Directing
Michael Raven
Born 1969-01-01
Department: Directing
Biography
Michael Raven (born 1969) is an American adult film director. He is a member of the AVN Hall of Fame. While he was working as a car salesman, Raven met Sydnee Steele to whom he sold a new Miata. They married, finding a common interest in pornography and swinging, and moved to Los Angeles, California to turn their hobbies into careers. Their marriage lasted for ten years. He was later married to pornographic actress Julia Ann, they also divorced. Raven was nominated for and won many industry awards for his films during his time working in the adult film industry.
Known For
Prominent works featuring Michael Raven
TV
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AVN Awards
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TMDB3.0
Movie
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Fluffy Cumsalot: Porn Star
2003
TMDB2.5
Movie
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Kayfabe
2007
TMDB3.3
Movie
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Fallen
2008
TMDB3.7
Movie
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Looker II: Femme Fatale
2000
TMDB4.2
Movie
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The Visitors
2006
TMDB2.5
Movie
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Bound
2008
TMDB2.0
Movie
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Erotik
2005
TMDB3.4
Movie
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Beautiful
2003
TMDB3.4
Movie
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Underworld
2001
TMDB3.5
Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (323 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Monarch | Director | Movie | 2026 |
 | I Like 'Em Young | Director | Movie | 2012 |
 | Fairy Tale | Director | Movie | 2010 |
| Fairy Tale | Editor | Movie | 2010 |
 | Friends 4 Life | Director | Movie | 2009 |
| Friends 4 Life | Music | Movie | 2009 |
 | Hush | Cop | Movie | 2009 |
| Hush | Director | Movie | 2009 |
| Hush | Producer | Movie | 2009 |
| Hush | Editor | Movie | 2009 |
 | Operation: Tropical Stormy | Camera Operator | Movie | 2009 |
| Operation: Tropical Stormy | Special Effects | Movie | 2009 |
 | Dinner at Frankie's | Director | Movie | 2009 |
| Dinner at Frankie's | Editor | Movie | 2009 |
| Dinner at Frankie's | Camera Operator | Movie | 2009 |
 | The Gifted | Director | Movie | 2009 |
| The Gifted | Special Effects | Movie | 2009 |
| The Gifted | Camera Operator | Movie | 2009 |
 | Always and Forever | Director | Movie | 2009 |
| Always and Forever | Editor | Movie | 2009 |
| Always and Forever | Title Designer | Movie | 2009 |
 | The Price of Lust | Camera Operator | Movie | 2009 |
 | Deceived | Todd's Boss | Movie | 2008 |
| Deceived | Director | Movie | 2008 |
| Deceived | Camera Operator | Movie | 2008 |
 | The Trouble with Young Girls | Director of Photography | Movie | 2008 |
 | What Girls Like | Second Assistant Camera | Movie | 2008 |
 | The Wicked | Director | Movie | 2008 |
| The Wicked | Screenplay | Movie | 2008 |
| The Wicked | Editor | Movie | 2008 |
| The Wicked | Visual Effects | Movie | 2008 |
| The Wicked | Camera Operator | Movie | 2008 |
 | Fallen | Camera Operator | Movie | 2008 |
 | Almost Perfect | Director | Movie | 2008 |
