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'''Kristen Bjorn''' born Robert Russell (born ] ] in ]) is a director and producer of ] and a former ] (porn star). '''Kristen Bjorn''' (born 12 October 1957 in London, England) is a British director and producer of ] and a former ].


==Early life==
At one time, he was considered by some critics to be the world's foremost porn director. His productions feature decidedly masculine, amply muscled Latin-American and European men, and are often filmed in exotic locales around the world. Bjorn's movies are distinctive in their hands-free ]s as well as in multiple cum shots per scene.
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 knew of his profession as a maker of gay erotic films.<ref>{{harvp|Jamoo|Bjorn|1997|p=15}}</ref>


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 '']''. I wanted to travel across the world and photograph people. I was really very interested in different cultures."<ref name=autogenerated1>{{harvp|Jamoo|Bjorn|1997|p=17}}</ref>
===Career as a porn model===
Kristen Bjorn (a pseudonym that was picked for him by Falcon Studio because they thought he had a passing resemblance to then reigning tennis champion ] <ref>Jamoo, ''The Films of Kristen Bjorn'', (Laguna Hills, Calif., Companion Press, 1997), p. 18.</ref>) was very briefly an actor in gay pornographic films. When Kristen Bjorn moved to San Francisco in the late 1970s, he first modeled for photographer ]<ref>"Fred Bisonnes" is an ] of "Dennis Forbes"; who used it as his ].</ref> <ref name="Bisonnes"></ref> for photo layouts marketed to gay pornographic magazines such as ''Mandate''. In 1981, Kristen Bjorn appeared in three scenes that were separately released in two "videopacs" by Falcon Studio in 1982 and 1983.


===Career as a photographer and director=== ==Career==
Bjorn arrived in San Francisco in 1978, where he encountered the gay community for the first time. "t was all very strange to me."<ref name=autogenerated1 /> Encouraged by the ideal of male beauty that he found in gay erotic magazines, Bjorn began working out and paying attention to his own physique. Around 1980, he was photographed by Fred Bisonnes for '']'' magazine. This was followed by two appearances in Falcon videos: ''Biker's Liberty'' (] 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 ].<ref>{{harvp|Jamoo|Bjorn|1997|p=19}}</ref>
In 1982, before his films were even released, Kristen Bjorn moved to Brazil, which he would call home for the next eight years. Upon arriving in Brazil, Bjorn began pursuing his life-long dream of becoming a professional photographer and made a living by taking nude male still photographs (mostly of lighter-skinned Brazilian models<ref>Bjorn says that he photographed different types of models, but his publishers told him to use "American-looking" models and to avoid "ethnic-looking" models (Jamoo, 1996, p. 40)</ref>) that he sold to American gay pornographic magazines. In 1985, his friend Fred Bisonnes, who was then working for ''Advocate Men'', encouraged him to submit his work to that magazine.<ref name="Bisonnes" /> During the next several years, again at the urging of Bisonnes, Bjorn expanded his photography skills by filming soft-core video segments for the ''Advocate Men Live'' series.<ref>Jamoo, 1997, pp. 20-21.</ref>


In the foreword to a book devoted to Kristen Bjorn's work, director ] wrote that, " the relatively brief history of hardcore gay videos, Kristen Bjorn has emerged unchallenged as the best director to date."<ref>{{harvp|Jamoo|Bjorn|1997|pp=9–10}}</ref>
In 1988, Kristen Bjorn directed and produced his first full-length video, ''Tropical Heatwave'', which consisted of six masturbation scenes featuring handsome and muscular Brazilian men in outdoor settings. In this film, Bjorn established his trademark of having his multi-racial cast of actors ejaculate "hands-free."


