Patrick Collins (director)

Patrick Collins
Other names Roscoe Bowltree
No. of adult films 85 as actor
141 as director
(per IAFD)[1]

Patrick Collins is an American heterosexual pornographic film producer-director, the birth name of the Pornographic film actor Roscoe Bowltree, owner of heterosexual Elegant Angel Productions, and a member of the AVN Hall of Fame[2] and the XRCO Hall of Fame.[3]

Adult film career

Collins worked in sales before his career in the adult film industry when he joined Evil Angel Productions in 1989 as a sales manager at the behest of owner John Stagliano. They then founded Elegant Angel Productions (1990) as a subsidiary of Evil Angel and earned himself the moniker of the Collinator (male genitals that have greater girth than with length) from his adult film acting roles. In 1992, Collins had his industry directorial debut Buttwoman Does Budapest; followed by Tianna's Hungarian Connection. In 1996, Collins would later take Elegant Angel independent.

Collins was inducted into the XRCO XRCO Hall of Fame in 2000[3] and was inducted into the Adult Video News Hall of Fame in 2002.[4] In 2003, Arena magazine listed him at fourteenth on the "50 Most Powerful People in Porn" list.[5]

Jan 2015, Patrick Collins decided to leave the adult industry and sold his half of Elegant Angel. His ex-wife, retains ownership.

Copyright infringement litigation

Between September 2010 and September 2012, Patrick Collins Inc. filed suit[6] against approximately 200 "John Does/IP address" in many different federal district courts in the US alleging that the copyright held by Patrick Collins Inc. via BitTorrent for adult movie content had been violated with the illegal download through the various internet provider systems used by the John Does.[7][8] Patrick Collins Inc. has sought judicial enforcement of the lawsuit subpoenas compelling internet service providers, such as Comcast and Verizon, to disclose the subscriber names associated with those IP addresses.[9]

The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York denied relief to Patrick Collins Inc., because the court believed that the company really did not have any interest in prosecuting the claims and use the significantly less inexpensive court subpoena process to obtain the contact information of those that were alleged to have downloaded adult content without paying company. In Re BitTorrent Copyright Infringement Cases (Docket No. 2:11-CV-03995)(E.D.N.Y.)(GRB)(May 1, 2012), quoting Raw Films Ltd. v. Does 1-32, 2011 WL 6182025 at *2 (E.D.Va. Oct. 5, 2011).[10]

Personal life

Patrick Collins was married to pornographic actress Tianna.[11] They divorced in 1995. In 1996 He married Nicole Lace. They divorced in 2015.

Awards and nominations

References

  1. ↑ Patrick Collins at the Internet Adult Film Database. Retrieved on 2007-11-13.
  2. ↑ "AVN Hall of Fame". AVN Awards. Retrieved 2007-11-13.
  3. 1 2 "XRCO Hall of Fame". XRCO.com. Retrieved 2007-11-13.
  4. ↑ "This Year's Nominees". AVN Awards. Archived from the original on 2001-12-08. Retrieved 2007-11-14.
  5. ↑ "The Porn Power 50," Arena Magazine, October 2003.
  6. ↑ "Justia". Retrieved 2012-09-20.
  7. ↑ "BitTorrent motion alleges legal business model targeting porn downloaders". Retrieved 2012-09-20.
  8. ↑ "Porn movie company trolls for copyright lawsuits in Flint, other Michigan federal courts, attorney says". Retrieved 2012-09-20.
  9. ↑ "Comcast, Verizon Ordered To ID Subscribers to Pornographers". Retrieved 2012-09-20.
  10. ↑ "AVN.COM BUSINESS PROFILE - Elegant Angel: From Good To Not To Better". Adult Video News. 2004-11-01. Retrieved 2007-11-13.
  11. 1 2 3 4 5 "AVN Awards Past Winners". AVN Awards. pp. (see 1994, 2001, 2002, 2005). Retrieved 2007-11-14.
  12. ↑ Sodomania 5: Euro/American Style at the Internet Movie Database. Retrieved on 2007-11-14.
  13. ↑ "Bottom Dweller". Internet Adult Film Database. Retrieved 2007-11-14.
  14. ↑ "Buttwoman vs. Buttwoman". Internet Adult Film Database. Retrieved 2007-11-14.
  15. ↑ Buttwoman Iz Bella at the Internet Movie Database. Retrieved on 2007-11-14
  16. ↑ 2002 FICEB Award Winners & Nominees
  17. ↑ "Squirtwoman 2". Internet Adult Film Database. Retrieved 2007-11-14.

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