Brad Armstrong doesn't do normal. Take last year's AVN nods — proof he's got the goods. His dark little couples fantasy Fallen walked off with sixteen nominations for Wicked, including Best Director, Best Actor, and Best Actress for jessica drake. Meanwhile his high-octane interracial racer Race 2 Race snagged four more, one of them Best Interracial Release. Chop Shops Chicas even landed a nod in the Latin category. With numbers like that, Armstrong's Director of the Year shout-out felt downright inevitable.
Fallen isn't just pretty — it dives straight into the supernatural, something you don't see often in skin flicks, and nails it. Armstrong writes, directs, designs, and stars in his own movies, and it shows. He's got the eye for set work too. Look at The Craving from the year before: fairytale gloss, Best Film, Best Director, Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, plus four sex noms and a couple trophies in both the horny and the technical lanes.
Coming Home brought the realism and raked in thirteen noms, with wins for Armstrong and Barrett Blade. The streak didn't happen overnight. Back in the day he was the in-demand stud who decided to pick up a camera. Steve Orenstein caught his first self-funded flick at the East Coast Video Show, liked what he saw, and signed him exclusive in '96. Early on he proved himself with Conquest, Flashpoint, Hell On Heels, Exile. Then came Dream Quest in 2000, the first adult title to drop on VHS and DVD at the same time. Euphoria followed, sweeping Best Feature, Best Director, Best Actress at AVN and AFW, plus XRCO Video of the Year — the first movie to pull that off.
Falling from Grace racked up ten noms and two wins, including Best Actor and Best Screenplay for Armstrong himself. The guy does it all: writes, acts, builds the sets, sometimes stitches the costumes. The Collector took Best Art Direction and Best Screenplay; Fluff & Fold handed jessica drake another Best Actress. Sold and Eternity kept the streak alive — the latter even scored Randy Spears a Best Actor statue. Manhunters in '07 walked away with Best Film and half a dozen other trophies, including Best Anal. FUCK snagged five wins in one night, from Best Cinematography to Best Group Scene. Curse Eternal turned heads in the video category with fifteen noms.
From Flashpoint to Race 2 Race, Armstrong stays sharp, stays stylish, and keeps stacking both awards and cash. Fallen just proves the man still hasn't hit the ceiling.
Brad Armstrong doesn't do normal. Take last year's AVN nods — proof he's got the goods. His dark little couples fantasy Fallen walked off with sixteen nominations for Wicked, including Best Director, Best Actor, and Best Actress for jessica drake. Meanwhile his high-octane interracial racer Race 2 Race snagged four more, one of them Best Interracial Release. Chop Shops Chicas even landed a nod in the Latin category. With numbers like that, Armstrong's Director of the Year shout-out felt downright inevitable.
Fallen isn't just pretty — it dives straight into the supernatural, something you don't see often in skin flicks, and nails it. Armstrong writes, directs, designs, and stars in his own movies, and it shows. He's got the eye for set work too. Look at The Craving from the year before: fairytale gloss, Best Film, Best Director, Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, plus four sex noms and a couple trophies in both the horny and the technical lanes.
Coming Home brought the realism and raked in thirteen noms, with wins for Armstrong and Barrett Blade. The streak didn't happen overnight. Back in the day he was the in-demand stud who decided to pick up a camera. Steve Orenstein caught his first self-funded flick at the East Coast Video Show, liked what he saw, and signed him exclusive in '96. Early on he proved himself with Conquest, Flashpoint, Hell On Heels, Exile. Then came Dream Quest in 2000, the first adult title to drop on VHS and DVD at the same time. Euphoria followed, sweeping Best Feature, Best Director, Best Actress at AVN and AFW, plus XRCO Video of the Year — the first movie to pull that off.
Falling from Grace racked up ten noms and two wins, including Best Actor and Best Screenplay for Armstrong himself. The guy does it all: writes, acts, builds the sets, sometimes stitches the costumes. The Collector took Best Art Direction and Best Screenplay; Fluff & Fold handed jessica drake another Best Actress. Sold and Eternity kept the streak alive — the latter even scored Randy Spears a Best Actor statue. Manhunters in '07 walked away with Best Film and half a dozen other trophies, including Best Anal. FUCK snagged five wins in one night, from Best Cinematography to Best Group Scene. Curse Eternal turned heads in the video category with fifteen noms.
From Flashpoint to Race 2 Race, Armstrong stays sharp, stays stylish, and keeps stacking both awards and cash. Fallen just proves the man still hasn't hit the ceiling.
