Jacky St. James is a multiple award-winning American adult film director and screenwriter.
St. James was born and raised in Northern Virginia, in the Washington Metropolitan Area. In 2004, at the age of 27, she moved to Los Angeles, where she became a mainstream film/television actress and director. In May 2010, a friend of St. James sent her a clip of "The Wedding Day" from the New Sensations Romance Series, because he was impressed by the quality of the film. She did some research and discovered that New Sensations was doing a writing contest for the series. She entered the contest in 2011 and her script, "Dear Abby", won. Adult film director Eddie Powell, who had given St. James advice on writing the script, directed the film, and it was released by New Sensations in June 2011. The film won Best Screenplay at the 2012 AVN Awards, and her subsequent films, such as "Torn", "The Temptation of Eve", and "The Submission of Emma Marx", have won awards and award nominations every year since. Since 2014, the bulk of her directing work has been for Digital Sin's Tabu Tales, an adult film line with plots featuring "fauxcest".
In addition to her duties as a director and screenwriter, she is also a publicist for New Sensations.
Adult Film Awards (partial list) :
- 2013 AVN Award Nominee: Best Director: Non-Feature, "Power and Control" (2012)
- 2013 AVN Award Nominee: Best Director: Feature, "Torn" (2012)
- 2013 Dirty Dozen Of Award Winner: Best Director of Humans Having Sex
- 2013 Inked Award Nominee: Acheivement Award
- 2013 Sex Awards Nominee: Favorite Director
- 2013 XBIZ Award Nominee: Best Non-Sex Acting Performance, "Love, Marriage and Other Bad Ideas" (2012)
- 2013 XBIZ Award Nominee: Screenplay of the Year, "Torn" (2012)
- 2013 XBIZ Award Nominee: Director of the Year - Feature Release, "Torn" (2012), with Eddie Powell
- 2014 AVN Award Nominee: Best Director: Feature, "Temptation of Eve" (2013)
- 2014 AVN Award Nominee: Best Director: Feature, "Submission Of Emma Marx" (2013)
- 2014 Nightmoves Award Nominee: Best Director: Feature
- 2014 XBIZ Award Nominee: Director of the Year - Feature Release, "Submission Of Emma Marx" (2013), with Eddie Powell
- 2014 XBIZ Award Nominee: Director of the Year - Feature Release, "Temptation of Eve" (2013)
- 2014 XRCO Award Winner: Best Director: Features
- 2015 AVN Award Nominee: Best Director: Feature, "Second Chances" (2014)
- 2015 AVN Award Nominee: Director of the Year
- 2015 AVN Award Nominee: Best Director: Non-Feature, "Keep It In The Family" (2014)
- 2015 AVN Award Nominee: Best Screenplay, "Second Chances" (2014)
- 2015 Nightmoves Award Nominee: Best Director: Feature
- 2015 XBIZ Award Winner: Best Non-Sex Acting Performance, "Second Chances" (2014)
- 2015 XBIZ Award Winner: Director of the Year: Body of Work
- 2015 XBIZ Award Nominee: Director of the Year - Feature Release, "Second Chances" (2014), with Eddie Powell
- 2015 XBIZ Award Nominee: Director of the Year - Feature Release, "Sexual Liberation Of Anna Lee" (2014)
- 2015 XRCO Award Winner: Best Director: Features
Trivia:
- Was raised in the Catholic faith.
- Has made a few on-screen appearances in adult films, but always in a non-sex role.
