Dan Leal

Dan Leal, also known as Porno Dan (born (1969-09-18)September 18, 1969) is an American pornographic movie director and actor.[1][2] He has been nominated for over 150 AVN Award, XBIZ Award and XRCO Award nominations and was inducted into the AVN Hall of Fame in 2015.[3][4][5] In addition, he is one of the most prolific producers of adult films as he has released over 500 movies through Pure Play Media and produced well over 3,000 scenes.[6]

Dan Leal
Born (1969-09-18) September 18, 1969
Washington, D.C., United States
Other namesPorno Dan
Occupation
  • Director
  • producer
  • pornographic film actor
Years active2001–present
Notable work
Immoral Productions
TelevisionThe Right Hand

Early life

Born September 18, 1969, in Washington DC graduated from Lake Braddock High School in 1987, member National Honor Society, Altar Boy for seven years and taught CCD for three years at Holy Spirit Catholic Church. Member Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity, Interfraternity Council President, Rush Chairman and Vice President of Gamma Xi Chapter of Phi Kappa Sigma, graduated from George Mason University 1992 with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics.

He worked for the multi-billion dollar corporation Danka Business Systems from 1993 till 1998 as a sales executive and major accounts sales manager, numerous sales awards including Top Sales Executive in the Southeast United States, three times a member of President's club. He also worked for Fortune 500 Ikon Office Solutions 1998 till 2002 a High Volume Sales Manager, Color Graphics Manager, and won numerous awards including Century Club and top 5% of High Volume Sales Managers in U.S.[2]

Career

Mainstream

Leal has been one of the few adult performer and directors to gain an enormous amount of mainstream exposure including a reality series that ran for 2 seasons on HBO Canada Called "The Right Hand".[7] In 2018 he was nominated by XBIZ[8] as the Mainstream Star of the Year, the sixth time has been nominated for this award. In addition, he has been nominated three times by AVN as the Mainstream Star of the Year.[9]

With the success of the first season of The Right Hand, the reality show was renewed for 10 new 30 minute episodes. The Right Hand's second season documents the ventures of the production assistant as he accompanies Porno Dan to the Adult Entertainment Expo, on a trip to Prague, through a legal battle, and into Dan's family life. The show documents the drama and regular lives of Dan, his starlets, and the production assistant. Season two of The Right Hand includes Supporting characters including Immoral Productions contract star Rikki Six, regulars Britney Amber and Ash Hollywood, and Dan's sister, Kristen. The Right Hand was created by Executive Producer Richard Arnold and Matt Austin Sadowski. Season two is directed by Sadowski, with guest direction from Kai Soremekun.[10]

As a result of the popularity of the show in Canada, it aired internationally on Sky in Italy, Globosat in Brazil and TVN in Poland [11]

Danland

Leal's journey through adult was documented in the 2012 feature-length film ″Danland″ which is described as a portrait of amateur porn producer Dan Leal, aka "Porno Dan." While he is at the top of his game, he wants to stop starring in his own movies. Here, we follow him on a three-year quest to build his business and find love which ends up leading us deep inside the heart and mind of Porno Dan.[12]

The first time director & filmmaker Alexandra Berger spent three-and-a-half years following Leal in his quest for true love, and while the resulting Danland travels an unsurprising path, it's ironically the subject—not the raunchy subject matter—that ultimately keeps this documentary involving.[13][14]

Danland aired on Netflix in the United States beginning in 2014.[15] "This thrust Leal into a boarder spotlight than ever before illustrating exactly what makes him such a singular and, yes, a significant figure in the annals of adult films."[16]

More mainstream appearances

In 2016 Leal appeared in the short film "Love in Porn" which selected to be in Cannes Film Festival Short Film Corner [17] Also in 2017, he appeared on Micky Flanagan's TV Series, "Thinking Aloud" which aired on Sky 1 in the UK.[18]

Live streaming and Web Presence

His first foray into what would be his biggest success was in May 2009, when Leal announced that his company had entered into a 3-way partnership with AEBN and CamZ.[19] to start steaming his top-selling Fuck A Fan show.

This led to what would become a partnership with leading live cam site Streamate. Streamate is still the home of the company's live shows and the sex portion of his content is live-streamed on the Streamate Network. Fuck A Fan was the number one show on Streamate for many years and Dan has been nominated several times as the most popular male on cam. [20] [21] AVN Award s Favorite Cam Guy [22]

In January 2012, Leal announced that Immoral Productions had partnered with BlazingBucks.com to host Immoral Productions content. The ImmoralLive site was the first subscription-based site that granted its members access to a variety of live daily shows that were broadcast on Streamate covering every genre from squirting to orgies, these critically acclaimed and commercially successful shows engage and entertain the audience. Gamma Entertainment shortly after acquired Blazing Bucks and are still Leal's partners to this day for his Immoral Live site. [23]

