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His original investor was a weed grower who initially gave him $10K.
“He convinced me along with Peter North to start making my own movies because
I was an avid fan,” Curtis says. “They said, ‘If you’re such a fan, why don’t you make
your own?’
“And my first movie sold to VCA and they started encouraging me to make more.
I thought this is kind of fun, working with all these people I watched on my TV all
these years and then actually being on set.”
Curtis would later produce and direct a handful of volumes of Intense Perversions
before launching what would be his signature series of the late 90s and early 2000s,
Hot Bods & Tail Pipe, which went to 30 volumes for his former company, Celestial
Productions, between 1997-2005.
Even though it didn’t take him a long time to establish himself as a gonzo director,
Curtis knew there was much more he could do.
“The way to sustain a long career was to get into distribution,” Stoney says. “I’ve
had a much easier lifestyle because I took control of my own career and I call my
own shots.
“We just believed back then that the only way we were going to survive and stay a
long time is to not be just a shooter for hire.”
Indeed, foresight and decisiveness have served Curtis well during many stages of
his career.
By 2007, after years of facilitating DVD distribution on his own, Curtis also reached
the conclusion that the distribution model for a small studio was not cost efficient.
So he made another game-changing decision, choosing to sign with a new
company called Pulse Distribution.
“I saved myself a lot of money signing with Pulse and the distribution fee they gave
me was small enough that it cut my costs. I sold more pieces and paid out less
money,” Curtis recalls.
“I signed with Pulse long before pretty much the whole industry. I was the second
or third studio they distributed.”
Fast forward to present day and Curtis applauds the content creators who have
carved out a place in adult entertainment during this golden era of independent
platforms—he also has message for them.
In short, he says anyone suggesting to creators that they’ll compromise their sales
on OnlyFans by doing studio porn is giving them bad advice.
“To all the OnlyFans models out there, I salute you for coming into this industry
and having the guts enough to actually pursue this and make money,” Curtis says.
“One of the key ways to build your fanbase is to pick various studios who have
longstanding fans to shoot for. And when you shoot for them it’s only going to build
up the amount of fans coming to your OnlyFans.”
“It’s not going to cut into your sales,” he assures. “If you just do a limited number
of scenes for studios it’s not going to hurt. In fact, it will increase your sales. Fans will
find out about you from shooting for Lethal Hardcore. I can guarantee you a lot of
them don’t know who you are.
“... If you are only on OnlyFans you’re going to miss out on guys who don’t go on
OnlyFans. There are millions of clients who are not going on OnlyFans.”
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