J. Brian

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1932-02-21 (53 years old)

Deathday

1985-05-17

Place of Birth

Alameda, California, U.S.

J. Brian

Biography

Jeremiah Brian Donahue, better known as J. Brian, is credited with several firsts in the gay adult industry. As J. Brian he began as a photographer and in 1964 was allegedly the first in the modern era to publish male full frontal nudes. Brian moved to San Francisco in the mid-1960s. He and his partner Bob Damron formed Calafran Enterprises, a photographic studio, which also published the magazine "Golden Boys" in 1968. Brian began producing silent "loops", among them "Opus One" (1969), "Little Boy Lust" (1970), and "Come to the Orgy" (1971). His first feature, "Seven in a Barn" (1971) is said to be the first gay adult feature with synchroniz...

Production

1971

Five in Hand

as Director

1976

1976

1973

Four More Than Money

as Cinematography

1973

1972

1972

First Time Round

as Director

1976

Male Stampede

as Director

1976

Male Stampede

as Producer

1976

Male Stampede

as Writer

1976

J. Brian's Raw Country

as Director of Photography

1972

1976

Male Stampede

as Editor

1972

First Time Round

as Director of Photography

1993

1980

Twins

as Director

1979

1971

Chapter 3

as Editor

1971

Chapter 3

as Writer

1979

1971

Chapter 3

as Director

1971

Chapter 3

as Producer

1971

Seven in a Barn

as Director

1982

1983

Ebony Love

as Producer

1981

Flashbacks

as Writer

1981

Flashbacks

as Director

1981

Flashbacks

as Producer

2016

Cruising Elsewhere

as Director of Photography

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