 | Kissing Girls | Director | Movie | 2008 |
| Kissing Girls | Producer | Movie | 2008 |
 | Bound | Director | Movie | 2008 |
| Bound | Editor | Movie | 2008 |
 | The Predator II: The Return | Director of Photography | Movie | 2008 |
 | Love for the First Time | Director | Movie | 2008 |
| Love for the First Time | Editor | Movie | 2008 |
 | The Last Rose | Camera Operator | Movie | 2008 |
 | Priceless Fantasies | Director | Movie | 2008 |
| Priceless Fantasies | Camera Operator | Movie | 2008 |
 | Next | Clint | Movie | 2007 |
 | Off the Air | voice | Movie | 2007 |
 | Girl Talk | Director | Movie | 2007 |
 | Operation: Desert Stormy | Camera Operator | Movie | 2007 |
 | Black Widow | Director | Movie | 2007 |
| Black Widow | Editor | Movie | 2007 |
 | The Muse | Director | Movie | 2007 |
| The Muse | Director of Photography | Movie | 2007 |
| The Muse | Visual Effects | Movie | 2007 |
 | Delilah | Director | Movie | 2007 |
| Delilah | Music | Movie | 2007 |
| Delilah | Editor | Movie | 2007 |
| Delilah | Camera Operator | Movie | 2007 |
 | Porn Valley | Director | Movie | 2007 |
 | Desires | Director | Movie | 2007 |
| Desires | Editor | Movie | 2007 |
| Desires | Music | Movie | 2007 |
 | The Predator | Director of Photography | Movie | 2007 |
 | Perfect Match | Director | Movie | 2007 |
 | Kayfabe | Jimmy Swagger | Movie | 2007 |
| Kayfabe | Director | Movie | 2007 |
| Kayfabe | Writer | Movie | 2007 |
 | Supernatural | Director | Movie | 2007 |
| Supernatural | Screenplay | Movie | 2007 |
| Supernatural | Producer | Movie | 2007 |
| Supernatural | Editor | Movie | 2007 |
| Supernatural | Visual Effects | Movie | 2007 |
 | Zen | Director | Movie | 2007 |
 | Becoming Carmen Hart | Director | Movie | 2006 |
| Becoming Carmen Hart | Writer | Movie | 2006 |
 | The Visitors | Sheriff | Movie | 2006 |
| The Visitors | Director | Movie | 2006 |
| The Visitors | Writer | Movie | 2006 |
| The Visitors | Music | Movie | 2006 |
| The Visitors | Editor | Movie | 2006 |
| The Visitors | Camera Operator | Movie | 2006 |
 | Made in the USA | Director | Movie | 2006 |
 | Honky Tonk Girl | Director | Movie | 2006 |
| Honky Tonk Girl | Writer | Movie | 2006 |
 | 3 Wishes | Mr. Richards | Movie | 2006 |
 | Watching Samantha | Director | Movie | 2006 |
| Watching Samantha | Producer | Movie | 2006 |
| Watching Samantha | Camera Operator | Movie | 2006 |
 | Women on Top | Ty | Movie | 2006 |
| Women on Top | Director | Movie | 2006 |
| Women on Top | Director of Photography | Movie | 2006 |
| Women on Top | Editor | Movie | 2006 |
| Women on Top | Camera Operator | Movie | 2006 |
 | Art of Love | Director | Movie | 2006 |
| Art of Love | Writer | Movie | 2006 |
| Art of Love | Producer | Movie | 2006 |
| Art of Love | Visual Effects | Movie | 2006 |
 | Internal Affairs: From the Files of Valley 911 | Internal Affairs Investigator | Movie | 2005 |
 | Dark Sins | Director | Movie | 2005 |
| Dark Sins | Director of Photography | Movie | 2005 |
| Dark Sins | Music | Movie | 2005 |
| Dark Sins | Editor | Movie | 2005 |
| Dark Sins | Camera Operator | Movie | 2005 |
 | Perfect Life | Director | Movie | 2005 |
| Perfect Life | Camera Operator | Movie | 2005 |
| Perfect Life | Visual Effects | Movie | 2005 |
