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WHO’S WHO
INTERVIEW | By Sharan Street
BOOTY MAN
MimeFreak talks about what’s ahead at ArchAngel
MimeFreak for
When one meets
the first time, he
makes a memorable
impression. A tall,
good-looking guy,
he’s also blessed with
no small amount
of charm and an
easy smile. And he was smiling broadly during an
interview with AVN, talking about the company
where he serves as general manager: ArchAngel
Video.
The adult studio, which hit its third birthday in
November, was founded in 2014 by Gabriel Guzman
and Brian Bullock, and MimeFreak has been there
since the beginning. But this year has been especially
eventful, and he was happy to talk about several
milestones.
For one, the studio released its first production
shot in 4k: The Booty Movie 6: The MILF Edition. It’s
apropos that this ArchAngel series should be the first
shot in 4k, given that Volume 1 was the first DVD
released by the studio. Also fittingly, Booty Movie 6
features Kendra Lust, who has had a close working
relationship with the studio.
“We felt like there were some MILF performers
with some pretty nice derrieres so we figured we’d
give them their own title,” MimeFreak said. “And
since this was the movie that started it all for
ArchAngel, we figured, ‘Let’s just make it 4k.’ We
didn’t want to rush out into 4k until we had it right.”
In addition to Lust, the movie features Nina Elle
(another ArchAngel regular), Brett Rossi and Cherie
DeVille.
To hear MimeFreak talk, he’s a bit of a one-man
show on his sets. He shoots without production
assistants, saying, “I move a lot faster and I’m a lot
efficient when it’s just me. I’ve tested it: How long
did it take me to shoot the tease, the pictures, the sex
and get in and get out? And it’s faster. It sucks when
there’s a heat wave, and then I wish I had somebody.”
In the business for 13 years, MimeFreak remembers
the day when porn shoots had much bigger crews.
“I started under Chris Streams and Pat Myne. They
brought me in. Chris found me at Bed Bath and
Beyond, of all places.
“I was working in the duvet section,” MimeFreak
said, chuckling. He recalled that Streams needed to
return some sheets. “I didn’t know how bad it was,
but he said, ‘Do you think I can return these sheets?’
and I said, ‘I’ll return them personally.’ So I told him,
‘Just fold them up as tight in that bag as you can.’
… I was asking Chris what he did and he said, ‘I’m
a director.’ So I looked at him and I said, ‘You don’t
look like no Hollywood director.’”
Once the curious salesman learned more about the
porn veteran’s filmography, MimeFreak told Streams,
“I got music for this,” and then asked the director for
a job. About a week later he was on set.
“He put a camera in my hand and I started working
as a production assistant,” MimeFreak said.
But it was Pat Myne who gave him the chance
to direct for Black Ice, a Zero Tolerance imprint.
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MimeFreak’s Don’t Screw My Mom, nominated for Best Comedy; the first release from the Beginners Luck imprint; and one of the director’s recent IR titles.
MimeFreak recalled one title in particular, Black da
Fuck Up, which he directed under the name Dynomite
Dolomite. Released in 2006, it starred Jada Fire,
Marie Luv, Chyanne Jacobs, Candace Von and Jemeni.
After a two-year hiatus he came back to work in the
Zero Tolerance warehouse and then started shooting
with both Mick Blue at ZT and Jay Sin over at Evil
Angel. “Mick hired me as his cameraman full time, so
he kind of fine-tuned me. … It was because of Mick
that I got in the door at Elegant Angel.”
That led to another door when ArchAngel
launched, and MimeFreak’s been happily at work
there since. But this past year he’s taken things to a
new level, partly inspired by Kendra Lust, whose Lust
Army movies are released by ArchAngel.
BEGINNERS LUCK IS
‘KIND OF LIKE
CASTING COUCH
MEETS AMATEUR
MEETS BTS. IT’S NOT
THAT SERIOUS—YOU
CAN HAVE FUN.’
—MIMEFREAK
“At ArchAngel we were just gonzo,” he said. Then
Kendra Lust Fucks Couples came along, MimeFreak
recalled. “She was doing storylines and I said, ‘Aww,
I want to do storylines.’” He fulfilled that ambition
with Don’t Screw My Mom, nominated for Best Comedy
in the 2018 AVN Awards. “I like comedy. I like to
make people laugh,” he said.
“Believe it or not, most of the people we used
[for non-sex roles] work for us, for the owner of
ArchAngel, in different areas. So it was kind of
fun seeing all these extras on camera playing sons.
They’re all in that movie.”
That created some tension at the office. “All the
older guys got pissed; they were like, ‘Hey, how can
you put all of the young guys in the movie and not us?’ I
said, ‘I got you.’” His solution is a sequel to the original,
Don’t Screw My Daughter, which will feature ArchAngel’s
older employees in non-sex paternal roles.
Even bigger, though, is MimeFreak’s most recent
venture: Beginners Luck, an imprint that spotlights
brand-new girls. “I’m not only lead director, general
manager—now I’m co-owner.”
His impetus to create the studio, MimeFreak says,
was to have an outlet for working with first-timers. He
cites specific regret over not getting to shoot 2016 Best
New Starlet Abella Danger when she first came on the
scene. “If we would have gotten one of her first scenes
and put it into an amateur release, just imagine what we
would have had.”
The ArchAngel imprint hit the market in October
with its first release, I Want To Be A Porn Star 1, directed
by MimeFreak and starring Alana Summers, Alanna
Bentley, Kayli Moon and box cover model Tana Lea.
“It’s kind of like casting couch meets amateur meets
BTS,” MimeFreak explained. “It’s not that serious—you
can have fun. At the end we ask, ‘Would you do it again?
Is it what you thought it would be?’ We wanted to make
it very, very amateur. Some amateur companies, it looks
great. I don’t really want that.”
He continues, “And then we have phase two of the
company, which is a big secret, and we’re not going to
start that until 2018. But it’s in the works. It’s going to
be challenging but I think it’s going to be very fun, and
it has a lot to do with the fans.”
Finally, the company has also been sprucing up its
online digs. “We’re starting ArchAngel World. That’s
new too. We’re redoing our site. We’re redoing Kendra’s
site. And we’re starting up Beginners Luck Productions.
It’s all going to be under the ArchAngel World umbrella.
We’re kind of starting this little cult. In 2018, we’re
going to do things very opposite. I have some pretty
exciting shit that I’ve got coming. There has to be
something different. The last two years with porn has
been kind of run of the mill. … It’s just a matter of time
putting it together.”