Joone | |
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Born | Ali Joone c. 1969 (age 54–55) [1] |
Alma mater | University of California Los Angeles |
Occupation(s) | Photographer, director & producer |
Years active | 1998–2008 (porn director) [2] |
Organization(s) |
Digital Playground Diosa Spirits |
Spouse | Samantha Lewis (divorced) [1] |
Joone is an American Iranian entrepreneur, [3] photographer, [4] director and producer. For directing pornographic films, he won AVN Award twice. In 1993, Joone founded American pornographic movie studio Digital Playground [5] and was a co-owner of the company until it was acquired by Manwin in 2012.
He founded the Digital Playground company [5] in 1993 when he was 25 and still a student, [1] initially making adult CD-ROM computer games. [6]
Commenting on the transition of the pornography industry from the underground economy to mainstream corporate acceptance, the company's founder said: "I look at the porn business where Vegas and gambling was in the 70's… Vegas was still mob-owned and they were making the transition between these small groups of people to being corporate owned… I feel the same exact thing is going to happen with adult". [7]
Joone has directed the pornographic films Pirates and Pirates II: Stagnetti's Revenge.
In January 2012, alongside his ex-wife Samantha Lewis—who was co-owner, CEO and President of Digital Playground—he reached an agreement with Fabian Thylmann to sell the company to Manwin. On the acquisition, Joone commented: "To me this deal is no different than the acquisition of Pixar by Disney, The consumer is going to see more blockbusters, big-budget productions, and it's our goal to create the next genre of adult entertainment. This acquisition is a marriage between two industry leaders. Adult entertainment is changing and Manwin has a lead on technology." The price or terms of the deal was not disclosed, but it was announced that Lewis and Joone will "continue to oversee the studio"; [8] however, it was reported in March that Manwin had released Lewis and some other employees. [9]
Joone is co-owner of "Diosa Spirits" tequila, with Jesse Jane and her husband Rich. [10] [11]
Joone | |
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Born | Ali Joone c. 1969 (age 54–55) [1] |
Alma mater | University of California Los Angeles |
Occupation(s) | Photographer, director & producer |
Years active | 1998–2008 (porn director) [2] |
Organization(s) |
Digital Playground Diosa Spirits |
Spouse | Samantha Lewis (divorced) [1] |
Joone is an American Iranian entrepreneur, [3] photographer, [4] director and producer. For directing pornographic films, he won AVN Award twice. In 1993, Joone founded American pornographic movie studio Digital Playground [5] and was a co-owner of the company until it was acquired by Manwin in 2012.
He founded the Digital Playground company [5] in 1993 when he was 25 and still a student, [1] initially making adult CD-ROM computer games. [6]
Commenting on the transition of the pornography industry from the underground economy to mainstream corporate acceptance, the company's founder said: "I look at the porn business where Vegas and gambling was in the 70's… Vegas was still mob-owned and they were making the transition between these small groups of people to being corporate owned… I feel the same exact thing is going to happen with adult". [7]
Joone has directed the pornographic films Pirates and Pirates II: Stagnetti's Revenge.
In January 2012, alongside his ex-wife Samantha Lewis—who was co-owner, CEO and President of Digital Playground—he reached an agreement with Fabian Thylmann to sell the company to Manwin. On the acquisition, Joone commented: "To me this deal is no different than the acquisition of Pixar by Disney, The consumer is going to see more blockbusters, big-budget productions, and it's our goal to create the next genre of adult entertainment. This acquisition is a marriage between two industry leaders. Adult entertainment is changing and Manwin has a lead on technology." The price or terms of the deal was not disclosed, but it was announced that Lewis and Joone will "continue to oversee the studio"; [8] however, it was reported in March that Manwin had released Lewis and some other employees. [9]
Joone is co-owner of "Diosa Spirits" tequila, with Jesse Jane and her husband Rich. [10] [11]