| Perfect Life | Producer | Movie | 2005 |
 | Erotik | Director | Movie | 2005 |
| Erotik | Editor | Movie | 2005 |
| Erotik | Music | Movie | 2005 |
 | American Dreams | Director | Movie | 2005 |
| American Dreams | Original Music Composer | Movie | 2005 |
| American Dreams | Editor | Movie | 2005 |
| American Dreams | Art Direction | Movie | 2005 |
| American Dreams | Camera Operator | Movie | 2005 |
 | Neighbors | Editor | Movie | 2005 |
| Neighbors | Director | Movie | 2005 |
 | Writer's Block | Max | Movie | 2005 |
 | Valley 911 | Art Direction | Movie | 2004 |
 | Exotics | Director | Movie | 2004 |
 | Housewives | Director | Movie | 2004 |
 | Killer Sex and Suicide Blondes | Director | Movie | 2004 |
| Killer Sex and Suicide Blondes | Screenplay | Movie | 2004 |
| Killer Sex and Suicide Blondes | Music | Movie | 2004 |
| Killer Sex and Suicide Blondes | Editor | Movie | 2004 |
| Killer Sex and Suicide Blondes | Visual Effects | Movie | 2004 |
| Killer Sex and Suicide Blondes | Camera Operator | Movie | 2004 |
 | American Sex | Director | Movie | 2004 |
| American Sex | Writer | Movie | 2004 |
| American Sex | Director of Photography | Movie | 2004 |
 | Highway | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2004 |
| Highway | Director | Movie | 2004 |
| Highway | Director of Photography | Movie | 2004 |
| Highway | Editor | Movie | 2004 |
 | Couples | Director | Movie | 2004 |
| Couples | Producer | Movie | 2004 |
 | Mood Ring | Director | Movie | 2004 |
 | Post Modern Love | Director | Movie | 2004 |
| Post Modern Love | Director of Photography | Movie | 2004 |
| Post Modern Love | Camera Operator | Movie | 2004 |
 | Sex Trials | Director | Movie | 2004 |
| Sex Trials | Writer | Movie | 2004 |
| Sex Trials | Director of Photography | Movie | 2004 |
 | The Way You Kiss Me | Director | Movie | 2004 |
 | Delilah | Director | Movie | 2004 |
 | Pin-Ups | Director | Movie | 2003 |
| Pin-Ups | Director of Photography | Movie | 2003 |
| Pin-Ups | Art Direction | Movie | 2003 |
| Pin-Ups | Writer | Movie | 2003 |
| Pin-Ups | Music Supervisor | Movie | 2003 |
| Pin-Ups | Camera Operator | Movie | 2003 |
| Pin-Ups | Title Designer | Movie | 2003 |
| Pin-Ups | Visual Effects | Movie | 2003 |
 | Blue Rain | Director | Movie | 2003 |
| Blue Rain | Screenplay | Movie | 2003 |
| Blue Rain | Director of Photography | Movie | 2003 |
| Blue Rain | Art Direction | Movie | 2003 |
| Blue Rain | Camera Operator | Movie | 2003 |
 | Beautiful | Director | Movie | 2003 |
| Beautiful | Producer | Movie | 2003 |
| Beautiful | Director of Photography | Movie | 2003 |
| Beautiful | Screenplay | Movie | 2003 |
| Beautiful | Editor | Movie | 2003 |
| Beautiful | Special Effects | Movie | 2003 |
 | Kiss & Tell | Camera Operator | Movie | 2003 |
 | Heaven | Executive Producer | Movie | 2003 |
| Heaven | Visual Effects | Movie | 2003 |
| Heaven | Director | Movie | 2003 |
| Heaven | Screenplay | Movie | 2003 |
| Heaven | Special Effects | Movie | 2003 |
| Heaven | Camera Operator | Movie | 2003 |
 | Hidden Desires | Director | Movie | 2003 |
 | Angel X | Producer | Movie | 2003 |
| Angel X | Director of Photography | Movie | 2003 |
| Angel X | Visual Effects | Movie | 2003 |
| Angel X | Camera Operator | Movie | 2003 |
