Viv Thomas
Vivian "Viv" Thomas is a South African-born British film director of pornographic movies (viz., a pornographer). His more well-known films include the Pink Velvet series, Office Girls, and The Art of Kissing, although he has directed hundreds of different features over the course of his 15+ year career. He specializes in and is best known for directing lesbian pornography and a keen interest in all matters relating to the erotic side of foot fetishism.
He also produces an equal amount of heterosexual works. The majority of his work was produced prior to the British government lifting some of the more stringent laws regarding what could be shown in pornographic films; when those laws were repealed in 1999, Viv moved into producing hardcore material exclusively. However, as a court decision confirmed that R18 rated hardcore DVD's can only be sold via licensed sex shops in the UK, not mail-order via the internet, Viv Thomas decided to move his whole operation from Acton, West London to Portugal. British consumers can buy his DVD's in Sex Shops or via the internet - http://www.vivthomas.com/ - where they are supplied from Portugal.
Viv's daughter, who used to work with her father under the name of Chantel, has quit the business some three years ago to join the Metropolitan Police in London.
He is also highly regarded on the website LezLoveVideo.com, an American lesbian-only video shop, as one of the few directors in the industry who knows how to "do it right," rather than catering to lazy directing and mechanistic misinterpretations of what lesbian porn should consist of-by male and female directors-who do not care to indulge the viewer. This refreshing indulgence is due largely to input from fans of his work and the girls-only performance of the models who appear in his films (including Sandra Shine, Zsanett Égerházi (aka Sandy), Peaches, Sophie Moone, Monica Sweet and Eve Angel). Thomas and members of his production crew also regularly post on that site's forums.
Thomas' recent work has starred almost exclusively Hungarian/eastern European models although he does feature some British performers, particularly the highly talented Ian Tate.
Among the British ladies he has worked with are models Adele Stevens, Faye Rampton, Alicia Rhodes, Tara English, Sammy-Jayne, Andrea Spinks, Angie George, Sarah Daykin, Kerry Matthews, Karina Clarke, Vicky Holloway, Michelle Thorne, Rebekah Teasdale, Lana Cox, Kelle Marie, Roxanne Hall, Louise Hodges, Teresa May Deborah Corrigan & Vicky Powell.
One of Viv's favorite models he has worked with in the past is Diana Van Laar who apeared in his first movies.
External links
- Viv Thomas' Official Site
- Viv Thomas Video
- Viv Thomas Forum
- LezLoveVideo.com
- Viv Thomas at the Internet Movie Database
- Searchextreme.com
- Viv's infomation Website about Throat Cancer
Photographers whose work has involved fetishistic elements:
- Nobuyoshi Araki
- Elmer Batters
- Barbara Behr (HOM)
- Biederer Studio
- Bob Carlos Clarke
- Cypher
- Dogstar Photography
- Charles Gatewood
- Steve Diet Goedde
- Dirk Hooper
- Richard Kern
- Irving Klaw
- Eric Kroll
- Dave Naz
- Helmut Newton
- Barbara Nitke
- Ostra Studio
- Paul Outerbridge
- Suze Randall
- Robin Roberts
- Roy Stuart
- Viv Thomas
- Larry Utley
- John Willie
- Yva Richard
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