James Avalon

James Avalon
James Avalon
Nationality	American
Other names	Kunga Sludge, Mondo Tundra, Monty Tundra
Occupation	Adult film director, cinematographer, editor, writer, and producer
Years active	1979-
Notable work	A Little Part Of Me, Fantasy Ltd, Les Vampyres

James Avalon is an American adult film director, cinematographer, editor, writer, and producer.^[1] His aliases include Kunga Sludge, Mondo Tundra and Monty Tundra.^[2]

Career

James entered the adult film industry in 1979 as a journalist and became editor of Adam Film World’s special editions.^[3] He was also a founding member of the X-Rated Critics Organization.^[3]

Awards (selected)

• 1998 AVN Award Winner – Best Editor, Video (Zazel: The Scent of Love)^[4]
• 2001 AVN Award Winner - Best Director, Film (Les Vampyres)^[3]
• 2002 AVN Award nomination - Best Director, Video (Taboo 2001)^[5]
• 2003 AVN Award nomination - Best Director, Film (Les Vampyres 2)^[6]
• 2004 AVN Award nomination - Best Director, Non-Feature (Fantasy)^[7]
• 2004 XRCO Hall of Fame Inductee^[8]
• 2005 AVN Hall of Fame Inductee^[3][9]
• 2006 Ninfa Prize Winner – Best Director (La Mansión del Placer)^[10]
• 2007 AVN Award nomination - Best Director, Video (Sex Pix)^[11]
• 2009 AVN Award nominations - Best Director, Feature, Best Videography & Best Screenplay (Roller Dollz)^[12]
• 2011 Feminist Porn Award Winner – Steamiest Romantic Movie (A Little Part of Me)^[13]
• 2013 XBIZ Award nominations - Director of the Year (Tango to Romance) & Director of the Year – Body of Work^[14]

Filmography (selected)

• A Little Part Of Me (2011)
• Fantasy Ltd (2002)
• Les Vampyres (2000)
• Les Vampyres 2 (2003)
• Roller Dolz (2008)
• Sex Pix (2005)
• Taboo 2001 (2001)
• White Angel (1998)
• Zazel (1997)

See also

The following listing includes directors also known for adult erotic films:

• Andrew Blake
• Fashion photography
• Glamour photography
• Mario Salieri
• Michael Ninn
• Philip Mond
• Radley Metzger
• Tinto Brass

References

1. "James Avalon - Filmography". IMDB. 2014. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
2. "Personal Bio James Avalon". IAFD.com. Retrieved 26 September 2007.
3. "The 2005 AVN Hall of Fame Inductees". archive.org. Archived from the original on 18 March 2005. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
4. "The 1998 AVN Award Winners". AVN. January 1998. Archived from the original on 16 March 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
5. "2002 AVN Awards Nominations List". AVN.com. Archived from the original on 2001-12-08. Retrieved 2 October 2007.
6. "2003 AVN Awards Nominations List". AVN.com. Archived from the original on 27 November 2002. Retrieved 2 October 2007.
7. Trent Brown. "AVN Awards Nominations". AVN.com. Retrieved 9 August 2007.
8. "Jules Jordan, Evil Angel, Elegant Angel, Wicked Pictures Capture XRCO Awards". avn.com. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
9. "HALL OF FAME". Archived from the original on 15 April 2009. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
10. "The FICEB Ninfa, Tacón de Aguja and HeatGay Awards". Web.archive.org. 9 June 2007. Archived from the original on 11 June 2010. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
11. Jared Rutter (22 November 2006). "2007 AVN Awards Nominations Announced". AVN.com. Retrieved 6 August 2007.
12. "Nominations 2009 AVN Adult Movie Awards" (PDF). 25 November 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 December 2008. Retrieved 26 November 2008.
13. "The Romance Series’ ‘A Little Part of Me’ Receives Feminist Porn Award for Steamiest Romantic Movie". AVN. 20 April 2011. Retrieved 22 April 2011.
14. "XBIZ Nominees 2013". Retrieved 27 September 2014.

External links

• Official website
• James Avalon at the Internet Movie Database
• James Avalon on Twitter
• James Avalon at the Internet Adult Film Database
• James Avalon's directing credits at the Adult Film Database
• James Avalon on Facebook