CANOGA PARK, Calif. – Tod Hunter for www.xbiz.com reports the following:
Veteran director David Stanley, who has been under contract to Wicked Pictures since spring 2005, has left the company “by mutual agreement,” according to Stanley.
“There are things I’ve wanted to do more than I can do during a recession,” Stanley told XBIZ. “There’s been this outpouring of concern. My problem is choosing what I want to do. Whatever company has the biggest cojones, give me a call.”
Stanley stressed that the parting was amicable, saying, “I’m good friends with all of them.”
Stanley, who has been writing and directing plot-driven features since the late ’90s, worked with Elegant Angel — where he started the short-lived features division, Arch Angel — and Vivid Entertainment before signing with Wicked.
His titles have included “Fast Forward” and “Playback” for Elegant, and his Vivid titles include “20 Candles,” “The Black Room” and an ambitious two-picture combination, “Perfect Couple” and “Morning Star,” which both start with a couple breaking up: one tells the woman’s story, and the other tells the man’s. He won a 2005 AVN award for his direction of “Pretty Girl” for Vivid.
At Wicked, Stanley’s productions have included “Harlequin,” “Creme Brulee,” “1000 Words,” and “Just Like That.”
Representatives of Wicked Pictures were not available for comment.