In 1982 he moved to Brazil, pursuing his dream of becoming a professional photographer. In Brazil he stayed for eight years, in which he began to
It wasn't until the next video, ''Carnival in Rio'', that Kristen Bjorn first directed hard-core "male-on-male" sex. In addition to the hands-free ejaculation segments, Bjorn also filmed scenes in which his models ejaculated multiple times. His first three videos were not released until 1989, but Bjorn had begun to perfect his "all-male" sex camera work by 1988. He typically hired models to work for three to four days on a single scene. The actual filming of a scene takes place on the first two to three days of the schedule, with the third or fourth day reserved for still photography.<ref>Discussed by Bjorn in Jamoo, 1997, pp. 21-22. Porn film actors ] and ] also discuss this grueling schedule in ], ''Sorry I Asked: Intimate Interviews with Gay Porn's Rank and File,'' (New York, Masquerade Books, 1993), pp. 57-59.</ref>
make the first male nude shots, starring only Brazilian models, which he sold to American gay magazines. In 1985, his friend and mentor Fred
Bisonnes, who worked for Advocate Men magazine, invited him to submit his work to the magazine. Over the years, always under pressure from Bisonnes, he began to expand his creative space by making some softcore videos for the Advocate Men Live series.


In 1988 he directed and produced his first feature film Tropical Heatwave, which consisted of six masturbation scenes with muscular Brazilian men in
Bjorn's style of directing and filming was due to economics and his artistic intuition. Because Bjorn initially often worked by himself, he was the producer, director, and cinematographer of his early videos. As a director, Bjorn's intention was to create a scene that reflected fantasy (hence the exotic scenery and the rather seamless transitions to a variety of positions and multiple ejaculations in a single sex scene). Bjorn, the photographer, also preferred that the penis be shown rather than covered by hands (thus, the hands-free ejaculation). Kristen Bjorn's early films are also known for their lack of dialogue; they instead have voice-over narrations that were added later. Again, this was partly economics. As the only production person on-hand, Bjorn's role as director and cinematographer prevented him from being the sound person during filming.<ref>The behind-the-scenes work of filming a Kristen Bjorn video are subjects of two Sarava Production releases: ''Making it with Kristen Bjorn'' and ''Behind the Curtain: Making of Moscow''</ref>
exotic settings. With this film, Bjorn establishes his own brand of himself, utilizing a multi-racial cast and naturist settings. He later directed Carnaval in Rio and Island Fever, his first hardcore movies featuring sex scenes between men, including penetrations and multiple ejaculations.


He has taken care of all aspects of his films, from production to directing to photography, creating his own recognizable style. If the first films of his lacked dialogue, apart from the narrative voice, the later dialogue was incorporated into the script. Another and main characteristic of Bjorn's films is the use of unknown models, predominantly muscular and with a strong masculinity, without caring if they identify as heterosexual or
For actors, Bjorn preferred to use relatively unknown models that fit his definition of attractive men and he didn't care whether they were straight-identified or gay-identified as long as they're willing to participate in an all-male sex scene.<ref>Bjorn says that ninety percent of his models in his early videos claim that they are straight, even those who are anally receptive in the sex scenes (Jamoo, 1997, pp. 19-20, 104-106, 110-111). Arpad Banfalvi, an actor who appears in Kristen Bjorn's ''Thick as Thieves'', says that "... my lifestyle is heterosexual. In the films, my job was to act out a role, and that's exactly what I did. What I did in the films didn't strike me as pleasant or unpleasant; it was just a job." , retrieved 08 July 2006.</ref>
homosexual but simply willing to participate in male sex scenes.