| Angel X | Director | Movie | 2003 |
| Angel X | Screenplay | Movie | 2003 |
 | Whore | Director | Movie | 2003 |
 | Barely 18 2 | Director | Movie | 2003 |
 | Paradise Lost | Director | Movie | 2003 |
| Paradise Lost | Writer | Movie | 2003 |
| Paradise Lost | Executive Producer | Movie | 2003 |
| Paradise Lost | Art Direction | Movie | 2003 |
| Paradise Lost | Camera Operator | Movie | 2003 |
| Riptide | Director | Movie | 2003 | |
| Riptide | Writer | Movie | 2003 | |
 | Fluffy Cumsalot: Porn Star | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2003 |
 | Eighteen | Director | Movie | 2003 |
| Eighteen | Writer | Movie | 2003 |
| Eighteen | Producer | Movie | 2003 |
| Eighteen | Director of Photography | Movie | 2003 |
 | Lovestruck | Director | Movie | 2003 |
| Lovestruck | Writer | Movie | 2003 |
| Lovestruck | Director of Photography | Movie | 2003 |
| Lovestruck | Camera Operator | Movie | 2003 |
 | Barely 18 | Director | Movie | 2002 |
 | Poison Angel | Story | Movie | 2002 |
| Poison Angel | Executive Producer | Movie | 2002 |
 | Breathless | Gun Salesman | Movie | 2002 |
| Breathless | Director | Movie | 2002 |
| Breathless | Producer | Movie | 2002 |
| Breathless | Writer | Movie | 2002 |
| Breathless | Camera Operator | Movie | 2002 |
| Breathless | Art Direction | Movie | 2002 |
| Breathless | Director of Photography | Movie | 2002 |
 | Last Resort | Executive Producer | Movie | 2002 |
| Last Resort | Director | Movie | 2002 |
 | The Contract | Executive Producer | Movie | 2002 |
 | Hell House | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2002 |
| Hell House | Executive Producer | Movie | 2002 |
| Hell House | Art Direction | Movie | 2002 |
 | Quiver | Screenplay | Movie | 2002 |
| Quiver | Executive Producer | Movie | 2002 |
| Quiver | Director | Movie | 2002 |
| Last Man Standing | Executive Producer | Movie | 2002 | |
 | Island Rain | Director | Movie | 2002 |
| Island Rain | Executive Producer | Movie | 2002 |
| Island Rain | Camera Operator | Movie | 2002 |
 | Heroin | Director | Movie | 2002 |
| Heroin | Screenplay | Movie | 2002 |
 | Barfly | Director | Movie | 2002 |
 | Dreams | Director | Movie | 2001 |
 | Naked Pictures | Executive Producer | Movie | 2001 |
 | Immortal | Director | Movie | 2001 |
 | XXXtortion | Lt. Grabowski / NonSex | Movie | 2001 |
 | Hi Infidelity | Writer | Movie | 2001 |
| Hi Infidelity | Director | Movie | 2001 |
| Hi Infidelity | Executive Producer | Movie | 2001 |
| Hi Infidelity | Camera Operator | Movie | 2001 |
 | Trick Baby | Producer | Movie | 2001 |
 | Evolution | Director | Movie | 2001 |
| Evolution | Screenplay | Movie | 2001 |
| Evolution | Executive Producer | Movie | 2001 |
| Evolution | Art Direction | Movie | 2001 |
| Evolution | Title Designer | Movie | 2001 |
| Evolution | Camera Operator | Movie | 2001 |
 | Smoker | Director | Movie | 2001 |
| Smoker | Executive Producer | Movie | 2001 |
 | Beast | Writer | Movie | 2001 |
| Beast | Director | Movie | 2001 |
| Beast | Producer | Movie | 2001 |
| Beast | Editor | Movie | 2001 |
| Beast | Music Supervisor | Movie | 2001 |
| Erotica | Director | Movie | 2001 | |
| Erotica | Producer | Movie | 2001 | |
 | Underworld | Director | Movie | 2001 |
| Underworld | Screenplay | Movie | 2001 |
