page_title: John Leslie (director)
section_title: Awards
hierarchical_section_title: John Leslie (director) / Awards
caption_attribution_description: American pornographic actor and director, John Leslie
context_page_description: John Leslie Nuzzo was an American pornographic film actor-director-producer. Usually credited under the name John Leslie, he also worked under a variety of pseudonyms, including John Leslie Dupre, Frederick Watson, and Lenny Lovely.
  Along with Ron Jeremy, Jamie Gillis, John Holmes, and Harry Reems, Leslie was one of the stalwart male stars of the Golden Age of Porn, when blue movies had narratives, higher quality production values, and distribution in some legitimate movie houses.
  After Holmes experienced setbacks due to drug and legal problems, Leslie inherited the mantle of the porn industry's top male superstar with the success of Talk Dirty To Me in 1980. He eventually starred in over 600 porn films before making the transition to director.
context_section_description: 1977 AFAA Award - Best Supporting Actor (Coming of Angels)
  1980 AFAA Award - Best Actor (Talk Dirty to Me)
  1980 CAFA Award - Best Actor (Talk Dirty to Me)
  1981 AFAA Award - Best Actor (Wicked Sensations)
  1982 AFAA Award - Best Actor (Talk Dirty to Me 2)
  1982 CAFA Award - Best Actor (Talk Dirty to Me 2)
  1984 AFAA Award - Best Actor (Dixie Ray & Every Woman has a Fantasy) - tied with himself for both movies
  1984 XRCO Award - Best Copulation Scene (Every Woman has a Fantasy)
  1985 AFAA Award - Best Supporting Actor (Taboo 4)
  1985 AVN Award - Best Supporting Actor, Film (Firestorm)
  1986 XRCO Award - Best Actor (Every Woman has a Fantasy 2)
  1988 AVN Award - Best Actor,  Film (Firestorm 2)
  1988 XRCO Award - Best Actor (Beauty and the Beast)
  As a director:
  1987 XRCO Award - Best Director, Video (Nightshift Nurses)
  1988 XRCO Award - Best Director (Catwoman)
  1989 AVN Award - Best Director, Video (Catwoman)
  1992 XRCO Award - Best Film (Chameleons: Not The Sequel)
  1994 XRCO Award - Best Film (Dog Walker)
  1994 XRCO Award - Best Director
  1995 AVN Award - Best Director, Film (Dog Walker)
  1995 AVN Award - Best Director, Video (Bad Habits)
  1997 AVN Award - Best All-Sex Release (John Leslie's Fresh Meat 3)
  1997 XRCO Award - Best Director
  1998 AVN Award - Best All-Sex Release (John Leslie's Fresh Meat 4)
  1998 XRCO Award - Best Director
  1999 AVN Award - Best All-Sex Release (John Leslie's Fresh Meat 5)
  1999 AVN Award - Best Director, Video (The Lecher 2)
  2000 AVN Award - Best All-Sex Release (The Voyeur 12)
  Other awards:
  1989 AVN Award - Best Screenplay, Video (Catwoman) with Mark Weiss
  1995 AVN Award - Best Screenplay, Film (Dog Walker)
caption: John Leslie in 2000
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