(Hollywood, California) Once again, multi-award winning French-Canadian adult director and writer Ricky Greenwood has scored many AVN nominations. He, his casts and crews received a whopping 57 AVN Awards nominations.
AVN hosted a very luxurious, well-attended nomination party at the Avalon nightclub in the heart of Hollywood, with a star-studded red carpet, an open bar and tasty snacks. Owner Tony Rios announced the top nominations, along with the 2025 trophy girls. Ricky Greenwood was there, walked the carpet, enjoyed a few adult beverages and was thrilled to hear his name called multiple times for Grand Reel and Outstanding Directing -Individual Work.
Ricky triumphed with nominations for Best Directing Portfolio – Varied Range and Excellent Direction – Individual Work for Digital Playground’s ‘Gold Diggers’. Four of his feature films earned Grand Reel nominations: Dorcel’s ‘Alive’ and ‘Amuse Bouche’ and Digital Playground’s ‘Gold Diggers’ and ‘Project
Ricky’s feature films also took the market by storm in terms of acting nominations. Dorcel’s ‘Alive’ was nominated for Best Lead Actor for Chad Alva, Best Lead Actress for Victoria Voxxx and Best Supporting Actress for Sophia Locke. Dorcel’s ‘Amuse Bouche’ collected nominations for Best Lead Actor for Nathan Bronson, Best Lead Actress for Lumi Ray, Best Supporting Actor for Derrick Pierce and Best Non-Sex Performance for Tommy Pistol. Digital Playground’s “Gold Diggers” earned nominations for Best Lead Actor for Scott Nails, Best Lead Actress for Adria Rae, Best Supporting Actor for Alex Jones and Best Supporting Actress for Vicki Chase and Kimmy Granger. DP’s Dirty Cops received nominations for lead actress Nicole Kitt, best supporting actor for Scott Nails and best supporting actress for Jennifer White. And Digital Playground’s Project Ricky’s feature films also received nominations for scenes. DP’s “Gold Diggers” got a best three-way sex scene for episode 5, and “Project X” got a best foursome/orgy scene for episode 4.
The BTS players in his projects also did well. Digital Playground’s ‘Gold Diggers’ and ‘Project DP’s ‘Dirty Cops’ received a nod for best cinematography. Two feature films, Digital Playground’s ‘Gold Digger’ and ‘Project Dorcel’s ‘Amuse Bouche’ received a Best Screenplay – Feature Film/Extended Work nomination, and Pure Taboo’s ‘A Loving Home Environment’ received a Best Screenplay – Featurette nod. DP’s “Project And Dorcel’s “Alive” received a nomination for Best Music.
Ricky’s non-feature work was also recognized. AllHerLuv’s ‘Erotic Premonitions’, Pure Taboo’s received a Best All-Girl Movie or Collected Release nomination. Girlsway’s ‘Crossing the Finish Line’ and Parasited’s ‘Just Friends’ scored nominations for best all-girl group sex scene. Pure Taboo’s ‘Overachiever’ received a nomination for best boy/girl sex scene. Pure Taboo’s ‘A Loving Home Environment’ was awarded a nod for best double penetration sex scene. Dorcel’s “Climax 4” received a nomination for Best Foursome/Orgy Scene. Dorcel’s “Luxure: My Wife’s Climax” scored a Best Multi-Partner Film or Collected Release and a Best Tag-Team Sex Scene for Scene 2. Family Sinners “In-Laws 2” earned a Best Taboo Relations Film or Collected Release nod.
Ricky’s featurettes were also recognized. Hollywood Cash received a Best Actor – Featurette nomination for Pure Taboo’s ‘Preserving Our New Lifestyle’ and Seth Gamble got one for ‘A Loving Home Environment’. “Preserving Our New Lifestyle” also earned a Best Tag-Team Sex Scene. Katie Kush got a Best Actress – a featurette nod for Pure Taboo’s “Saving the Family Business” and Melody Marks got one for “Mi Casa Es Su Casa.” Pure Taboo’s “A Loving Home Environment” received a nomination for Best Featurette.
His trans scenes also received multiple nominations. Kalli Grace received a Best Trans Acting Achievement for TransSensual’s “TS Taboo 9 – Scene 2: Let Her Explore,” and Kasey Kei received one for “Shutting Down the Dirty Massage Parlor” on “TS Massage 6.” TransSensual’s “My Best Friend’s TS Sister 2” scored a nod for Best Trans Film or Collected Release. Two of Ricky’s TransSensual scenes were voted best trans one-on-one sex scene: Brittney Kade and Tommy King in ‘Custom Carwash’ and Amanda Riley and Roman Todd in ‘TS Sister in Law 2 – Scene 1: Sneaky Sis. ‘
“Thank you to all the studios, artists and crews I worked with this year. Without you none of this would have been possible. And thank you, AVN, for recognizing our hard work this year. It is an honor to receive so many nominations,” says Ricky Greenwood.
The AVN Awards will take place on Saturday, January 25eat the Virgin Hotels in Las Vegas.
View all nominees for the 2025 AVN Awards avn.com/business/articles/video/avn-announces-nominees-for-2025-avn-awards-937919.html.
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ABOUT RICKY GREENWOOD
In 2017, French-Canadian adult director and writer Ricky Greenwood got his start in the industry with a push from Mile High Media Vice President John Blitt, who has always been a genius when it comes to spotting real talent. Ricky came from a mainstream background working in television, reality TV, documentaries, feature films and short films. All this prepared him to take over the porn industry over the past seven years.
The multi-award winning director and writer is known for his story-driven feature films Confessions of a Sinful Nun 2: The Rise of Sister Mona, Terror camp, Talk to Derby to me, Grinding machinesAnd Killer on the loose. Over the past three years he has become known as a versatile director working across the straight, gay, trans and lesbian worlds, having worked with top tier studios such as Sweetheart Video, TransSensual, Icon Male, Marc Dorcel, Adult Time, AllHerLuv, Parasited and MissaX. Ricky has won multiple XBIZ Awards for Director of the Year-Body of Work (Narrative), All-Girl Movie of the Year, Best Editing, and Director of the Year-Trans (three times). He has won Director of the Year, Best Directing Portfolio – Cross-Genre, Grand Reel (twice) and Best Screenplay – Featurette at the AVN Awards. His additional wins include Best Lesbian Film or Limited Series, Feature Film of the Year and Best Girl/Girl Release from the Urban Editor’s Choice and Best Feature Production Fans’ Choice from the NightMoves Awards, and Best AltStar Feature Video (twice) from the AltStar Awards, and Best Director – Feature (twice) of the XRCO Awards.
He has also received over 600 nominations for his directing, scenes, art direction, screenplays, cinematography and editing across all genres he works in, from AVN, XBIZ XMA’s, TEA’s, Fleshbot, NightMoves, XCritic, Urban Awards. Ricky was featured in Forbes in July 2024, Hustler twice and scored the cover and a 14-page article in the September 2023 issue of ASN Lifestyle Magazine.
Ricky is one of the hardest working men in adulthood and enjoys giving his audience a glimpse into the projects he works on from start to finish in photos on his Twitter/X @RickyGreenwoodX and Instagram @x_ricky_greenwood_x. You may also see more than a few adult performers you know in his timelines and posts.
