(Hollywood, CA) The AVN Nominations Party returned to the Avalon nightclub in Hollywood with a well-attended, industry-only, red-carpet gala. Hosts Abigaiil Morris and ItsLo, trophy girls Ava Amira and Meagan Moore, AVN CEO Tony Rios, and AVN Hall of Famer Amber Lynn hosted the party, and a handful of top categories were announced. Multi-award-winning French Canadian adult director and writer Ricky Greenwood, along with his casts and crews, has received 48 AVN Award nominations across a wide array of categories, from Grand Reel to Best Leading Actor to Best Cinematography and more.
The 2026 nominations season is in full swing, and Ricky Greenwood, his casts, and crews once again dominated the AVN Awards list of nominees. Ricky’s up for Best Directing Portfolio – Narrative, and he had three films that snagged the coveted Grand Reel nomination: Digital Playground’s “Deadly Vows,” and “Wanted,” and Dorcel’s “Strip.
Digital Playground’s “Deadly Vows” was also honored with noms for Outstanding Directing – Individual Work for Ricky, Best Leading Actress for Ryan Reid, Best Supporting Actress for Elly Clutch, Best Boy/Girl Sex Scene for Ryan Reid and Ricky Johnson, Best Non-Sex Performance for Mike Horner, Best Art Direction, Best Editing, Best Hair and Makeup, and Best Music.
DP’s “Wanted” also received a slew of noms, including Best Leading Actor for Isiah Maxwell, Best Leading Actress for Blake Blossom, Best Supporting Actor for Victor Ray, Best Boy/Girl Sex Scene for Blake Blossom and Parker Ambrose, Best Oral Sex Scene for Kylie Rocket & Isiah Maxwell, Best Art Direction, and Best Music.
Dorcel’s “Strip” was also recognized for Best Leading Actor for Tommy Pistol, Best All-Girl Group Sex Scene for Jayden Cole, Riley Reid, and Gizelle Blanco, Best Foursome/Orgy Scene for Clara Mia, Nicole Doshi, Nicole Vaunt, Blake Blossom, Seth Gamble, and Isiah Maxwell, Best Cinematography, Best Screenplay, Best Hair and Makeup, and Best Editing.
Ricky’s feature for Digital Playground, “The Holdup” also scored some stellar nominations for the Mark Stone Award for Outstanding Comedy, Best Leading Actor for Scott Nails, Best Supporting Actress for Christy Canyon, Best Non-Sex Performance for Tommy Pistol, Best Oral Sex Scene for Anna Claire Clouds and Scott Nails, Best Art Direction, and Best Music.
Dorcel’s “Play” snagged noms for the Mark Stone Award for Outstanding Comedy, Best Supporting Actor for Tommy Pistol, Best Supporting Actress for Nicole Kitt, and Best Art Direction.
His work for Hentaied Pro’s Parasited helped Ricky score nominations for Best Featurette for “The Futa Parasited” and Best Foursome/Orgy Scene for “Overload Act 3” starring Anna Claire Clouds, Myra Moans, Octavia Red, Scarlett Alexis, and Ryan Driller.
Ricky’s Adult Time projects also received nominations. Pure Taboo’s “Simulation” received noms for Best Leading Actor for Oliver Davis and Best Screenplay, and “Manhood” scored Ashley Lane a Best Actress – Featurette and Best Hair & Makeup. Lez Be Bad’s “Pulled out of the Closet” is up for Best All-Girl Group Sex Scene. “Locked in a Nightmare” snagged a Best Double-Penetration Sex Scene for Ember Snow, Seth Gamble, and Vince Karter.
Mile High’s TransSensual’s TS Girls Do It Best (Series) was nommed for Best Trans Movie or Series and TS Girls Do It Best (Series) and TS Chronicle’s “Pound Her TS Style” for Best Trans One-on-One Sex Scene.
“Thank you, AVN! I could not be happier with all these nominations for my casts, crews, and myself. I had some amazing projects this year and had a great time filing them. This is the cherry on top,” says Ricky Greenwood.
For a complete list of nominees, visit avn.com/awards/2026_nominees. Fan categories will be announced soon.
The AVN Awards are set to take place at the Virgin Hotels in Las Vegas on Saturday, January 24, 2026.
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ABOUT RICKY GREENWOOD
In 2017, French Canadian adult director and writer Ricky Greenwood started in the industry with a push from Mile High Media Vice President John Blitt, who has always been a genius when it comes to spotting true talent. Ricky came from a mainstream background working in television, reality TV, documentaries, feature films, and shorts—all this prepared him to take over the adult industry in the last eight years.
The multi-award-winning director and writer is known for his story-driven feature films, like Raw, Wanted, Deadly Vows, Project X, Machine Gunner, Confessions of a Sinful Nun 2: The Rise of Sister Mona, Terror Camp, Talk Derby to Me, Grinders, and Killer on the Loose. Over the past three years, he’s become known as a multi-faceted director that works in the straight, gay, trans, and lesbian realms, and has worked with top-shelf studios like Sweetheart Video, TransSensual, Icon Male, Marc Dorcel, Adult Time, AllHerLuv, Parasited, and MissaX. Ricky has won multiple XBIZ Awards for Director of Year -Body of Work (Narrative), All-Girl Movie of the Year, Best Editing, and Director of the Year- Trans (three times). From the AVN Awards, he’s won Director of the Year, Best Directing Portfolio – Varied Range (twice), Outstanding Directing – Individual Work Grand Reel (three times) and Best Screenplay – Featurette from the AVN Awards. His additional wins include Best Lesbian Movie or Limited Series, Feature Movie of the Year and Best Girl/Girl Release from the Urban X Awards, Best Scene Producer (twice) from the TEAs, Best Ruining Xmas for Adult Time’s The Bargain from the Bazowie Awards, Best Feature Director, Best Feature Film, Best All-Girl Release Editor’s Choice and Best Feature Production Fans’ Choice from the NightMoves Awards, and Best AltStar Feature Video (twice) from the AltStar Awards, and Best Director – Features (three times) and Best Release from the XRCO Awards.
He’s also received over 800 award nominations for his directing, scenes, art direction, screenplays, cinematography, and editing in all the genres he works in from AVN, XBIZ XMAs, TEAs, Fleshbot, NightMoves, XCritic, Urban X, XRCOs, and Inked Awards. Ricky has been featured in Forbes in July of 2024, Hustler twice and scored the cover and a 14-page feature in the September 2023 issue of ASN Lifestyle Magazine.
Ricky is one of the hardest-working men in adult and loves to give his audiences a glimpse into the projects he’s working on from start to finish in photos on his X @RickyGreenwoodX and Instagram @x_ricky_greenwood_x. You might also see more than a few adult performers you know in his timelines and posts.
