VCA Pictures


VCA Pictures is an American independent pornographic film production and distribution company. The company was founded by Russ Hampshire, and was formerly a major player during the 'Golden Age of Porn'. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s VCA produced big budget, plot-oriented feature films. In 1982 VCA sold 12,000 units of Insatiable on its first day of release, making it the top selling video that year in America. In the 1990s Hampshire served one year in jail for the interstate transportation of obscene materials. In 2003, VCA was bought by Hustler Video, a subsidiary of Larry Flynt-owned Larry Flynt Publications. VCA maintains a separate identity within the LFP conglomerate. VCA distributed the 1998 documentary Wadd: The Life & Times of John C. Holmes, and in 2004 provided footage for the HBO documentary Pornucopia.

Films

Notable films VCA has produced or distributed include Insatiable, New Wave Hookers, The Devil in Miss Jones 2, The Opening of Misty Beethoven, Times Square Comes Alive, Café Flesh, Debbie Does Dallas 3, Black Throat, Let Me Tell Ya 'bout Black Chicks and Britney Rears.

Directors

Notable directors to have worked for VCA include Jim Holliday, Axel Braun, Gerard Damiano, Alex de Renzy, Gregory Dark, Henri Pachard, John Leslie, Paul Thomas, John Stagliano, Ben Dover, Michael Ninn, Veronica Hart, Eon McKai, Chloe, Nicki Hunter and Eli Cross.

Awards

The following is a selection of some of the major awards VCA films have won:
  • 1984 AVN Award – Best Art Director – Film
  • 1986 AVN Award – Best Film
  • 1986 AVN Award – Best Cinematography
  • 1986 AVN Award – Best Screenplay – Film
  • 1987 AVN Award – Best Film
  • 1987 AVN Award – Best Screenplay – Film
  • 1987 AVN Award – Best Foreign Feature
  • 1988 AVN Award – Best All-Sex Release
  • 1988 AVN Award – Best Editing – Film
  • 1988 AVN Award – Best Editing – Video
  • 1989 AVN Award – Best All-Sex Release
  • 1989 AVN Award – Best Film
  • 1989 AVN Award – Best Director – Film
  • 1989 ANV Award – Best Editing – Film
  • 1989 AVN Award – Best Director – Video
  • 1989 AVN Award – Best Editing – Video
  • 1989 AVN Award – Best Screenplay – Video
  • 1989 AVN Award – Best Video Feature
  • 1990 AVN Award – Best Couples Sex Scene
  • 1990 AVN Award – Best Video Feature
  • 1991 AVN Award – Top Renting Release of the Year
  • 1991 AVN Award – Best Couples Sex Scene
  • 1991 AVN Award – Best Director – Video
  • 1991 AVN Award – Best Editing – Video
  • 1991 AVN Award – Best Video Feature
  • 1992 AVN Award – Top Selling Release of the Year
  • 1992 AVN Award – Best Editing – Video
  • 1992 AVN Award – Best Video Feature
  • 1992 AVN Award – Best Packaging - Film
  • 1993 AVN Award – Best Compilation Tape
  • 1993 AVN Award – Top Selling Release of the Year
  • 1993 AVN Award – Top Renting Release of the Year
  • 1993 ANV Award – Best Editing – Film
  • 1994 AVN Award – Top Renting Release of the Year
  • 1994 AVN Award – Best Editing – Video
  • 1994 AVN Award – Best Boxcover Concept
  • 1994 AVN Award – Best Group Sex Scene– Film
  • 1994 AVN Award – Best Overall Marketing Campaign – Video
  • 1995 AVN Award – Best Film
  • 1995 AVN Award – Best Editing – Film
  • 1995 AVN Award – Best Art Direction – Film
  • 1995 AVN Award – Best Art Direction – Video
  • 1995 AVN Award – Best Special Effects
  • 1995 XRCO Award – Best Video
  • 1996 AVN Award – Top Selling Release of the Year
  • 1996 AVN Award – Best Art Direction – Video
  • 1996 AVN Award – Best Editing – Video
  • 1996 AVN Award – Best Special Effects
  • 1996 AVN Award – Best Video Feature
  • 1996 AVN Award – Top Renting Release of the Year
  • 1996 AVN Award – Best Cinematography for
  • 1997 AVN Award – Top Selling Release of the Year
  • 1997 AVN Award – Best Art Direction – Video
  • 1997 AVN Award – Best Director – Video
  • 1997 AVN Award – Best Editing – Video
  • 1997 AVN Award – Best Special Effects
  • 1997 AVN Award – Best Video Feature
  • 1997 AVN Award – Top Renting Release of the Year
  • 1998 AVN Award – Best All-Girl Release
  • 1998 AVN Award – Best Art Direction – Video
  • 1998 AVN Award – Best Special Effects
  • 1998 AVN Award – Best Trailer
  • 1998 AVN Award – Best Art Direction - Video
  • 1998 AVN Award – Top Renting Release of the Year
  • 1998 AVN Award – Best All-Girl Feature
  • 1998 AVN Award – Best All-Girl Series
  • 1998 AVN Award – Best Overall Marketing Campaign - Company Image
  • 1998 AVN Award – Best Videography
  • 1998 XRCO Award – Best Video
  • 1999 AVN Award – Best Couples Sex Scene
  • 1999 AVN Award – Best Video Feature
  • 1999 AVN Award – Best Special Effects
  • 1999 AVN Award – Best Ethnic-Themed Release
  • 2000 AVN Award – Top Renting Release of the Year
  • 2000 AVN Award – Best Video Feature
  • 2000 AVN Award – Best Classic DVD
  • 2000 AVN Award – Best DVD
  • 2000 AVN Award – Best Special Effects
  • 2001 AVN Award – Best Classic DVD
  • 2001 AVN Award – Best Art Direction – Video
  • 2001 AVN Award – Best DVD
  • 2001 AVN Award – Best Screenplay – Video
  • 2002 AVN Award – Best DVD
  • 2002 AVN Award – Best Classic DVD
  • 2002 AVN Award – Best Sex Comedy
  • 2003 AVN Award – Best Classic DVD
  • 2004 AVN Award – Best Editing – Video
  • 2004 XRCO Award – Best Comedy or Parody
  • 2005 AVN Award – Best Sex Comedy
  • 2005 AVN award – Most Outrageous Sex Scene with Chloe, Ava Vincent & Randy Spears
  • 2006 AVN award – Most Outrageous Sex Scene with Joanna Angel
  • 2007 AVN Award – Best All Sex Release – shared with ''Blacklight Beauties ''