Seymore Butts Biography

American adult movieographic filmmaker (born 1964)

Adam Gl*er (born March 18, 1964), known professionally as Seymore Butts, is an American adult movieographic film director, producer, and occasional performer who has produced hundreds of films in the gonzo genre of adult movieography (faux reality-based adult material).

Life and career

Butts was born to Jewish parents in the Bronx, New York City. After making several appearances as a supporting actor in the late 1980s, including a role in an early "Buttman" video, featuring Matthew King, by John Stagliano (Buttman's Ultimate Workout, 1991), Gl*er adopted the popular gag name Seymore Butts ("see more butts") as a pseudonym and began producing his own videos in the early 1990s after founding the Seymore,:Inc. studio. The Seymore Butts series won "Best Gonzo Series" at the 1999 and 2000 AVN Awards.

During 2001–02, Gl*er was the focus of an obscenity-based court case, People of the State of California v. Adam Gl*er, et al. over the depiction of *l fisting in his 1999 video Tampa Tushy Fest:1. The film won the "Best All-Girl Sex Scene – Video" award at the 2000 AVN Awards. Gl*er pleaded not guilty to violating California Penal Code Sections 311.2(a), "production, distribution or exhibition of obscene matter"; and 311.5, "advertising or promoting matter represented to be obscene", better known as "pandering obscenity". Then before trial, he reached a plea agreement in which his company pleaded "no contest" to "creating a public nuisance", and paid a $1,000 fine, in exchange for all other obscenity charges being dropped against the defendants.

Beginning in 2003, Gl*er's life was the focus of Showtime's popular reality TV program Family Business. Appearing with him were his mother, Lila Gl*er, and his 60-year-old cousin, Stevie Gl*er (a.k.a. "Cousin Stevie"), both of whom help Adam run the "family business" of the series—the Seymore Butts adult movie "empire". During production of Family Business, Gl*er made reference to the court case, and used this as a springboard to mount a successful Internet-based telethon to raise money for freedom of speech causes. The series also focused on his life as a single father and his difficulty as a adult movie star in finding a meaningful relationship outside the industry. The series ran for four seasons.

Gl*er's Do-It-Yourself adult movie (2008) is one of a number of how-to guides on shooting adult movie videos that have appeared in recent years.

Gl*er is featured in the PBS Frontline do*entary on adult movieography.

Awards and industry recognition

  • 1999 AVN Awards Win – 'Best Gonzo Series' for Seymore Butts
  • 2000 AVN Awards Win – 'Best Gonzo Series' for Seymore Butts
  • 2013 XBIZ Award Nomination – 'Director of the Year – Non-Feature Release' for Pool Party at Seymore's Vol.3

References

    External links

    Wikimedia Commons has media related to Seymore Butts.
    • Erotica and adult movieography portal
    • Official website
    • Myspace page
    • Seymore Butts at the Internet Adult Film Database
    • Seymore Butts at the Adult Film Database
    • Seymore Butts at IMDb
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