==Filmography==
Bjorn filmed four videos in 1988 and 1989 in Brazil. In 1990, the deteriorating economic and social conditions in Brazil led to Bjorn's decision to immigrate to Australia. On his way to Sydney, he stopped in New York with the intention of just editing the films he made in Brazil, but he then decided to film a video there (''Manhattan Latin'') and in the Dominican Republic (''Caribbean Beat''). After New York, he moved to Australia where he filmed three videos and discovered two Australian models &mdash; Foot-long Sean (a.k.a. ]) and Hogan Maloney (a.k.a. ]) &mdash; who eventually became major porn stars for ].
;Director/videographer:
Although filming in Australia, Bjorn continued to use several non-Caucasian models in his videos. Bjorn claims that the videos he made in Brazil and Australia were the first gay porn videos made in those countries.<ref>Bjorn's intended audience were mostly North American gay males, and although his Brazilian and Australian videos were never intended to be officially released outside of the American and European markets (mainly due to distribution difficulties and US system (NTSC) and non-US system (PAL) video differences), his early videos nonetheless found an underground distribution system &mdash; either by piracy or just non-commercial duplication &mdash; and wide-following in the urban gay communities of those two countries (Jamoo, 1997, pp. 41, 74-75).</ref>
{{Div col}}
* ''Tropical Heatwave'' (1989)
* ''Champs'' (1989)
* ''Carnaval in Rio'' (1989)
* ''Island Fever'' (1990)
* ''Manhattan Latin'' (1991)
* ''Caribbean Heat'' (1991)
* ''A Sailor in Sydney'' (1992)
* ''Jackaroos'' (1992)
* ''Manly Beach'' (1992)
* ''Call of the Wild'' (1993)
* ''Montreal Men'' (1993)
* ''Jungle Heat'' (1994)
* ''Paradise Plantation'' (1994)
* ''Mystery Men'' (1994)
* ''The Caracas Adventure'' (1995)
* ''The Vampire of Budapest'' (1995)
* ''Comrades in Arms'' (1995)
* ''Hungary for Men'' (1996)
* ''A World of Men'' (1996)
* ''Gangsters at Large'' (1996)
* ''Amazon Adventure'' (1996)
* ''Manwatcher'' (1997)
* '']'' (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 Isle of Man'' (2000)
* ''Dreamers'' (2000)
* ''The Agony of Ecstasy'' (documentary) (2000)
* ''Men Amongst the Ruins'' (2001)
* ''Bone Island'' (2001)
* ''Crossroads of Desire'' (2002)
* ''Dreamers: An Erotic Journey'' (2002)
* ''Parashooter'' (2003)
* ''Males Tales'' (2003)
* ''Manville'' (2004)
* ''Fire Dance'' (2004)
* ''Rocks & Hard Places 1&2'' (2005)
* ''El Rancho'' (2005)
* ''Skin Deep 1&2'' (2006)
* ''Action! 1&2'' (2007)
* ''Pride 1&2'' (2007)
* ''Horns of Plenty'' (2008)
* ''Tropical Adventure 1&2'' (2009)
* ''Costa Brava: The Wild Coast'' (2010)
* ''Horns of Plenty 2'' (2010)
* ''Sex City 1&2'' (2011)
* ''Jagged Mountain 1&2'' (2012)
* ''First Time 1&2'' (2013)
* ''Strangers in Prague 1&2'' (2014)
* ''On the Prowl 1&2&3'' (2015)
* ''Bare to the Bone'' (2016)
* '']'' (2016)
* ''In the Flesh 1&2'' (2017)
* ''Busting Manholes'' (2018)
* ''Deep and Raw'' (2018)
* ''Meat Rack'' (2018)
* ''Wild Seed'' (2018)
* ''Fit to Fuck'' (2019)
* ''Catchers in the Raw'' (2019)
* ''Bareback Shooters'' (2020)
* ''Bigger They Come'' (2020)
* ''Man Sex'' (2020)
* ''Wild Attraction''
{{Div col end}}


;Executive producer (with other directors):
In 1992, Bjorn uprooted himself once again, and briefly went to Canada to film two videos featuring Canadian men of various ethnicities. He would eventually set base in Miami, Florida, USA, where he once again focused on filming videos featuring Latin American and Caribbean men.
* ''Hungarians'' (1997)
* ''Moscow: The Power of Submission'' (2000)
* ''Behind the Curtain'' (documentary, 2000)
* ''Italian Style'' (2002)
* ''A Sicilian Tale'' (2002)
* ''Heartbreak Hotel'' (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)
* ''Trouser Bar'' (2015)


