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JM "Jeff Mike" Productions is an independent hardcore pornographic film production and distribution company based in Chatsworth, California, US. The studio's content is controversial, with its films often featuring erotic humiliation and rough sex. JM has faced legal charges of obscenity in the US, and the studio has also won many adult industry awards.[4][5]
Key Information
History
[edit]The company was founded by Jeff Steward.[4] On May 21, 2001, the company's offices were raided by 20 officers from the LAPD. They confiscated several bukkake-themed videos. In response, Steward stated: "Some guy swims in feces on MTV, and that's OK? But for a girl to swallow eighty loads of cum is obscene? I don't think so." On the evening of the raid, Jim Powers was in North Hollywood shooting another bukkake film. In reference to what he considered the injustice of the raid, he announced to the men involved: "We're doing this for all of America".[6]
On May 31, 2006, the company, Jeff Steward, Mike Norton, and distributor Five Star Video were indicted for distribution of obscenity by the Department of Justice.[7] The defendants faced a maximum sentence of five years for each of the obscenity counts.[7] Jeff Steward was defended by lawyer Al Gelbard, who also represented Evil Angel in its obscenity trial.[8] In his opening arguments at the trial, the prosecutor cited "the sacred place of mothers in society", in reference to the treatment of the film's actresses.[9] On October 16, 2007, all obscenity charges against JM and Jeff Steward were dropped due to lack of evidence that JM had sold the films to Five Star.[2] Cast interviews demonstrating that actresses appearing in roles that simulated abuse or degradation did so willingly played a role in the acquittal.[9] A Phoenix jury later found Five Star guilty of interstate transportation of obscene materials, due to it having posted Gag Factor 18 to an FBI agent in Virginia.[10]
A bukkake shoot for JM Productions in Van Nuys was robbed at gunpoint on October 1, 2008 when an armed assailant, described as a mixed race man wearing a Los Angeles Dodgers jacket and a bulletproof vest, stole approximately $3,750 in cash – $75 to be paid to each performer – from production manager Johnny Thrust.[11] Jim Powers offered a $1,000 reward for any information leading to the arrest of the suspect in the robbery, which the LAPD believe was an inside job.[12]
JM is the distributor for Brandon Iron Productions, Khan Tusion's Pariah Pictures, Grip & Cram Johnson's Chatsworth Pictures, and FuckYouCash.com.[13] In 2005, it signed a deal to make JM content available on HotMovies.com's pay-per-minute video-on-demand site.[14] Its films are also available on Pornhub, Fyre TV and on AdultRental.com's pay-per-view service.[15][16]
Actresses
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In March 2004, Ashley Blue signed a three-year contract with JM, and she appeared in the Girlvert series.[17] In 2005, the company bought her a Jaguar car after she extended her contract by a year.[18] On February 14, 2007, she ended her contract, entering immediately into a one-year commitment with LA Direct Models.[17] Hillary Scott appeared in American Bukkake 29, Swirlies 2, Irritable Bowel Syndrome 2, and Hillary Scott Cock Star.[19] The 2004 production Guttermouths 30 featured the first pornographic scene enacting the urban legend of the donkey punch, showing Gia Paloma being punched on the back of her head by Alex Sanders.[20]
Criticism
[edit]Gag Factor 10 is discussed in a piece by Robert Jensen of the School of Journalism at the University of Texas. He includes it as an example of pornography which he alleges is dangerous and denigrates women, as the actresses appear to be in pain in the film.[21]
