Jonathan Morgan

Jonathan Morgan has one message for his fans: He's back. And the 2009 AVN Nominations more than support his claim. The wonderfully wry adult comedy "Fired" saw Morgan's legendary gift for hardcore humor earning the project Best Sex Comedy, Best Actress (Carmen Hart) and Best Supporting Actress (Katie Morgan) noms, while his excellent all-sex epic "Se7en Deadly Sins" earned nominations for Best Vignette Release, Best Art Direction, and Best Anal Sex Scene (Eva Angelina and Tom Byron). As these diverse accolades clearly attest, he's continuing to craft awards-worthy comedic erotica both as a director and editor (the skillful editing style seen in releases like "Operation Desert Stormy" has earned him Best Editing noms in the past). Given this skill set, it should come as little surprise that when he first entered the adult entertainment business as an actor, Jonathan's first films for Wicked Pictures were part of an X-rated comedy series. One of these features, Haunted Nights," earned him AVN Awards for Best Non-Sex Actor and Best Screenplay. Jonathan first turned his ambitions behind the camera in 1993, directing the ahead-of-its-time gonzo series "Reel Sex World." In 1997, Morgan directed "Crazed," his first full-length feature for Wicked Pictures. This critically acclaimed AVN Editor's Choice video starred Wicked Girl Serenity, and won Jonathan honors for Best Screenplay at the 1998 AVN Awards. Continually driven to redefine not only his own career but adult entertainment as a whole, Morgan went on to direct another AVN Editor's Choice for Wicked, "Indigo Delta," also starring Serenity. Her co-star, Tom Byron, would later win the AVN Best Actor award for his performance. In 1998, Jonathan signed an exclusive contract with Wicked Pictures, and his considerable skills as an actor, director and editor finally received some well-deserved recognition, and earned the budding auteur a full time home in Wicked Pictures' headquarters. His hilarious 1999 porn comedy "Double Feature" became the most acclaimed comedy in AVN history up to that time, winning ten AVN Awards, including Best Director, Best Comedy, and Best Actress (Serenity). Morgan's other comedies have included "Bride of Double Feature" as well as the critically acclaimed "Hercules" and "M Caught in the Act." In 2001, the latter title again won Morgan the coveted Best Comedy Award, and allowed Serenity to again walk home with Best Actress honors � making her the first actress in adult film industry to do so two years in a row. Morgan went on to receive some of the best reviews in Wicked Pictures history with the ambitious three-hour sci-fi comedy epic "Space Nuts." This AVN Editor's Choice garnered the gifted director the magazine's 2004 Best Sex Comedy award, and was prominently featured in Universal Pictures' $100 million grossing "The 40 Year Old Virgin." But even the success of "Space Nuts" was eclipsed by the runaway success of Morgan's slasher film satire "The Camp Cuddly Pines Power Tool Massacre," which received five awards at the 2006 AVN show -- Best Sex Comedy, Best Screenplay, Best Supporting Actress (Stormy Daniels), Best DVD, and Best DVD Menus. One of the most successful productions in Wicked history, Morgan's homage to the splatter films of yesteryear has gone on to win additional awards from other voting bodies, and has become an iconic piece of the pop culture landscape, much like the films it parodies. And as the 2007 AVN nominations revealed, Jonathan hadn't forgotten his acting roots, with his work in Michael Raven's "Becoming Carmen Hart" earning him a 2007 Best Non-Sex Performance nom. Never one to rest on his laurels, Morgan continued to redefine the boundaries of adult with such releases as "Julia Ann: Hardcore," which found the titular adult film legend showing off a brunette look while she explored the darker side of her sexuality, committing several erotic firsts for herself in the process. Subsequent releases like "Next" and "Carpool" (both featuring Kaylani Lei) clearly demonstrated that this filmmaker was still at the peak of his powers. The acclaim for "Se7en Deadly Sins" and "Fired" serves to remind us that this talented visual artist is still a hot commodity in 2009. With new accolades for his erotic and comedic gifts in hand, Jonathan Morgan is truly back where he belongs."