Kristen Bjorn (12 October 1957 in London, England) is a British director and producer of gay pornographic films and a former gay porn film actor.
Early life
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Bjorn was born in London, the son of a Russian mother and a British father. He was raised in Washington, D.C., where his father was stationed as a diplomat. He has a brother and two sisters. In an interview conducted in 1997, Bjorn stated that only one of his sisters knows his profession as a maker of gay erotic films.[1]
After graduating from high school, Bjorn set out to travel widely, to places including Asia, India, and Europe. His career goal at the time was to be "a photographer for a magazine like National Geographic. I wanted to travel across the world and photograph people. I was really very interested in different cultures."[2]
Career
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Bjorn arrived in San Francisco in 1978, where he encountered the gay community for the first time. "[I]t was all very strange to me."[2] Encouraged by the ideal of male beauty that he found in gay erotic magazines, Bjorn took up working out and paying attention to his own physique. Around 1980, he was photographed by Fred Bisonnes for Mandate magazine. This was followed by two appearances in Falcon videos: Biker's Liberty (Falcon Studios 30, 1983) and The New Breed (Falcon Studios 32, 1983). Falcon chose the pseudonym Kristen Bjorn for him due to his resemblance to the Swedish tennis player Björn Borg.[3]
In the foreword to a book devoted to Kristen Bjorn's work, director William Higgins wrote that, "[in] the relatively brief history of hardcore gay videos, Kristen Bjorn has emerged unchallenged as the best director to date."[4]
Filmography
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Director/videographer
Tropical Heatwave (1989)
Carnaval in Rio (1989)
Caribbean Beat (1990)
Island Fever (1990)
A Sailor in Sydney (1991)
Manly Beach (1991)
Jackaroos (1992)
Manhattan Latin (1992)
Call of the Wild (1993)
Jungle Heat (1993)
Montreal Men (1993)
Mystery Men (1994)
Paradise Plantation (1994)
The Caracas Adventure (1995)
The Vampire of Budapest (1995)
A World of Men (1996)
Comrades in Arms (1996)
Gangsters at Large (1996)
Hungary for Men (1996)
Amazon Adventure (1997)
Manwatcher (1997)
The Anchor Hotel (1997)
Hot Times in Little Havana (1998)
Thick as Thieves (1998)
Wet Dreams 1 (1999)
Wet Dreams 2 (1999)
Making It with Kristen Bjorn (documentary) (1999)
The Agony of Ecstasy (documentary) (2000)
Bone Island (2001)
The Isle of Man (2001)
Crossroads of Desire (2002)
Dreamers (2002)
Men Amongst the Ruins (2003)
Parashooter (2003)
Fire Dance (2004)
Males Tales (2004)
Manville (2004)
El Rancho (2005)
Rocks & Hard Places 1&2 (2005)
Skin Deep 1&2 (2006) /
Pride 1&2 (2007) /
Action! 1&2 (2008)
Trouser Bar (2016)
Wild Attraction ()
Executive producer (with other directors)
Hungarians (1997)
Moscow: The Power of Submission (2000)
Behind the Curtain (documentary, 2000)
Italian Style (2002)
A Sicilian Tale (2002)
Out in Tuscany (2003)
Under the Big Top (2003)
Ambassadors of the Ice (2003)
Journey to Greece (2004)
Legion of Vengeance (2004)
Hangar (2004)
Año
Lanzamiento
Título
Casting
Dirección
Duración
Ref
2018
May 25 2018
Meat Men 2: The Meat Rack
Gabriel Lunna, Julio Rey, Alberto Esposito, Gabriel Taurus, Louis Ricaute, Viktor Rom, Mario Domenech, Craig Daniel, Ivan Gregory, Hans Berlin, Lucas Fox, Juanjo Rodriguez, Devian, Malek Tobias (ordernar en orden alfabético) (agregar actores)
Andy Star, Apolo Fire, Bairon Hell, Carlos Beltrán, Dann Grey, Gian Rey, Guillem Ramos, Indigo Baz, John Rodríguez, Jorge Leal, Lex Anders, Marco Dos Santos, Máximo Fuentes, Salvador Mendoza, Santi Sexy, Santiago Rodríguez, Viktor Rom
Bareback Shooters
Andy Onassis, Apolo Fire, Attila Kardos, Cole Keller, Klein Kerr, Lucio Saints, Manuel Skye, Marcos Oliveira, Max Hilton, Rafael Ferreira, Santiago Rodríguez, Xavi García
Actores
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Por orden alfabético
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Andy Onassis
Andy Star
Apolo Fire
Attila Kardos
Bairon Hell
Carlos Beltrán
Cole Keller
Dann Grey
Gian Rey
Guillem Ramos
Indigo Baz
John Rodríguez
Jorge Leal
Klein Kerr
Lex Anders
Lucio Saints
Manuel Skye
Marco Dos Santos
Marcos Oliveira
Max Hilton
Máximo Fuentes
Rafael Ferreira
Salvador Mendoza
Santi Sexy
Santiago Rodríguez
Viktor Rom
Xavi García
Por país
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Awards and nominations
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2007 Barcelona International Erotic Film Festival Heatgay Award winner – Best Film (El Rancho – Kristen Bjorn), Best Director (El Rancho – Kristen Bjorn Productions), and Best Script (El Rancho – Kristen Bjorn Productions)[6]
2010 XBIZ Award nomination – Gay Studio of the Year (Kristen Bjorn Production)[7]
See also
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List of British pornographic actors
References
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Bibliography
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Jamoo; Bjorn, Kristen (1997). The Films of Kristen Bjorn. Laguna Hills, CA: Companion Press. ISBN978-1-889138-00-8. This book offers a reliable account of Kristen Bjorn's life, views, and work until 1997. It consists of a series of interviews with Bjorn himself.
Further reading
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The Films of Kristen Bjorn, by Jamoo. With a Foreword by William Higgins (Laguna Hills, Calif.: Companion Press, 1997), ISBN978-1-889138-00-8.
Men of the World (Berlin: Bruno Gmünder, 2002), ISBN978-3-86187-241-2. A collection of photographs by Kristen Bjorn.