The Tough Love series was criticized in an article in The Age as an example of pornography that contains sexual violence and "images that are gratuitous or offensive towards women". The Tough Love films feature, among other things, naked women having their heads flushed down a toilet bowl. Some of the film covers feature the slogan: "Love should leave marks."[22]
In 2005, JM released Donkey Punch, which features actresses receiving a donkey punch. Actress Alex Divine reportedly posted on ExtremeGirlForum.com that "Donkey Punch was the most brutal, depressing, scary scene that I have ever done."[23] Although she initially agreed to be hit on the head during the scene, she claimed to have misunderstood exactly how physical the scene would be.[23]
JM producer Tony Malice has said it does not produce extreme content for extremity's sake, they produce it because there is a demand for this sort of content.[24] Malice says consumer demand for extreme content has been driven by an excess of vanilla sex content, produced by more mainstream studios.[24]
Awards
[edit]The following is a selection of some of the major awards JM films have won:
- 1999 AVN Award - Best Continuing Video Series (White Trash Whore)[5]
- 2000 AVN Award - Best All-Girl Series (The Violation Of...)[5]
- 2000 AVN Award - Most Outrageous Sex Scene (Mila) with Herschel Savage & Dave Hardman in "Perverted Stories 22"[5]
- 2000 AVN Award - Best Vignette Series (Perverted Stories)[5]
- 2001 AVN Award - Best Vignette Series (Perverted Stories)[5]
- 2001 AVN Award - Best All-Girl Series (The Violation Of...)[5]
- 2002 AVN Award - Best All-Girl Series (The Violation Of...)[5]
- 2002 AVN Award - Most Outrageous Sex Scene (Perverted Stories 31) with Kristen Kane, Herschel Savage & Rafe[5]
- 2003 AVN Award - Best All-Girl Series (The Violation Of...)[5]
- 2003 AVN Award - Best Oral-Themed Series (Gag Factor)[5]
- 2004 AVN Award - Best Oral-Themed Series (Gag Factor)[5]
- 2004 AVN Award - Best Continuing Video Series (Girlvert)[5]
- 2004 AVN Award - Most Outrageous Sex Scene (Perverted Stories, The Movie) with Julie Night, Maggie Star & Mr. Pete[5]
- 2005 AVN Award - Best All-Girl Series (The Violation Of...)[5]
- 2005 AVN Award - Best Oral-Themed Feature (Francesca Le's Cum Swallowing Whores 3)[5]
- 2005 AVN Award - Best Specialty Release - Big Bust (Francesca's Juggies)[5]
- 2005 AVN Award - Best Continuing Video Series (Girlvert)[5]
- 2006 AVN Award - Best Continuing Video Series (Girlvert)[5]
- 2007 AVN Award - Most Outrageous Sex Scene (Girlvert 11) with Ashley Blue, Amber Wild & Steve French[5]
- 2008 AVN Award - Most Outrageous Sex Scene (Ass Blasting Felching Anal Whores) with Cindy Crawford, Rick Masters & Audrey Hollander[25]
- 2008 AVN Reuben Sturman Award - Jeff Steward of JM Productions[25]
References
[edit]- ^ "JM PRODUCTIONS". AVN. Archived from the original on April 12, 2009. Retrieved March 30, 2009.
- ^ a b "U.S. Dismisses All Obscenity Charges Against JM Productions". XBIZ. Archived from the original on May 6, 2009. Retrieved March 30, 2009.
- ^ Cissell, La Donna (May 16, 2001). "Search Warrant Served in Devonshire on Pornography Investigation" (Press release). Los Angeles: Los Angeles Police Department. Media Relations Section. Retrieved July 3, 2016.
- ^ a b "JM Productions Enters Blu-ray Disc Market". XBIZ. Archived from the original on May 6, 2009. Retrieved March 30, 2009.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t "AVN AWARDS PAST WINNERS". AVN. Archived from the original on March 12, 2009. Retrieved March 7, 2009.
- ^ pp. 31-37, My, My American Bukkake by Susannah Breslin in Greta Christina & Daniel Clowes, Best Erotic Comics 2008, illustrated edition, Last Gasp, 2007, ISBN 0-86719-686-6
- ^ a b "Porn Webmasters Bush-Whacked?". Wired magazine. June 13, 2006. Archived from the original on April 16, 2009. Retrieved March 30, 2009.
