John Travis
Died: 2017-01-07
Known For: Directing
Biography
John Travis was an American gay pornographic film director and former movie studio owner whose career began in the early 1970s in San Francisco with 8mm loops. He began directing for Falcon Entertainment, Brentwood Studios, Huge Video and Catalina Video. He formed Studio 2000 in 1992 with producer Scott Masters. Travis is best known for discovering and grooming Jeff Stryker, a popular and widely recognized gay adult performer.
Filmography
2015
- Seed Money: The Chuck Holmes Story as Self (voice) (as Jim Hodges)
2009
- Chris Steele Superstar ... (Director)
2008
- Fucked ... (Director)
2006
- Copped ... (Director)
2005
- Mount Me ... (Director)
- Shooting Stars: Banging the Boys ... (Director)
2004
- Driven ... (Director)
- Bedtime Stories III ... (Director)
- Ghetto ... (Director)
- Gored ... (Director)
2003
- Stiff as a Board ... (Director)
- Young Cum Pumpers ... (Director)
- Bedtime Stories 2: Book of Dreams ... (Director)
- Bedtime Stories 3 ... (Director)
- A Body to Die For 3: Mann Down ... (Production Supervisor)
- Pre-Condom Mania ... (Director)
- Desert Fire ... (Director)
2002
- The Size of It ... (Director)
- Whatever You Say, Sir! ... (Director)
- Spanish Uprising ... (Director)
- Bedtime Stories 1 ... (Director)
- Pistons: It's A Man's World ... (Director)
- Pre-Condom Mania ... (Director)
2001
- Barcelona Bound ... (Producer)
- Cum Hungry Jocks ... (Director)
2000
- Sextrap ... (Director)
- Wild and Wet ... (Director)
- Perfect Stranger ... (Director)
- Payload ... (Director)
- Mavericks 2 ... (Director)
1999
- Trust Me ... (Director)
- Cuffed! ... (Supervisor of Production Resources)
- West Hollywood Hope ... (Director)
- Czech Point ... (Director)
1998
- Cadet ... (Supervisor of Production Resources)
- Uncle Jack ... (Director)
- Billy 2000: Billy Goes Hollywood ... (Director)
1997
- A Body to Die For: A Weekend Murder Mystery ... (Producer)
- Tailspin ... (Director)
- Private Members ... (Producer)
- Dark Side of the Moon ... (Director)
- Underground ... (Director)
- One Hot Summer ... (Director)
- Cop Out ... (Producer)
- The Hitchhiker ... (Producer)
- Grease Guns 2 ... (Director)
- Workin' It Out ... (Producer)
1996
- Playing To Win ... (Director)
- Riptide! ... (Director)
- In Man's Country ... (Director)
- Trying It on for Size ... (Director)
- The Diary ... (Producer)
- Cram Course: Sex Ed 3 ... (Producer)
- The Staff ... (Producer)
- Uniform Code: Sex Ed 4 ... (Producer)
- Ultimate Reality ... (Producer)
- Forced Entry ... (Director)
1995
- Nights in Eden ... (Director)
- Power Trip ... (Director)
- Quick Study: Sex Ed 1 ... (Producer)
- Seamen First Class ... (Director)
- Fox's Lair ... (Director)
- Travelin' Wild ... (Producer)
- Mavericks ... (Director)
- JS Big Time ... (Director)
- Hard Lessons: Sex Ed 2 ... (Producer)
1994
- Driven to It ... (Director)
- Ready for It ... (Director)
- His Big Brother ... (Director)
- Raw Hide ... (Director)
- Voyeur ... (Director)
1993
- On The Rise ... (Director)
- Somebody is Watching ... (Director)
- Hart Throb ... (Director)
- A Few Fresh Men ... (Director)
- Grease Guns ... (Director)
1992
- Madness & Method
- Take Down ... (Director)
- "10" Plus ... (Director)
1991
- Score 10 ... (Cinematography)
- L.A. Sex Stories ... (Director)
- The Best of Jeff Stryker ... (Director)
- Busted ... (Director)
1990
- On the Rocks ... (Director)
- Idol Eyes ... (Director of Photography)
- Foxhole ... (Director)
- Hard Steal ... (Director)
- The Best of Mike Henson ... (Director)
1989
- The Look ... (Director)
- Undercover ... (Director)
- The Best of John Davenport ... (Director)
- Two Handfuls 2 ... (Director)
- Powerline ... (Writer)
1988
- They Grow 'em Big ... (Director)
- Bulge: Mass Appeal ... (Producer)
- Full Load: Maximum Oversize ... (Director)
- My Best Buddy ... (Director)
1987
- In Hot Pursuit ... (Producer)
- Bigger Than Life ... (Director of Photography)
1986
- Powertool ... (Director)
- Two Handfuls ... (Director)
1985
- The Other Side of Aspen II ... (Director)
- Rock Hard 1 The Ultimate Masturbation Experience ... (Director)
- The Switch Is On ... (Director)
- Night Flight ... (Director)
- Spring Training ... (Director)
1984
- The Hard Way ... (Director)
- Big & Thick ... (Director)
1982
- Blue Streak ... (Director)
- Hungry Hole ... (Director)
1981
- The Best of Brentwood 1 ... (Director)
- Eureka Bound ... (Director)
- Don't Fight It, Kid ... (Director)
- Breakdown ... (Director)