My Favorite Pornstar: Tell us a bit about yourself?
Dick Bush: My name is Dick Bush, I’m 38, I live in Cambridgeshire, England and I write, direct and edit adult movies!
My Favorite Pornstar: How did you get into directing?
Dick Bush: I’ve always been into films and loved acting when I was younger. I’ve been making silly films with my friends since I was about 12, running around with my Dad’s video camera. After making a few short films (usually involving guns and action!) I knew it was what I wanted to do as a job. I got an M.A. in Film making at The London Film School and shortly after graduating, I got a job as an Assistant Editor at a porn production company in London, called Relish. Soon I was a camera man… then director.
My Favorite Pornstar: Explain briefly what a director does
Dick Bush: A director is the one with the vision of how the movie should feel and what the movie should be. It’s a creative role… a different director may create a very serious, dramatic movie from the same script that another could make a witty, light hearted comedy. In the porn industry, I read the script and imagine all the camera shots I want and how I’d like the actors to deliver their dialogue and then on set I try to capture that on camera!
My Favorite Pornstar: Why directing?
Dick Bush: I’m a control freak. I love telling stories. I particularly love directing my own scripts. When you get to create a whole world, which was initially just a thought in your head and bring it to life… it’s like being god.
My Favorite Pornstar: Can you explain how directing has changed over the past few years.
Dick Bush: I think directing is the same, for mainstream and for porn, and has been the same for many years. Simply put… You tell the performers what to do until they do it how you want!
My Favorite Pornstar: What mix of modern an older techniques do you use?
Dick Bush: I like to see what the performers are going to come up with by themselves. So when we’re rehearsing on set, I wont give them any direction until I see how they perform a scene. And then I’ll tweak it with some suggestions. Occasionally I’ll tell one performer to do something without the other knowing (during the acting bits!) anything that can create a real reaction from a performer is great.
My Favorite Pornstar: If you weren’t directing what would you be doing?
Dick Bush: If I wasn’t getting paid to make films… I’d probably just make films in my spare time! But I also enjoy writing, I’ve written two novels so far. League of Frankenstein is an action fantasy and A Better Way To Kill is an action thriller. Both are available from Amazon in paperback and Ebook.
My Favorite Pornstar: Can you talk us through the awards that you’ve won? Are there any that stand out?
Dick Bush: Several of my early films have won British Awards at the TVX SHAFTAs, UKAP and PRP Awards. My Doctor Who parody, “The Doctor” for Brazzers won 3 AVN Awards including Best Foreign Director and Best Foreign Feature in 2016. Sherlock XXX for Digital Playground won Best Foreign Feature in 2017. Bulldogs for Digital Playground won Best Foreign Feature in 2018. All of those, I wrote and Directed. I also won an XBIZ Award in 2018 for Foreign Director Of The Year.
My Favorite Pornstar: As a director you need to keep ahead of demand, how do you do this?
Dick Bush: As a director, I don’t really think about that. I leave that to the studios. I’m a director for hire. I have script and movie ideas that I’d love to do, but I’ll also direct scripts that I’m given.
My Favorite Pornstar: What advice would you give to aspiring actors?
Dick Bush: Read the script before turning up on set!
My Favorite Pornstar: Where can your fans see your work?
Dick Bush: My work is all over Brazzers, Digital Playground, FakeHub. Follow me on twitter @DickBush.
My Favorite Pornstar: Which director do you admire & why?
Dick Bush: One of my favorite directors is Robert Rodriguez. His early films were made for such little money but looked so much bigger. His 10 minute film schools on his movies’ DVDs were invaluable. Also, I’m a huge fan of Michael Mann… Heat, Thief, Manhunter, Collateral. Love his style.
My Favorite Pornstar: What do you think is the future for the adult entertainment industry?
Dick Bush: I think VR will continue to grow, especially as more and more VR systems become cheaper. I also think we’re missing this softcore middle ground. In the 80s and 90s we still had steamy sexy mainstream movies… they seemed to have disappeared. I don’t see why more big budget porn films couldn’t be geared towards a mainstream audience.
My Favorite Pornstar: Name a movie adult or mainstream that has inspired you & why it inspired you?
Dick Bush: El Mariachi by Robert Rodriguez. Made for $7,000. It was a movie that showed people you didn’t have to make movies a certain way.
My Favorite Pornstar: You’re one of the most successful adult industry directors, how do you give back to the adult industry?
Dick Bush: By making amazing movies and series that wouldn’t exist without me!
My Favorite Pornstar: What do you look for in an adult performer?
Dick Bush: Confidence, a performance, it’s difficult to list something like that!
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