- ^ "John Stagliano, Evil Angel Charged With 7 Obscenity Violations". XBIZ. Archived from the original on May 6, 2009. Retrieved March 30, 2009.
- ^ a b "The Sound and Fury". XBIZ. May 14, 2008. Retrieved March 30, 2009.
- ^ "Report Paints Scathing Portrayal of Ex-AG Gonzales". XBIZ. Archived from the original on May 5, 2009. Retrieved March 30, 2009.
- ^ Jim Powers Bukkake Set Robbed Justin Bourne, avn.com (October 2, 2008)
- ^ Bukkake Production Reportedly Robbed Tod Hunter, xbiz.com (October 2, 2008)
- ^ "Brandon Iron Joins JM Productions". XBIZ. Archived from the original on March 19, 2011. Retrieved March 30, 2009.
- ^ "HotMovies Offers Jules Jordan and JM Productions". XBIZ. Archived from the original on May 5, 2009. Retrieved March 30, 2009.
- ^ "FyreTV Debuts Wireless IPTV Set-Top Box". XBIZ. Archived from the original on May 5, 2009. Retrieved March 30, 2009.
- ^ "AdultRental.com Signs 24 New Studios". XBIZ. Archived from the original on May 5, 2009. Retrieved March 30, 2009.
- ^ a b Peter Warren (February 14, 2007). "Ashley Blue, JM Productions Part Ways". AVN. Archived from the original on October 24, 2007. Retrieved December 27, 2007.
- ^ "Ashley Blue Gives Me Her Car". XBIZ. Archived from the original on May 5, 2009. Retrieved March 30, 2009.
- ^ "Hillary Scott to Make Stern Show Debut". XBIZ. Archived from the original on May 5, 2009. Retrieved March 30, 2009.
- ^ "GIA PALOMA". AVN. Archived from the original on April 17, 2009. Retrieved April 26, 2009.
- ^ "A cruel edge: The painful truth about today's pornography - and what men can do about it". Retrieved March 30, 2009.
- ^ Munro, Peter (February 17, 2008). "The X files". The Age. Melbourne. Retrieved March 30, 2009.
- ^ a b Cachapero, Joanne (June 22, 2006). "Hardcore Content: 1". XBIZ. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
- ^ a b "Riches in the Niches". XBIZ. July 4, 2005. Retrieved March 30, 2009.
- ^ a b "2008 AVN AWARDS WINNERS ANNOUNCED". AVN. Archived from the original on February 28, 2009. Retrieved March 12, 2009.
External links
[edit]- Official website (inactive since 2023)
- JM Productions at the AFDB
- JM Productions at the Internet Adult Film Database
JM Productions
View on GrokipediaFounding and Operations
Establishment and Key Figures
JM Productions was founded in 1995 by Jeff Steward, operating as an independent hardcore pornographic film production and distribution company headquartered in Chatsworth, California.[8] The "JM" designation refers to "Jeff Mike," reflecting Steward's professional alias, Jeff Mike Steward, under which he primarily functioned as the company's owner, writer, producer, and director.[1][9] Steward established the studio to produce gonzo-style adult films, quickly gaining recognition for introducing and popularizing extreme fetishes such as bukkake in the U.S. market through series like American Bukkake starting in 1998.[4] Key early collaborator Mike Norton co-developed the influential Gag Factor series with Steward, which emphasized deep-throating content and became a cornerstone of the company's output.[2] These figures drove JM Productions' initial focus on boundary-pushing, performer-intensive formats that distinguished it from more narrative-driven competitors.[10]Production Style and Business Model
JM Productions specializes in gonzo-style adult films, a format emphasizing raw, unscripted footage captured from a first-person perspective with direct performer-camera interaction, often featuring extreme sexual acts such as gangbangs, double penetrations, and rough intercourse.[11][12] Director Jim Powers, who joined the company in 1993, pioneered these elements in series like Tough Love and Violation Of, which incorporate aggressive themes, alongside anal-focused content with bondage in Bound and bukkake-style mass facials in American Bukkake.[11] Productions typically shoot two films per month, blending vignette storytelling in titles like Perverted Stories with niche fetishes targeting specific audiences, such as racial dynamics in White Trash Whore.[11] The company's business model centers on independent production and distribution of hardcore content, primarily via physical DVDs shipped to wholesalers like Five Star Clips and Video, often using carriers such as UPS for interstate transport.[13] JM Productions handles distribution for its own titles as well as select web-based producers, such as Fuck You Cash since 2006, converting online gonzo content into retail DVD compilations to reach niche markets uninterested in mainstream fare.[14] Operating from offices in the San Fernando Valley, including Chatsworth, the studio maintains a low-overhead structure focused on high-volume output for direct-to-consumer and affiliate web sales, supplemented by Powers' affiliated labels like Powersville, Inc.[11] This approach prioritizes edgy, specialized themes over broad appeal, with supplemental revenue from performer recruitment processes designed to identify candidates for intense scenes.[15]Content Characteristics