As an Actor

Dan often jokes about his own anatomy being much less than most male pornstars and his moniker, "Little Dynamite" is truly appropriate, as he against the odds flourished as one of the top male porn stars. Three times he has been nominated as the Best Male Performer in Europe and four times has been nominated by AVN for sex scenes in which he appeared as an actor. He has been a finalist as the most popular make performers in the world several times most recently in 2020 by AVN for their annual awards show. He has been in well over 2,000+ scenes and worked with many major top stars including Lana Rhoades, Riley Reid, Adriana Chechik, Nicole Aniston, and Sara Jay. [24]

As a Director

Leal has received many accolades in his career for his unique directing style which much more free-flowing and causal than traditional porn. One of the first places to recognize his efforts was Fox Magazine where we named the top-director in the adult industry in 2012. He has directed over 3,000 scenes in his 20-year career and three times being nominated as the top director in Europe by XBIZ. [25]

Controversy

During the fight over Measure B, the mandated condom usage law, Leal and his suite of companies were the first to comply with the measure and take their studio all-condom.[1] Contrary to popular belief, Leal has started the adjustment to condoms but has yet to see his revenue drop. "Some of my series started [using condoms] as long as four years ago," Leal told XBIZ. "‘Fuck a Fan’ was the first one I did with condoms." Leal produces, directs and performs in his live shoots that are later packaged for DVD distribution by Pure Play Media. In February, he changed his company policy from condom optional to mandatory.[26]

Move to Europe

In late 2016 Leal made the decision to move the production of his company from Los Angeles, California to Budapest, Hungary. This was seen as a big gamble by many as he was the first producer in Europe to shoot live. His light-heart and fun-filled directing style quickly won over the fans, models and the those in the industry and he was nominated as Best Foreign Studio [8] by XBIZ for their 2018 Awards show. Since moving to Europe he has continued to produce his unique-style content and continues to receive commercial and critical acclaim for his work.

Awards
  • Best Squirting Series - Squirtamania - 2011 AVN Awards
  • Amateur Series of the Year - Fuck A Fan - 2013 XBIZ Awards
  • Pro- Am Release of the Year- Hand Job Winner 18 - 2015 XBIZ Awards[27]
  • AVN Hall of Fame - Class of 2015[28]
  • Pro-Am Release of the Year - Fuck A Fan 27 - 2017 XBIZ Awards [29]
  • Hardcore Site of the Year - ImmoralLive.com - 2018 XBIZ Europa [30]Awards

References
  1. "New HIV outbreak in US porn industry leaves insiders divided over condoms". The Guardian. 12 September 2013. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
  2. Fisher, Marc (June 17, 2004). "Adult Films Show Another Side of D.C." The Washington Post. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
  3. "XRCO Awards Nominations Announced". XBIZ. Archived from the original on 4 February 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
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  7. "The Nocturne: a wild night at Wild Wing with Porno Dan and his Right Hand". The Grid. 11 October 2011. Archived from the original on 10 July 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
  8. https://www.xbiz.com/news/231720/xbiz-announces-finalist-nominees-for-2018-xbiz-awards
  9. https://avn.com/business/articles/video/porno-dan-caps-avn-nominations-with-hall-of-fame-induction-583734.html
  10. "The Right Hand Season 2 Premieres in Canada". AVN. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
  11. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-09-27. Retrieved 2016-09-26.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  12. "Review Summary". The New York Times. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
  13. "Danland: Slamdance Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
  14. "Porno Dan's Adventures at Slamdance". Washington City Paper. Feb 1, 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
  15. https://www.xbiz.com/news/186215/porno-dan-leals-danland-doc-hits-netflix
  16. https://avn.com/business/articles/video/class-of-2015-meet-the-avn-hall-of-fame-inductees-583141.html
  17. http://sub.festival-cannes.fr/SfcCatalogue/MovieDetail/b43453ef-a852-4b7f-a777-397dda4dbfd9
  18. http://therealpornwikileaks.com/porno-dan-leal-appear-micky-flanagans-thinking-aloud-sky-1-may-1st/
  19. "Three-Way for Immoral Productions, AEBN and CamZ". AVN. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
  20. "Immoral Productions, Streamate Form Partnership". XBIZ. Archived from the original on 17 September 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
  21. "Immoral Productions Brings 'Fuck A Fan Show to Streamate". AVN. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
  22. https://avn.com/business/press-release/video/porno-dan-leal-gets-lucky-7-avn-nominations-706098.html
  23. "Immoral Productions Partners with Blazing Bucks on ImmoralLive.com". AVN. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
  24. https://avn.com/business/articles/video/fan-voting-opens-for-2020-avn-awards-857501.html
  25. https://www.xbiz.com/news/246157/xbiz-announces-nominees-for-2nd-annual-xbiz-europa-awards
  26. "Pure Play Media Debuts New 'Porno Dan' Line of DVDs". XBIZ. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
  27. http://xbizawards.xbiz.com/winners.php
  28. https://avn.com/business/articles/video/Class-of-2015-Meet-the-AVN-Hall-of-Fame-Inductees-583141.html
  29. https://www.xbiz.com/news/216216/2017-xbiz-award-winners-announced
  30. https://www.xbiz.com/news/239231/immoral-live-wins-best-hardcore-site-at-2018-xbiz-europa-awards
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