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Scott Masters is a gay pornographic film director and studio owner active in adult film since the mid-1960s. Masters used the pseudonym "Robert Walters" when he directed his early films, which include ''Greek Lightning.'' 〔 when he founded Nova Studios. He later shuttered Nova Studio and became head of production at Catalina Video. In 1992, he co-founded gay adult film studio Studio 2000. In 2006, Masters sold Studio 2000 to former Falcon Entertainment consultant David McKay. ==Early years== Masters grew up in Illinois, and later attended college.〔Douglas, "Behind the Camera: Scott Masters, Part 2," ''Manshots,'' November 1997.〕 Masters came to San Francisco, California, from Chicago in 1966. Many of the bookstores (including gay and adult bookstores) which he visited were openly selling gay pornography. He established a small business purchasing gay pornographic magazines for area booksellers. He began selling nude male photosets from such notable photographers of the male nude as Bruce Bellas ("Bruce of L.A."), as well as softcore nude films from Athletic Model Guild.〔Douglas, "Behind the Camera: Scott Masters, Part 1," ''Manshots,'' November 1997.〕 In late 1967, he formed a partnership with Reuben Sturman to print and distribute one-off magazines featuring the work of Kundzicz. The first magazine was ''Champions All,'' published in the spring of 1968. Moving full-time to San Francisco from Chicago, Masters took up work as a full-time bookkeeper at a printing company. He began taking photographs of nude men on the side to supply his magazines with images. Although the U.S. Supreme Court had ruled that images of the male nude were not obscene in ''MANual Enterprises v. Day'' 370 U.S. 478 in 1962, U.S. postal inspectors still considered the tumescent and erect penis obscene under then-current interpretations of American federal postal and obscenity law and court rulings.〔Waugh, ''Hard to Imagine,'' 1996; Barron and Dienes, ''First Amendment Law,'' 1993.〕 Nevertheless, Masters took hardcore as well as softcore images, and images of solo, duo and group sex.〔 In 1969, Masters began producing hardcore gay male nude magazines. The Supreme Court had further liberalized the standards for obscenity in ''Redrup v. New York'', 386 U.S. 767 (1967), and several lower-court rulings had significantly undercut the ability of state and federal authorities to seize even materials which depicted hardcore sexual activity between individuals of the same gender.〔 The first such magazine was ''Hard?''. By the end of the year, Masters was producing as many as six magazines a month.〔〔In all, Masters would produce more than 500 softcore and hardcore gay pornographic magazines, including 24 issues of ''In Touch for Men.'' See: Hardesty, "Nova Studios, Part One: The Pre-Sound Years," ''Manshots,'' July 1997.〕 In 1970, Masters produced his first film, ''Drilled Deep.'' It was a "loop" (an 8mm Short film, roughly 200 feet in length, designed to run over and over in peep shows). To distribute his hardcore films, Masters established his first adult film studio, named The Stephens Agency. Masters closed the distribution business in 1972 because it was unprofitable.〔 That same year, Masters was prosecuted in Texas for obscenity. He pled guilty. He received a one-year suspended sentence, three years of probation, and a fine. After his sentencing, Masters cut back on the number of brochures, magazines and loops he produced but did not exit the adult film industry.〔 By 1976, however, Masters had directed more than 100 loops.〔Hardesty, "Nova Studios, Part One: The Pre-Sound Years," ''Manshots,'' July 1997.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Scott Masters」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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