Core Themes and Formats
JM Productions primarily produced gonzo-style pornography, a format characterized by handheld camera work that immerses viewers directly in unscripted sexual acts without scripted narratives, plotlines, or professional staging typical of feature films.[16] This approach emphasized raw, performer-driven scenes focusing on explicit physical interactions, often compiled into compilation or series-based releases rather than standalone features.[17] Core themes revolved around erotic humiliation and rough sex, including aggressive oral penetration leading to gagging and retching, as prominently featured in the long-running Gag Factor series directed by Jim Powers, which debuted in 2000 and spanned over 30 volumes by the mid-2000s.[18] Scenes frequently incorporated elements of dominance and submission, with performers subjected to verbal degradation, slapping, choking, and forced acts such as deep throating without preparation.[5] Other recurring motifs included bukkake variations like Bag Ladies (1998), involving multiple males ejaculating on a single female performer, and Reverse Bukkake installments where acts were inverted to emphasize female agency in male degradation.[19] Additional themes encompassed extreme anal and vaginal penetration, often in group settings with double or triple penetrations, as evidenced in titles like Meat Holes (2004), which highlighted intense, boundary-pushing orifice-focused encounters.[20] Productions under JM routinely integrated ass-to-mouth transitions and interracial pairings, prioritizing visceral intensity over consent-focused or sensual portrayals common in mainstream adult content. These elements contributed to the studio's reputation for "hardcore" and "extreme" material, with runtime typically allocated to sequential scenes rather than thematic cohesion.[16]Notable Series and Films
JM Productions specialized in gonzo-style adult films featuring extreme acts, including deep-throat oral sex, anal penetration, and group ejaculations, often with minimal narrative framing. The "Gag Factor" series, directed by Jim Powers and spanning over 30 volumes from 2000 onward, centered on performers enduring intense fellatio and gagging, which propelled its popularity and earned AVN Awards for Best Oral-Themed Series in 2003 and 2004.[21][22] This series exemplified the company's emphasis on raw, unscripted oral content, with installments like Gag Factor 10 (2002) receiving further industry recognition in AVN's 500 Greatest Adult Films list.[23] The "The Violation Of..." series, launched in the early 2000s, focused on all-female group sex scenes involving rough handling and humiliation themes, winning multiple AVN Awards for Best All-Girl Series, including in 2000 and 2002, and securing four consecutive such honors overall.[24] Titles such as The Violation of Aurora Snow (2003) and The Violation of Ashley Blue (2002) highlighted performers like Aurora Snow and Ashley Blue in multi-partner encounters, contributing to the series' reputation for pushing boundaries in lesbian gonzo formats.[25] Additional flagship series included "American Bukkake," which from 1999 featured performers receiving ejaculations from groups of 30 to 40 men, as in volumes like American Bukkake 3 (1999) where multiple women were depicted as "human sperm banks."[26][27] The "Anal Prostitutes on Video" line, starting with its 1995 debut under Jim Powers, established an influential all-anal gonzo template, praised in AVN's compilation of the 101 Greatest Adult Tapes for launching a "hugely successful, seriously bent" subgenre.[28] Later efforts like the "Young and Anal" series (e.g., volume 37 in 2009) and MILF-oriented titles such as Wife, Mother, Whore (2008) extended this focus into teen-anal and mature themes, directed by Powers.[29][30]Personnel and Performers
