeeded by
Kristen Bjorn/Gino Colbert & Sam Slam
for Man Watcher/Three Brothers
Preceded by
Chi Chi LaRue/John Rutherford
for Echoes/Out of Athens		 GayVN Awards for Best Director
for Seven Deadly Sins: Gluttony
2002		 Succeeded by
Chi Chi LaRue & John Rutherford
for Deep South: The Big and the Easy
Preceded by
Chi Chi LaRue & John Rutherford
for Deep South: The Big and the Easy		 GayVN Awards for Best Director
for The Hole
2004		 Succeeded by
John Rutherford & Jerry Douglas
for BuckleRoos 1-2

References

  1. ^ a b Prestigiacomo, Jennifer (February 21, 2002). Kristen Bjorn (born 12 October 1957 in London England) is a director and producer of gay pornographic movies and a former Pornographic actor Chi Chi LaRue (born Larry David Paciotti on November 8 1959 in Hibbing, Minnesota) is an American Film director of gay and The GAYVN Awards are presented annually to honor work done in the Gay pornography industry Chi Chi LaRue (born Larry David Paciotti on November 8 1959 in Hibbing, Minnesota) is an American Film director of gay and Chi Chi LaRue (born Larry David Paciotti on November 8 1959 in Hibbing, Minnesota) is an American Film director of gay and The GAYVN Awards are presented annually to honor work done in the Gay pornography industry Events 362 - Athanasius returns to Alexandria. 1245 - Thomas, the first known Bishop of Finland See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. "Fluffer explores most difficult job in porn industry". University Wire.
  2. ^ Wonder Boys and Girls. LA Weekly (December, 2000). LA Weekly is a free weekly Tabloid -sized Newspaper (a so-called " Alternative weekly " in Los Angeles California Retrieved on 2007-06-27. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1358 - Republic of Dubrovnik is founded 1709 - Peter the Great defeats Charles XII of Sweden
  3. ^ O'Sullivan, Michael (2002-03-28). See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 37 - Roman Emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate, entitled to him by the Senate. The Fluffer. The Washington Post. The Washington Post is the largest and most circulated Newspaper in Washington D Retrieved on 2007-06-29. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 512 - A Solar eclipse is recorded by a monastic chronicler in Ireland.

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