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WHO’S WHO
DIY IN DEUTSCHLAND
German star Texas Patti sets sights on U.S.
The versatile duo has parlayed their success in Deutschland into a full-service production studio
that next year will churn out 240 sex scenes. Texas Patti Productions is a subsidiary of their new
holding company, Hitzefrei! Medien, which means “hot free” in German and also includes a licensing
arm and web services.
“We do everything on our own. We produce it, we sell it,” Patti says. “Then it was too much work.
It was really hard. We take a look for the last year and we had only 43 days at home.
“So now we have five guys, we are together. One of them do the licensing; one of them do the
online product and we do the production.”
Patti says the next step is to expand her brand in the U.S. market. She recently completed her
second trip to the States, staying for the entire month of June, following her first visit in January for
the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo and AVN Awards Show in Las Vegas, and some shoots in Los
Angeles.
“It is totally different to Germany, absolutely,” says Patti, who can be booked through OC
Modeling. “The people are funny, a little bit crazy. It is the lifestyle of L.A., I love it.
“In Germany the community is very, very small. Germany is not a big country. In Germany it
works another way. The actor and actress are just the normal people.”
So far she has shot about seven times in America, including work for Brazzers, FTVGirls,
FistPumpFilms and Gamma Films, in addition to performing in more than 500 scenes in Germany
since 2009—the majority of which have been in the last five years.
“I want to shoot for all the big companies who don’t shoot in Germany or Europe,” Patti says.
They produced their first full-length movie in 2015, after Patrick got a crash course in filmmaking,
paying $5,000 to attend a three-month film academy. Their mentor Tomas has 25 years of experience
in the porn industry.
“So it was jumping into the cold water and we did it,” Patti says. “I was a little bit afraid when it
was ready, but it was really cool and it’s a really funny movie.”
Hitzefrei! Medien produces three different kinds of movies: Class A movies are cinematic features
shot at high-end locations; B productions have an emphasis on the sex with less dialogue and fewer
actors; and C material are 20-minute clips solely focused on sex and group scenes with no dialogue.
The screening process to shoot for Texas Patti Productions in Germany is impressive—in fact it
may be the most intensive in all of porn.
“We have a quality check. We ask, ‘Why do you want to make porn—is it the money or do you like
sex? What kind of sex do you like? How old are you? 22 years old? OK, then we don’t want to shoot
with you,’” Patrick explains.
I WANT TO SHOOT FOR ALL THE BIG
COMPANIES WHO DON’T SHOOT IN
GERMANY OR EUROPE.
—TEXAS PATTI
INTERVIEW | By Dan Miller
as her signature look.
The official spokeswoman for the erotic TV division of
her red, white and blue fashion statements have become
synonymous with her personal brand.
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The German performer known as Texas Patti wears stars and
stripes everywhere she goes, adopting the American flag design
Germany’s largest adult media company, Beate Uhse, says
“When we were starting the business in Germany we thought
we have to do something special,” Patti recalls. “At this time all
the girls were called like Sweet Anne, Anal Suzy, Erika 69 …”
With the intent of setting herself apart, the former dental
assistant combined her legal name, Betti, with her husband and
business partner’s name, Patrick, to make Patti. Then she chose
Texas for its simplicity.
“We love it,” Patti says. “This is a product of both of us. I am
the face, but I can’t do it on my own.”
Now she and Patrick, aka “Mirror Man,” have turned Texas
Patti into a household name in Germany, where she has won six
Venus Awards and has represented Beate Uhse—the country’s
leading porn retailer—for almost three years. Others have taken
notice of Patti’s high-profile in her home country—in July she
was named ModelCentro’s German ambassador.
“When I was 22 I didn’t know what I want to do in the next 10 or 20 years. … That is what we
tell the girls and the boys to be thinking about. I tell them, ‘Please don’t make porno, I’ll explain you
why. And after one week you can call me back.’ And 90 percent don’t call us back.
“The 10 percent who’s calling us back, we make the same interview with him or with her. ‘OK,
now we show you what negative sides you have, and your parents and your children and your
cousins and your friends of friends of friends. That’s a serious situation. It’s not only your life that is
broken, maybe the next life, too.”
Patrick adds, “And then most guys say, ‘OK, I wasn’t thinking about this situation. I saw the fast
money.’ And we say, ‘OK, don’t shooting with us.’ And that makes it so difficult to find good actors
and good actresses. But that is what we want. When you want to shoot for me you have to love sex
and the discipline of sex it doesn’t matter. But what you do, do it from the heart and not for money.”
Patti married Patrick Mirror Man 11 years ago—they met at a traffic light in Germany—and they
were swingers before getting into the adult industry.
“I never believe in love at the first sight, but with this … if it was a cartoon it would be many
hearts,” Patti says.
Now they are a team in every way as Patrick produces and directs, Patti performs and both share
in the marketing efforts.
“Our job is our hobby,” Patrick says. “I think that is the reason for the success that when you love
your job, you win.”
“It’s not like work,” Patti adds. “I changed my life from the dental work to this not for the money.
What I do now is like free time.”
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