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AVN: What does reaching the five-year milestone for Adult Time mean to you?
BM: Reflecting on our journey, it strikes me as profoundly humbling. We officially unveiled Adult Time in 2019 to the industry at the AVN Expo in January, followed by a broader public launch in April. However, the seeds for the platform were sown back in late 2017, making it feel more like we’re approaching a seven-year milestone to me. Those early years were a whirlwind of development, marked by an intense workload, significant milestones, and moments of great challenge and reflection. They were critical in unifying our team behind a shared vision to do porn differently—not just in the content we produce and the experience we offer, but in our methodology and values. That means the most to me personally—seeing how Adult Time has grown from a far-out idea I once had to an award-winning platform and influential brand that represents the dreams and hard work of so many talented staff, crew members, and performers. It is truly a brand built by a community of people who are passionate about this industry. I look at the last five years as a jam-packed first chapter in the story of Adult Time. But we’re only just beginning.
How do you think Adult Time five years later aligns with what your original vision for the platform was prior to launching?
Looking back at the initial 32-page pitch deck I had put together is quite cool, seeing how much of our vision has come to fruition. Despite not foreseeing certain events, like the global pandemic, we’ve remained true to our original goals of revolutionizing our subscription-based business, producing and launching original content, and fostering collaborations with other studios and content creators.
What would you say were some of signature moments—or most significant accomplishments—for Adult Time in the past five years?
That’s a tough question and I’m sure the answer will vary depending on who you ask from our team, since there are so many potential moments to choose from, so I’ll just focus on personal signature moments:
1. Raising the bar for adult cinema: In 2019, I wrote and directed Adult Time’s first official feature films: Perspective and Teenage Lesbian. Both were very important projects in my career as a director but also helped set the stage for what we wanted to do with our films overall: raise the bar of adult cinema. Seeing them succeed commercially with our audience and critically at the awards validated the standard we were trying to achieve. On a personal note, seeing Seth [Gamble] and Angela [White] win their acting awards and having Teenage Lesbian be the first queer feature to win the Grand Reel that year were major highlights for everyone involved in making those films possible. I am proud that they have been followed by other award-winning Adult Time feature films in the years since, including Joanna Angel’s Casey: A True Story and Ricky Greenwood’s Grinders, and that our roster of creatives has grown to include some of the most talented filmmakers in the industry.
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