Holly Randall
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Born | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | September 5, 1978
Years active | 2004–present |
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Holly Randall (born September 5, 1978)[1] is an American photographer, director and producer of pornographic films, and a podcast host.[2] In 2013, she was named one of the most influential women in the adult industry by AVN magazine.[3] In 2019, she received the XCritic Lifetime Achievement Award.[4] In 2024, she was inducted into the AVN Hall of Fame.[5]
Career
[edit]Photography
[edit]Randall was 20 years old and a student at Brooks Institute of Photography[6] in Santa Barbara, California, when her mother asked her to help her with the family-run web site Suze.net.[1] She returned home and began shooting for Suze.net and, by 2005, her work had appeared on the covers of every major American adult magazine.[7]
Digital
[edit]In 2004, Randall became interested in video production and started directing and producing all of the movies for Suze.net. In 2008, she launched her own production company, Holly Randall Productions, and her own membership website.[8]
In May 2013, her website joined the Met-Art network. Randall's clients include Twistys and Playboy, and she is a prolific contributor to adult magazines such as Hustler, Club, High Society, Australian Penthouse and Hot Video. In July 2017, Randall launched the Holly Randall Unfiltered podcast.[9]
Appearances
[edit]Randall and her mother Suze Randall were profiled in Secret Lives of Women: Sex for Sale on the WE channel.[10] Both have been featured on The Insider and Playboy TV's Sexcetera.[10]
Premiering in November 2013, she has her own show on Playboy TV called Adult Film School where she hosts and directs amateurs in their own professional sex tape.[11]
Randall appears in The Sex Factor where she performs photoshoots for the female contestants, and eventually for the winner of episode 2. Randall was also the judge on season two of DP Star, a contest where aspiring girls compete to win a big contract with Digital Playground, an adult entertainment company.[citation needed]
Personal life
[edit]She is the daughter of erotic photographer Suze Randall and author Humphry Knipe.[12] Randall was named after Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center where she was born.[13]
Publications
[edit]- Erotic Dream Girls. Goliath, 2009. ISBN 9783936709391.
- Kinky Nylons. Goliath, 2011. ISBN 9783936709506.
- Kinky Super Beauties
- Kinky Lingerie
Awards
[edit]- 2024: Inducted into the AVN Hall of Fame[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Holly Randall. "Biography". HollyRandall.com. Archived from the original on April 6, 2008. Retrieved July 26, 2008.
- ^ Staff (September 2013). "Game Changers". Adult Video News: 60.
- ^ Blocks, Iris (September 3, 2013). "Game Changers: 30 Women Power Players in the Adult Industry". AVN. Archived from the original on January 12, 2016. Retrieved January 23, 2014.
- ^ 2019 Winners, fleshbot.com. Accessed February 19, 2024.
- ^ a b Induction into AVN Hall of Fame, avn.com. Accessed February 19, 2024.
- ^ Sherri L. Shaulis (April 24, 2008). "Sex.com Enlists Holly Randall as Columnist". Adult Video News. Archived from the original on June 6, 2008. Retrieved July 26, 2008.
- ^ "Holly Randall Completes Cover Feat". Adult Video News. November 30, 2005. Archived from the original on January 2, 2013. Retrieved July 26, 2008.
- ^ "Holly Randall Launches Official Site". Adult Video News. April 2, 2009. Archived from the original on July 17, 2012. Retrieved May 30, 2009.
- ^ "Holly Randall Unfiltered". hollyrandallunfiltered.libsyn.com. Retrieved 2020-07-24.
- ^ a b Bob Preston (July 12, 2007). "Suze and Holly Randall to Appear on 'The Insider'". XBIZ. Archived from the original on February 10, 2009. Retrieved July 26, 2008.
- ^ Butler, Vanessa. "How to Film a Sex Tape with Holly Randall". Playboy. Archived from the original on March 16, 2014. Retrieved March 16, 2014.
- ^ Tripp Daniels (August 1, 2003). "Suze Randall Finds New Life On the Net". Adult Video News. Archived from the original on June 30, 2012. Retrieved July 28, 2008.
- ^ Tristan Taormino (March 29, 2005). "Meet the Randalls". Village Voice. Archived from the original on July 26, 2008. Retrieved July 26, 2008.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Holly Randall at IMDb
- "Interview". Adult DVD Talk. August 8, 2006.
- "Interview". Real Sex Advice. December 22, 2010. Archived from the original on January 12, 2011.
- Playboy photographers
- American erotic photographers
- American women photographers
- Artists from Los Angeles
- People from Hollywood, Los Angeles
- Photographers from California
- 1978 births
- Living people
- American pornographic film directors
- 21st-century American women
- American people of South African descent
- American people of English descent