| Underworld | Producer | Movie | 2001 |
| Underworld | Art Direction | Movie | 2001 |
| Underworld | Camera Operator | Movie | 2001 |
 | Liquid Sex | Director | Movie | 2001 |
| Liquid Sex | Art Direction | Movie | 2001 |
 | Dare | Production Assistant | Movie | 2001 |
 | Limbo | Director | Movie | 2001 |
| Limbo | Executive Producer | Movie | 2001 |
| Limbo | Special Effects | Movie | 2001 |
| Bad Habits | Director | Movie | 2001 | |
| Flash | Director | Movie | 2001 | |
| Flash | Executive Producer | Movie | 2001 | |
 | Houston's Big Boob Brigade | Director | Movie | 2001 |
| Flash | Writer | Movie | 2001 | |
 | Looker II: Femme Fatale | Michael | Movie | 2000 |
 | Watchers | Director | Movie | 2000 |
| Watchers | Writer | Movie | 2000 |
| Watchers | Editor | Movie | 2000 |
| Watchers | Art Direction | Movie | 2000 |
| Watchers | Visual Effects | Movie | 2000 |
| Virtuoso | Director | Movie | 2000 | |
 | Millennium | Orpheus | Movie | 2000 |
| Millennium | Director | Movie | 2000 |
| Millennium | Writer | Movie | 2000 |
| Millennium | Producer | Movie | 2000 |
| Millennium | Art Direction | Movie | 2000 |
| Millennium | Set Designer | Movie | 2000 |
| Millennium | Visual Effects | Movie | 2000 |
| Millennium | Camera Operator | Movie | 2000 |
| Millennium | Editor | Movie | 2000 |
| Millennium | Music Supervisor | Movie | 2000 |
 | Adrenaline | Director | Movie | 2000 |
| Adrenaline | Writer | Movie | 2000 |
| Adrenaline | Editor | Movie | 2000 |
 | Captive | Director | Movie | 2000 |
| Captive | Writer | Movie | 2000 |
| Captive | Producer | Movie | 2000 |
 | Fleshtones | Director | Movie | 2000 |
| Primal Urge | Writer | Movie | 2000 | |
| Primal Urge | Director | Movie | 2000 | |
 | Lipstick | Director | Movie | 2000 |
| Primal Urge | Producer | Movie | 2000 | |
| Primal Urge | Editor | Movie | 2000 | |
| Primal Urge | Art Direction | Movie | 2000 | |
| Lipstick | Producer | Movie | 2000 |
| Lipstick | Writer | Movie | 2000 |
| Lipstick | Editor | Movie | 2000 |
 | Escorts | Director | Movie | 1999 |
| Escorts | Producer | Movie | 1999 |
| Escorts | Director of Photography | Movie | 1999 |
| Angel Eyes | Director | Movie | 1999 | |
| Angel Eyes | Story | Movie | 1999 | |
| Strange Magic | Director | Movie | 1999 | |
| Strange Magic | Visual Effects | Movie | 1999 | |
 | Mind Fuck | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1999 |
| Mind Fuck | Director | Movie | 1999 |
 | White Rabbit | Screenplay | Movie | 1999 |
| White Rabbit | Editor | Movie | 1999 |
| White Rabbit | Art Direction | Movie | 1999 |
| White Rabbit | Director | Movie | 1999 |
| White Rabbit | Visual Effects | Movie | 1999 |
| White Rabbit | Camera Operator | Movie | 1999 |
| White Rabbit | Music Supervisor | Movie | 1999 |
 | Ambrosia | Director | Movie | 1999 |
| Ambrosia | Producer | Movie | 1999 |
| Ambrosia | Editor | Movie | 1999 |
| Ambrosia | Visual Effects | Movie | 1999 |
| Ambrosia | Camera Operator | Movie | 1999 |
 | Rage | Visual Effects | Movie | 1998 |
| Rage | Editor | Movie | 1998 |
| Rage | Director | Movie | 1998 |
 | Fever | Director | Movie | 1998 |
| Fever | Writer | Movie | 1998 |
| Fever | Producer | Movie | 1998 |
 | Bi-Dacious | Director | Movie | 1989 |
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