==Awards and nominations==
Robert Russell currently lives in Barcelona, Spain.
* 2007 ] Heatgay Award winner – Best Film (''El Rancho'' – Kristen Bjorn), Best Director (''El Rancho'' – Kristen Bjorn Productions), and Best Script (''El Rancho'' – Kristen Bjorn Productions)<ref name=FICEBAward2007> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160113134121/http://www.xstarsnews.com/ninfas-awards-ficeb-1818.html |date=13 January 2016 }}, h.b., 10 October 2007, xstarsnews.com. Retrieved 12 October 2010.</ref>
* 2010 ] nomination – Gay Studio of the Year (Kristen Bjorn Production)<ref>, '']'', Wednesday, 16 December 2009</ref>


==See also==
<gallery>
* ]
Image:Bjorn1.jpg|Robert Russell was a gay Falcon Model before becoming a director of gay porn.
Image:Bjorn.jpg|Blondish Nordic looks, Russell was a symbol of the gay 80's porn scene.
</gallery>


==References==
===Kristen Bjorn Production===
{{Reflist|21em}}
By the early 1990s, Kristen Bjorn Production's videos had become very popular and had gained world reputation for their uncompromising quality and eroticism. Kristen Bjorn hired a full-time assistant and still photographer Barry Gollop (popularly known only as "The Bear")<ref>, retrieved 08 July 2006.</ref> so he could concentrate on directing videos and growing the business.


===Bibliography===
By the mid 1990s, Kristen Bjorn Production crossed the Atlantic to search for models and new locales for its videos. Beginning in 2000, Bjorn started Sarava Productions in recognition of other directors ("The Bear" and Lucas Kazan) who would film videos for Kristen Bjorn's expanding company. In addition to producing movies, Kristen Bjorn Production publishes and markets photo books, calendars, and audio CDs of music originally composed for Kristen Bjorn movies. As of 2006, Kristen Bjorn Production and its Sarava Productions division have released over fifty videos.
*{{cite book |author1=Jamoo |last2=Bjorn |first2=Kristen |year=1997 |title=The Films of Kristen Bjorn |location=Laguna Hills, CA |publisher=Companion Press |isbn=978-1-889138-00-8 }} 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.


==Notes==
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==Further reading==
==Videography as porn star==
* ''The Films of Kristen Bjorn'', by Jamoo. With a Foreword by William Higgins (Laguna Hills, Calif.: Companion Press, 1997), {{ISBN|978-1-889138-00-8}}.
* ''Biker's Liberty'' (Falcon videopac 30) (Falcon Studios , 1982) with Jon King, Lee Ryder, Mac Turner, Sky Dawson, Tim Kramer. Directed by Bill Clayton (a.k.a. Matt Sterling). Kris Bjorn appears in two loops titled "Boots" and "Beach Rovers."
* ''Men of the World'' (Berlin: Bruno Gmünder, 2002), {{ISBN|978-3-86187-241-2}}. A collection of photographs by Kristen Bjorn.
* ''Men of Kristen Bjorn'' (Berlin: Bruno Gmünder, 2003), {{ISBN|978-3-86187-282-5}}.
* ''Stallions'' (Berlin: Bruno Gmünder, 2005), {{ISBN|978-3-86187-682-3}}.
* ''Body Heat'' (Berlin: Bruno Gmünder, 2007), {{ISBN|978-3-86187-860-5}}.
* ''Greats—Kristen Bjorn: Men of the World'' (Berlin: Bruno Gmünder, 2008), {{ISBN|978-3-86787-000-9}}.


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* ''The New Breed'' (Falcon videopac 32) (Falcon Studios, 1983) with Bill Henson, Jeff Porter, Nick Harlen, Tex (Anthony), Tony Calhoun, Wes Cole. Directed by Bill Clayton (a.k.a. Matt Sterling). Kris Bjorn appears in the loop titled "Malibu."
{{S-bef|before=] <br> for ''Naked Highway''}}

