Andrew Blake

Andrew Blake was born in Philadelphia in 1948. He currently lives in Los Angeles, CA

He began his career working on movies for Playboy, and then for Penthouse but shifted to working independently in the 1990s. Most of Blake's films are released through his own production company, Studio A Entertainment. Andrew Blake is a member of the AVN Hall of Fame and XRCO Hall of Fame

Blake has described his work as "erotic fashion," and his films usually include fetish, bondage, and lesbian imagery. Blake's earliest films were primarily works of soft core erotica, However, as his film career evolved and he became more independent as a director his work became more explicit .

Blake's first major film, Night Trips, (1989), was awarded the Silver Medal in the Non-Theatrical Release Category at the Worldfest-Houston International Film Festival. Andrew Blake holds the distinction of being the first adult director to win a film award at a mainstream international film festival.

Andrew Blake's films are characterized by high production values, artistic stylization, and rigorous technique. His style has been compared to that of the seminal fashion photographer Helmut Newton, and described as "decadent, lush, opulent, unfailingly aro...

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
I am completely self taught in both still photography and filmmaking