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“I’m more into the in-your-face,
the wow factor.”
Dredd tells AVN he worked closely with Mike Wylde of Wylde Sites on the look, feel
and functionality of OfficialDreddXXX.
“He was a huge part. He brought it to life. He designed everything,” Dredd says.
Dredd also lauded the work of Noah Crabtree, who has become his go-to
videographer in addition to being his assistant. Crabtree is a second-generation
porn pro whose father is Elliot Clixx—who is Jules Jordan’s longtime videographer.
“He’s been doing a great job,” Dredd says. “I could’ve gone with a bunch of other
people, but knowing his dad is what really solidified it. He’s like a chip off the old
block.
“It took a while for him to get used to how I wanted him to shoot because it’s not
like he was going on set with his dad. So I had to really work with him. It can be a
pretty shocking thing to suddenly step in a room where you have me with one of
those beautiful porn girls and everything that’s going on.
“But he got it and now he’s capturing things exactly the way I want him to do it.”
Crabtree tells AVN because of his dad he’s “grown up with a camera” in his hand—
and he’s been working as Dredd’s videographer since early 2024. Among his various
other duties are uploading scenes to the site and assisting with the marketing and
promotional efforts, such as posting trailers.
“It’s definitely been a lot of work,” Crabtree says. “But Dredd has given me the
space to do it. I’m still pretty young and just kind of starting off in the industry so it’s
been really exciting. To help Dredd with something so big and be his guy it’s been
really cool and very rewarding. He’s an amazing person to work with and the best
boss I’ve ever had.”
Crabtree says he’s adapted to Dredd’s hybrid POV style.
“He does do a lot of the camerawork himself. There’ll be times especially during
the end of the shoot where he’ll hold the camera,” Noah adds.
Dredd recalls discovering his father’s porn stash at a young age and becoming an
avid fan decades prior to making his debut.
He took notice of all-time greats such as Vanessa Del Rio, Ginger Lynn and Christy
Canyon, whom he got to perform with in 2023.
“And I always had it in my head—a lot of guys have this—that I could do that. Or
at least I’d like to try. Of course you had to have the right connections to get into it,”
Dredd says.
And Dredd didn’t know anyone who could make it happen while he was grinding
at his 9-to-5 at a pharmaceutical company. Then in 2008 he recalls listening to
the “Howard Stern Show” on satellite radio when Stern was interviewing a guy
representing Hush Hush Entertainment. The topic was the search for the new
“Blackzilla.”
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