Gary Dean Orona

A native Californian, Gary Orona was born in 1964. His photographic talents landed him a a job as photographer for the Ventura (California) Star Free Press at age 18. By age 22 he had his degree in film production from Columbia and was rapidly becoming a director/cameraman of note. A world traveler and extreme outdoor enthusiast, Orona was picked by EMI Records in Tokyo, Japan, to produce/direct/photograph over 100 music videos for the Karaoke market. By his mid-20s he was producing and directing music videos and commercials, and at age 26 was hired as Director of Photography for Imperial Entertainment's _The Bikini Carwash Company (1992)_ (qv). The following year he directed the sequel, _The Bikini Carwash Company II (1993)_ (qv), and his movie career was rolling. Intent upon breathing fresh epic life into the "Bikini film" genre, he produced and directed _The Great Bikini Off-Road Adventure (1994)_ (qv) HBO/Cinemax, "The Raven's Kiss" a.k.a. _Stripshow (1996)_ (qv) HBO/Cinemax and _Crime & Passion (1999)_ (qv). Next, Orona produced/directed/photographed over 50 one-hour erotic special event videos and created a production company to supply erotic films and videos to Playboy.com, DirecTV, In Demand pay-per-view and worldwide DVD. Over the past three years he has delivered 13 episodes of _Thrills (2001)_ (qv) to HBO/Cinemax and was instrumental in development/producing/directing of 26 episodes of _Hotel Erotica (2002)_ (qv) for HBO/Cinemax. He has also recently developed, produced and directed a pilot for FOX TV, a mock-reality TV show entitled "Fox Extreme World".::Ruger Tyler