PORTLAND, OR. – XCritic.com, one of the top online adult review sites has published its picks for the Top 10 Female Directors in Adult Entertainment.

“Whenever we heard anyone talk about female directors it was always Candida Royalle,” explained XCritic editor Chris Thorne, “Royalle is the Godmother for female porn but we felt a need to raise the awareness of an entire new generation of dynamic female porn directors”.

The top 10 list features a wide range of directors. At the top spot is Tristan Taormino a former sex advice columnist who work behind the lens has helped reshape the view of women in Porn. Taoromino is the director of the AVN Award Winning Series Chemistry and is the creative force behind Vivid Entertainment’s Vivid-Ed Line. “We felt Taormino best represented the best of the next generation of female directors. She is a smart, talented and multifaceted director,” said Thorne.

Also on the list are Belladonna, Kimberly Kane and Mason, female directors who break the stereotype that female porn directors are only about eroticism. “These women can absolutely give the men a run for their money with some of the hottest and naughtiest action we’ve seen on screen.”

Other Directors on the top 10 list include: Celeste, Stormy Daniels, Diana Devoe, jamYe waXman, Suze Randall and of course the Godmother of them all Candida Royalle .

The complete list can be found here: www.xcritic.com/columns/column.php?columnID=1179