{{s-ttl|title=] for Best Director <br> for ''Man Watcher''|years=1998}}
==Videography as director==
{{S-aft|after=Jerry Douglas <br> for ''Dream Team''}}
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=== Kristen Bjorn Productions ===
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*''Tropical Heatwave (Solo)'' (Brazil, 1988)
*''Champs (Solo)'' (Brazil, 1989)
*''Carnaval in Rio'' (Brazil, 1989)
*''Island Fever'' (Brazil, 1989)
*''Manhattan Latin'' (USA, 1990)
*''Caribbean Beat'' (Dominican Republic, 1990)
*''A Sailor in Sydney'' (Australia, 1990)
*''Jackaroos'' (KBP, Australia, 1991)
*''Manly Beach'' (KBP, Australia, 1991)
*''Call of the Wild'' (Canada, 1992)
*''Montreal Men'' (Canada, 1992)
*''Jungle Heat'' (Brazil, 1993)
*''Paradise Plantation'' (Brazil, 1994)
|valign="top" width=50%|
*''Mystery Men'' (Brazil, 1994)
*''The Caracas Adventure'' (Venezuela, 1995)
*''The Vampire of Budapest'' (Hungary, 1995)
*''Comrades in Arms'' (Hungary, 1996)
*''Hungary for Men'' (Hungary, 1996)
*''A World of Men'' (International, 1996)
*''Gangsters at Large'' (USA, 1997)
*''Anchor Hotel'' (USA, 1997)
*''Amazon Adventure'' (Brazil, 1998)
*''Man Watcher'' (USA, 1998)
*''Hot Times in Little Havana'' (USA, 1998)
*''Thick as Thieves'' (Canada, 1999)
*''Wet Dreams (Parts 1 & 2)'' (International, 1999)
|}

=== Sarava Productions ===
{|
|valign="top" width=50%|
*''Making It (Documentary)'' (USA, 2000)
*''Isle of Men'' (International, 2001)
*''Dreamers'' (USA, 2001)
*''Crossroads of Desire'' (International, 2002)
*''Agony of Ecstasy'' (Documentary) (USA, 2002)
|valign="top" width=50%|
*''Bone Island'' (USA, 2002)
*''Men Amongst the Ruins'' (Guatemala, 2004)
*''Parashooter'' (South America, 2003)
*''Male Tales'' (International, 2004)
|}

== Major photo books by Kristen Bjorn==
*''Men of Kristen Bjorn'', Publisher Distribution Company, 2003 (ISBN 3-86187-282-X)
*''Men of the World'', Publisher Distribution Company, 2002 (ISBN 3-86187-241-2)
*''Stallions'', Bruno Gmunder Verlag Gmbh, 2005 (ISBN 3-86187-682-5)

== Kristen Bjorn Productions/Sarava Productions porn stars ==
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== References ==
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==See also==
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Kristen Bjorn
Born (1957-10-12) 12 October 1957 (age 67)
London, England
Years active1989–present
Height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Websitewww.kristenbjorn.com

Kristen Bjorn (born 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

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 knew of his profession as a maker of gay erotic films.

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."

Career

Bjorn arrived in San Francisco in 1978, where he encountered the gay community for the first time. "t was all very strange to me." Encouraged by the ideal of male beauty that he found in gay erotic magazines, Bjorn began 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.

In the foreword to a book devoted to Kristen Bjorn's work, director William Higgins wrote that, " the relatively brief history of hardcore gay videos, Kristen Bjorn has emerged unchallenged as the best director to date."

In 1982 he moved to Brazil, pursuing his dream of becoming a professional photographer. In Brazil he stayed for eight years, in which he began to make the first male nude shots, starring only Brazilian models, which he sold to American gay magazines. In 1985, his friend and mentor Fred Bisonnes, who worked for Advocate Men magazine, invited him to submit his work to the magazine. Over the years, always under pressure from Bisonnes, he began to expand his creative space by making some softcore videos for the Advocate Men Live series.

In 1988 he directed and produced his first feature film Tropical Heatwave, which consisted of six masturbation scenes with muscular Brazilian men in exotic settings. With this film, Bjorn establishes his own brand of himself, utilizing a multi-racial cast and naturist settings. He later directed Carnaval in Rio and Island Fever, his first hardcore movies featuring sex scenes between men, including penetrations and multiple ejaculations.

