Mark Spiegler

Mark Spiegler

Mark Spiegler at the XRCO Awards in Hollywood, California on April 25, 2013
Other names Shylock[1]
Website spieglergirls.com
No. of adult films 96 (as producer)[2]

Mark Spiegler is a talent agent for pornographic actresses and founder of Spiegler Girls, which is often regarded as being among the adult film industry's top agencies.[1][2][3][4] He was inducted into the AVN Hall of Fame in 2012.[5]

Early life

Spiegler was raised in West Hollywood, California and attended Hollywood High School.[1] He graduated from California State University, Northridge with a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics and became a stock trader afterward.[1][2]

Career

Mark Spiegler (center) with Spiegler Girls (clockwise from top left) Valentina Nappi, Asa Akira, Alina Li, Gabriela Paltrova, Jessie Andrews, and Casey Calvert at the 2014 AVN Awards

Spiegler began working in the adult film industry as a production assistant in the 1980s. In the 1990s, he worked as a producer on 96 pornographic films.[2]

Spiegler began working as an agent after French pornographic actress Lisa Crawford asked him to represent her.[6] In 1999, he began working as an agent for Topp Models. In 2003, he founded his own agency, Spiegler Girls. Spiegler Girls is a member of the Licensed Adult Talent Agency Trade Association (LATATA).[2] Unlike most adult agencies, which often represent hundreds of performers, Spiegler only represents a maximum of 25 women at a time.[4]

Spiegler refers to himself as the "Patron of the Tarts" on his business cards.[1][4] He has also been referred to as the "Ari Emanuel of porn" by several mainstream media outlets, such as The Hollywood Reporter[2] and The Daily Beast.[4] LA Weekly referred to him as the "Ari Gold of porn".[7]

Spiegler has appeared on The Tyra Banks Show,[8] The Burn with Jeff Ross,[9] and the German documentary film 9to5 – Days in Porn.[10][11]

In February 2009, Spiegler filed a $3 million lawsuit for defamation of character against pornographic film director Skeeter Kerkove. Kerkove alleged that Spiegler received oral sex from four of his clients, Jayna Oso, Katja Kassin, Melissa Lauren and Katsuni, in exchange for finding them work. All four performers signed declarations, stating that the allegations made by Kerkove were false. In December 2010, Spiegler won $85,000 in damages.[12]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Dave Gardetta (November 1, 2006). "The Teenager & The Porn Star". Los Angeles. Retrieved November 2, 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Daniel Miller (November 15, 2012). "Inside the Risky Business of Porn Star Agents". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved November 2, 2013.
  3. ↑ Sarah Feldberg (January 12, 2009). "A breaststroke through the porn talent pool with Mark Spiegler". Las Vegas Weekly. Retrieved November 2, 2013.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Richard Abowitz (January 8, 2011). "At AVN Weekend with Porn's Top Talent Agent". The Daily Beast. Retrieved November 2, 2013.
  5. ↑ "AVN Awards 2012 - Nominations" (PDF). AVN Awards. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 29, 2013. Retrieved November 2, 2013.
  6. ↑ Erika Icon (December 20, 2008). "Step Into The Arena". XBIZ. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
  7. ↑ Jessica P. Ogilvie (March 26, 2013). "10 Porn Stars Who Could Be the Next Jenna Jameson". LA Weekly. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
  8. ↑ "Teens in the Sex Trade". IMDb. February 8, 2007. Retrieved November 2, 2013.
  9. ↑ Peter Warren (September 7, 2012). "Jeff Ross Gives Porn 'The Burn'". AVN. Retrieved November 2, 2013.
  10. ↑ David Sullivan (August 21, 2008). "Porn Documentary Premieres in Montreal". AVN. Retrieved November 2, 2013.
  11. ↑ Dan Miller (March 23, 2010). "Strand Releasing to Unveil '9 to 5: Days in Porn' Documentary". AVN. Retrieved November 2, 2013.
  12. ↑ Steve Javors (December 16, 2010). "Mark Spiegler Wins $85K in Defamation Suit Against Skeeter Kerkove". AVN. Retrieved November 2, 2013.
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