(EMAILWIRE.COM, August 22, 2006 ) LOS ANGELES –– Multi AVN Award-winning director JacktheZipper has joined Vivid Entertainment Group.

Known for his creative and uncompromising film work, which he conceives, shoots and edits himself, JTZ boasts a background that includes being kicked out of art school, a career as a musician touring around the world and working as a tattoo artist. About joining Vivid he says, “I like to make movies that are talked about and Vivid is attractive to directors with a distinct vision.”

“We admire Jack’s bold and artistic approach to filmmaking and look forward to working with him,” said Steven Hirsch, co-chairman of Vivid.

“I view filmmaking as an art and adult entertainment as the last cultural frontier. It is tied to the mainstream in invisible ways. I make my movies to be wild and guilty pleasures and to be timeless. I hope to touch as many people as possible with my work and outlive any trend,” noted JTZ.

“Stuntgirl,” JTZ’s first movie won Best All Sex Release, Best Scene at the 2005 AVN Awards and recognized him as Best Director of a Non-Feature. Earlier this year at the AVN Awards his movie “Squealer” won Best All Sex Release, Best Oral Sex Scene and Best Group Sex Scene in the video category.

He said one of his first movies for Vivid will be a highly ambitious space fantasy using top talent “including the Emmy Award-winning CGI wizards who worked on such films as “Return of the Jedi” and “Hellboy.”

About Vivid:
The Vivid Entertainment Group is the world’s leading adult film company. Founded in 1984, Vivid pioneered the “Vivid Girl” concept, under which top adult film stars are signed to exclusive agreements that are styled on the old Hollywood contract star system. Vivid has always placed heavy emphasis on high quality erotic film entertainment for the couples market. It has created wide brand-name awareness through its films and through a licensing and marketing program that extends to advertising, apparel, book publishing, virility supplements, condoms, snowboards, calendars and comic books. The company is known for its innovative technological advances such as full function DVDs, a fast growing wireless program that is already active in 20 countries, its Burn-to-DVD technology and its popular website www.vivid.com. Vivid is a major supplier of content for pay-per-view networks in North America and internationally. The best selling hardcover book How to Have a XXX Sex Life: The Ultimate Vivid Guide, was co-authored by the Vivid Girls and published by HarperCollins. The company started the Vivid-Alt imprint in 2006. For more information contact rm@vivid.com.


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