10th AVN Awards

The 10th AVN Awards ceremony, presented by Adult Video News (AVN), honored pornographic films released in 1992 in the United States and took place in January 1993, at Bally's Hotel and Casino in Paradise, Nevada. During the ceremony, AVN presented AVN Awards in 67 categories. The ceremony was produced by Gary Miller and directed by S. Marco DiMercurio. Actor Randy West hosted the show for the second consecutive year, with actresses Porsche Lynn and Ona Zee as co-hosts.

The Party won eight AVN awards but Best Film went to Face Dance, Parts 1 & 2, which also won Best Director—Film for John Stagliano.

Winners and nominees
The winners were announced during the awards ceremony in January 1993. Ashlyn Gere won the grand slam of erotic acting: Female Performer of the Year, Best Actress in a Feature Film and Best Actress in a Video.

Major awards


Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡).

Additional award winners
These awards were also announced at the awards show.


 * Best All-Girl Video: Kittens III
 * Best All-Sex Video: Realities 2
 * Best Alternative Release, Film: Desert Passion
 * Best Alternative Release, Specialty or Featurette Tape: Playmates In Paradise
 * Best Alternative Release, Video: Love Scenes, Vol. 2
 * Best Amateur Tape: Amorous Amateurs #12
 * Best Anal-Themed Video: Dr. Butts 2
 * Best Art Direction: Bonnie and Clyde
 * Best Big-Bust Specialty Tape: Adventures of Breastman
 * Best Bisexual Video: Down Bi Law
 * Best Bondage Specialty Tape: Ona Zee's Learning The Ropes 1–3
 * Best Boxcover Concept: Bonnie and Clyde
 * Best Boxcover Concept, Gay Video: Mindscape II
 * Best Cinematography: Face Dance, Parts 1 & 2
 * Best Compilation Tape: Only The Very Best On Film
 * Best Director, Bisexual Video: Josh Eliot, Down Bi Law
 * Best Director, Feature Film: John Stagliano, Face Dance, Parts 1 & 2
 * Best Director, Gay Video: Chi Chi LaRue, Songs in the Key of Sex
 * Best Director, Video Feature (tie): Alex de Renzy, Two Women; Anthony Spinelli, The Party
 * Best Editing for a Film: Chameleons
 * Best Editing for a Gay Video Feature: James Stark, Kiss-Off
 * Best Gay Video Feature: Kiss-Off
 * Best Gay Video Solo Release: The Beat Cop


 * Best Music: Chameleons
 * Best Music, Gay Video: Straight To The Zone
 * Best Newcomer, Gay Video: B. J. Slater
 * Best Non-Sexual Performance: J. B., The Dirty Little Mind of Martin Fink
 * Best Non-Sexual Performance, Gay Video: Kenneth Weyerhaeuser, Kiss-Off
 * Best Overall Marketing Campaign: The Party, Pepper Productions
 * Best Packaging, Feature Film: Sin City—The Movie
 * Best Packaging, Gay Video: Mindscape II
 * Best Packaging, Specialty Tape: The Legend of Katoey Island
 * Best Packaging, Video Feature: Illusions
 * Best Performance in a Gay Video: Michael Brawn, Kiss-Off
 * Best Pro-Am Tape: Biff Malibu's Totally Nasty Home Videos #6
 * Best Screenplay, Film: Michael Torino, The Secret Garden 1 & 2
 * Best Screenplay, Gay Video: Stan Mitchell, Songs in the Key of Sex
 * Best Screenplay, Video: Michael Ellis, Jack Stephan; The Party
 * Best Sex Scene in a Gay Video: Erik Houston, Brett Ford, Scorcher
 * Best Spanking Specialty Tape: Defiance: The Spanking Saga
 * Best Specialty Tape — All Other Genres: The Legend of Katoey Island
 * Best Supporting Performance in a Gay Video: Wes Daniels, Songs in the Key of Sex
 * Best Video Editing: Gene Sixx, The Party
 * Best Videography: Two Women
 * Best Videography, Gay Video: Ellary Stag, Disconnected
 * Top Renting Release of the Year: Chameleons
 * Top Selling Release of the Year: Chameleons

Special Achievement Award

 * Paul Thomas and Vivid Video, for loyalty to the adult film genre

Hall of Fame
AVN Hall of Fame inductees for 1993 were: Erica Boyer, David Christopher, Debi Diamond, Jim Holliday, Fred J. Lincoln, Richard Mailer, William Margold, Peter North, Loni Sanders, Jeff Stryker, Marc Wallice, Ona Zee

Multiple nominations and awards
The following twelve movies received multiple awards:
 * 8 - The Party
 * 6 - Chameleons
 * 4 - Face Dance, Parts 1 & 2; Kiss-Off
 * 3 - Bonnie and Clyde, The Secret Garden 1 & 2, Songs in the Key of Sex, Two Women
 * 2 - Down Bi Law, The Legend of Katoey Island, Mindscape II, Realities 2

Presenters and performers
The following individuals, in order of appearance, presented awards or performed musical numbers. The show's trophy girl was Shayla LaVeaux.

Ceremony information


Actor Randy West hosted the show for the second consecutive year. His co-host for the first half of the show was Porsche Lynn while Ona Zee co-hosted the last half. Randy West opened the show with a song, “We Put the X in Sex”, the lyrics of which contained names of several actors and actresses.

Several other people were involved with the production of the ceremony. The live show was produced by Gary Todd while musical direction was undertaken by Mark J. Miller. A VHS videotape of the show was also published and sold by VCA Pictures, which was produced and directed by S. Marco DiMercurio.

There were several new categories this year, including Female Performer of the Year, Male Performer of the Year, Best Gonzo Video and Best Amateur or Pro-Am Video series.

Chameleons was announced as both the top selling movie and the top renting movie of the year.

Critical reviews
Hustler magazine was critical of the awards, pointing out the Best Marketing Campaign award went to a video that wasn't released in 1992, and adding, “No matter. The AVN show isn't about accuracy. The annual exercise is a tuxedo-clad circle-jerk from AVN to all its advertisers. The joke is watching so many smut peddlers and performers take it seriously.”

Cheri magazine was more charitable, calling the awards “the porn industry's biggest party of the year.”