Directors and Producers
Jeff Steward, also known as Jeff Mike, served as the primary producer and co-founder of JM Productions, overseeing the company's output of hardcore gonzo pornography from its inception in the late 1990s.[3] Mike Norton, whose full name is Michael Leonard Norton, co-founded the company with Steward and collaborated on key series such as Gag Factor, which emphasized extreme deep throating scenes. Together, they directed the studio's business model toward low-budget, high-volume productions featuring rough sex and humiliation themes, distributing via their website JerkOffZone.com.[31] Tony Malice functioned as a producer and publicist for JM Productions, handling promotional efforts amid the company's legal controversies in the 2000s.[2] The production team prioritized rapid filming schedules, often completing scenes in single takes to capture unscripted intensity, with producers like Steward personally scouting performers for endurance in demanding content.[11] Jim Powers emerged as the most prolific director associated with JM Productions, helming numerous titles in series such as White Trash Whore, Ass Blasters, and Filthy Whore during the early 2000s.[32] Powers' style aligned with the company's gonzo aesthetic, incorporating unpolished camerawork, performer degradation, and anal-focused scenes shot in non-studio settings like rundown motels to enhance realism.[5] His work for JM, which spanned over 100 videos, emphasized performer limits testing without safety protocols emphasized in mainstream productions, contributing to the studio's reputation for boundary-pushing explicitness.[33] Other directors occasionally contributed, but Powers dominated the creative direction, often under producer oversight from Steward to ensure thematic consistency in erotic humiliation.[5]Prominent Actresses and Collaborations
![Ashley Blue in a promotional image for JM Productions]float-right Ashley Blue emerged as one of the most prominent actresses associated with JM Productions, signing a three-year contract with the studio in March 2004 following her AVN Female Performer of the Year award.[34] Under this agreement, she starred as the central figure in the studio's Girlvert series, directed by Jim Powers, which emphasized aggressive, dominant female-led gonzo scenarios involving multiple performers.[35] The series spanned numerous volumes, including Girlvert 13 featuring co-stars Alicia Angel and Tobi Pacific, released on Blu-ray by JM Productions.[36] Blue's moniker "Girlvert" became synonymous with the line, highlighting her role in orchestrating intense, boundary-pushing scenes that aligned with the studio's hardcore aesthetic.[37] Beyond the Girlvert franchise, Blue appeared in other JM Productions titles such as American Bukkake 28, showcasing the studio's bukkake and group formats.[38] Her collaborations extended to working with male performers like Johnny Thrust and Jay Lassiter in entries like Girlvert 8, which also included Kelly Wells and Nadia Sin.[39] These productions underscored JM Productions' focus on raw, unscripted gonzo content, with Blue's involvement helping to define the studio's reputation for extreme themes during the mid-2000s. The contract concluded in February 2007, after which she pursued independent projects.[40] Other notable collaborations included JM Productions' signing of Gauge to a non-exclusive contract in 2005, enabling her participation in various hardcore scenes that complemented the studio's output, though specific series leads for her were less emphasized compared to Blue's starring roles.[8] Additionally, films like Gag Factor 19, directed by Jim Powers for JM Productions in 2005, featured a roster of performers including Camilla, Haley Scott, and Sierra Sinn, illustrating the studio's ensemble approach to group-oriented gonzo releases. These partnerships reflected JM Productions' strategy of leveraging established and emerging talent for high-volume, niche content production.Legal and Regulatory Challenges
2001 LAPD Raid and Investigations