He has taken care of all aspects of his films, from production to directing to photography, creating his own recognizable style. If the first films of his lacked dialogue, apart from the narrative voice, the later dialogue was incorporated into the script. Another and main characteristic of Bjorn's films is the use of unknown models, predominantly muscular and with a strong masculinity, without caring if they identify as heterosexual or homosexual but simply willing to participate in male sex scenes.

Filmography

Director/videographer
  • Tropical Heatwave (1989)
  • Champs (1989)
  • Carnaval in Rio (1989)
  • Island Fever (1990)
  • Manhattan Latin (1991)
  • Caribbean Heat (1991)
  • A Sailor in Sydney (1992)
  • Jackaroos (1992)
  • Manly Beach (1992)
  • Call of the Wild (1993)
  • Montreal Men (1993)
  • Jungle Heat (1994)
  • Paradise Plantation (1994)
  • Mystery Men (1994)
  • The Caracas Adventure (1995)
  • The Vampire of Budapest (1995)
  • Comrades in Arms (1995)
  • Hungary for Men (1996)
  • A World of Men (1996)
  • Gangsters at Large (1996)
  • Amazon Adventure (1996)
  • 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 Isle of Man (2000)
  • Dreamers (2000)
  • The Agony of Ecstasy (documentary) (2000)
  • Men Amongst the Ruins (2001)
  • Bone Island (2001)
  • Crossroads of Desire (2002)
  • Dreamers: An Erotic Journey (2002)
  • Parashooter (2003)
  • Males Tales (2003)
  • Manville (2004)
  • Fire Dance (2004)
  • Rocks & Hard Places 1&2 (2005)
  • El Rancho (2005)
  • Skin Deep 1&2 (2006)
  • Action! 1&2 (2007)
  • Pride 1&2 (2007)
  • Horns of Plenty (2008)
  • Tropical Adventure 1&2 (2009)
  • Costa Brava: The Wild Coast (2010)
  • Horns of Plenty 2 (2010)
  • Sex City 1&2 (2011)
  • Jagged Mountain 1&2 (2012)
  • First Time 1&2 (2013)
  • Strangers in Prague 1&2 (2014)
  • On the Prowl 1&2&3 (2015)
  • Bare to the Bone (2016)
  • Trouser Bar (2016)
  • In the Flesh 1&2 (2017)
  • Busting Manholes (2018)
  • Deep and Raw (2018)
  • Meat Rack (2018)
  • Wild Seed (2018)
  • Fit to Fuck (2019)
  • Catchers in the Raw (2019)
  • Bareback Shooters (2020)
  • Bigger They Come (2020)
  • Man Sex (2020)
  • 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)
  • Heartbreak Hotel (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)
  • Trouser Bar (2015)

Awards and nominations

  • 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)
  • 2010 XBIZ Award nomination – Gay Studio of the Year (Kristen Bjorn Production)

See also

References

  1. Jamoo & Bjorn (1997), p. 15
  2. ^ Jamoo & Bjorn (1997), p. 17
  3. Jamoo & Bjorn (1997), p. 19
  4. Jamoo & Bjorn (1997), pp. 9–10
  5. "Winners of the 2007 FICEB Ninfa Awards" Archived 13 January 2016 at the Wayback Machine, h.b., 10 October 2007, xstarsnews.com. Retrieved 12 October 2010.
  6. XBIZ Announces Finalist Nominees for 2010 XBIZ Awards, XBIZ, Wednesday, 16 December 2009

Bibliography

  • Jamoo; Bjorn, Kristen (1997). The Films of Kristen Bjorn. Laguna Hills, CA: Companion Press. ISBN 978-1-889138-00-8. 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

Awards
Preceded byWash West
for Naked Highway 		GayVN Awards for Best Director
for Man Watcher
1998 		Succeeded byJerry Douglas
for Dream Team

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Outline of British pornography - Pornography in Europe
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