On May 2001, the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) raided the home and offices of Jeff Steward, an executive producer at JM Productions, seizing copies of American Bukkake 11 and Liquid Gold 5 as part of an obscenity investigation targeting the company's bukkake-themed videos.[41] The operation involved multiple officers and focused on content depicting group ejaculation scenes, which authorities deemed potentially obscene under state laws prohibiting materials lacking serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value.[41] Steward responded defiantly, telling Adult Video News that he intended to contest any charges vigorously and had committed no wrongdoing, framing the action as an overreach against consensual adult content production.[41] No arrests were made during the raid, and initial investigations did not result in immediate indictments, though the seized materials were analyzed for compliance with the Miller test for obscenity, which assesses community standards of prurience, patently offensive depiction of sexual conduct, and lack of redeeming value.[41] The raid reflected broader LAPD efforts in the early 2000s to scrutinize extreme pornography producers in the San Fernando Valley, amid concerns over depictions of humiliation and degradation in JM Productions' output, though federal involvement did not materialize until later years.[41] Investigations stalled without local prosecutions at the time, highlighting tensions between law enforcement priorities and First Amendment protections for adult video distributors.[41]2006 Federal Obscenity Charges and Outcomes
In June 2006, a federal grand jury in Phoenix, Arizona, indicted JM Productions, Inc., and its associate Jeff Norton on multiple counts of violating federal obscenity statutes, including 18 U.S.C. §§ 1461, 1462, 1465, 1466, and 1467, which prohibit the interstate transportation and distribution of obscene materials.[13] The charges stemmed from allegations that JM Productions shipped DVDs of films deemed obscene—such as Gag Factor 18 and Filthy Things 6—via UPS to Five Star Video, an Arizona distributor, which then sold them locally; prosecutors argued these works lacked serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value and appealed to prurient interest under the Miller v. California test, applied to Arizona community standards.[13] [42] If convicted, the defendants faced up to five years in prison per count.[13] The case was part of a broader U.S. Department of Justice initiative under the Bush administration to enforce obscenity laws against extreme adult content producers, targeting JM's gonzo-style videos featuring acts like deep-throating and bukkake.[13] In a related proceeding, an Arizona jury convicted Five Star Video and its outlets in October 2007 of interstate transportation of obscene materials, specifically finding Gag Factor 18 obscene after viewing excerpts and applying local standards; the verdict required forfeiture of related inventory but did not directly implicate JM Productions' production practices.[43] [44] On October 16, 2007, federal prosecutors dismissed all obscenity charges against JM Productions and its owner, Jeff Steward, in U.S. District Court, effectively resolving the case without trial or conviction for the company.[42] The dismissal occurred amid ongoing scrutiny of the DOJ's obscenity task force, which had pursued few successful prosecutions against producers despite targeting distributors like Five Star; JM Productions continued operations without further federal obscenity actions.[42]Reception and Impact
Industry Achievements and Awards
JM Productions garnered recognition in the adult film industry primarily through AVN Awards for its gonzo-style series emphasizing extreme content. The studio's Girlvert series, featuring performer Ashley Blue and directed by [Jim Powers](/page/Jim Powers), secured the AVN Award for Best Continuing Video Series in 2004, 2005, and 2006, highlighting its consistent commercial and stylistic impact within niche gonzo formats.[45][46][47] In the 2004 ceremony, JM also won Best Oral-Themed Series for Gag Factor and Best All-Girl Sex Scene from The Violation of... series, contributing to a total of four awards that year.[48]| Year | Award | Production |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Best All-Girl Series | The Violation of...[49] |
| 2004 | Best Continuing Video Series | Girlvert[45] |
| 2004 | Best Oral-Themed Series | Gag Factor[48] |
| 2005 | Best Continuing Video Series | Girlvert[46] |
| 2006 | Best Continuing Video Series | Girlvert[47] |
| 2008 | Reuben Sturman Award | Jeff Steward (for prevailing in federal obscenity case)[50] |
| 2010 | Best Continuing Series (among four wins) | Girlvert line[35] |

