Harry Sparks(I)
- Director
- Writer
- Editor
Harry Sparks is an award-winning director, editor and producer. Born in, Maryland, he studied film and video production at Florida Metropolitan University, International Academy of Design and Technology-Orlando, Academy of Art University in San Francisco and UCLA Extension.
April 2006 saw the premiere of his short film "A Night to Dismember" on the IFC Channel as a part of IFC"s Media Lab Uploaded. After directing the short film "No Walk in the Park", "You Don't Know Jack" and "The Apartment Above", he wrote and directed the global-warming documentary short "Shenandoah" which was nominated for a 2007 Broadband Emmy Award.
In the summer of 2007, he directed his first feature film, "All Hallows' Eve", followed by "Rotkappchen" The Blood of Red Riding Hood", an erotic re-telling of the classic story.
In 2012, Sparks wrote and directed the coming of age sex comedy/drama, "Revenge of the Petites." The film won a Gold Kush Award for Feature Film and multiple XBIZ Awards, including Best Cinematography and Best Actress in All-Girl Feature, plus garnered numerous AVN, XBIZ, Venus Awards, XRCOs, Urban X, and Humboldt International/420 Awards nominations. His 2013 feature film "The Vampire Mistress," that blended adult and horror, won Dani Daniels the XBIZ Award for Best Actress in an All-Girl Release and scored eleven 2014 XBIZ Awards and four AVN Awards nominations. In 2016, "Beauty & the Beast XXX," based on the French fairy tale "La Belle et La Bête," was one of Sparks' most successful titles, featured an all-star cast, won a NightMoves Award for Best Parody - Editor's Choice, and was nominated for nine XBIZ Awards and seven AVN Awards. In 2022, he directed the sci-fi thriller "Maid to Kill" and the UFO abduction thriller "The Seventh Kind".
April 2006 saw the premiere of his short film "A Night to Dismember" on the IFC Channel as a part of IFC"s Media Lab Uploaded. After directing the short film "No Walk in the Park", "You Don't Know Jack" and "The Apartment Above", he wrote and directed the global-warming documentary short "Shenandoah" which was nominated for a 2007 Broadband Emmy Award.
In the summer of 2007, he directed his first feature film, "All Hallows' Eve", followed by "Rotkappchen" The Blood of Red Riding Hood", an erotic re-telling of the classic story.
In 2012, Sparks wrote and directed the coming of age sex comedy/drama, "Revenge of the Petites." The film won a Gold Kush Award for Feature Film and multiple XBIZ Awards, including Best Cinematography and Best Actress in All-Girl Feature, plus garnered numerous AVN, XBIZ, Venus Awards, XRCOs, Urban X, and Humboldt International/420 Awards nominations. His 2013 feature film "The Vampire Mistress," that blended adult and horror, won Dani Daniels the XBIZ Award for Best Actress in an All-Girl Release and scored eleven 2014 XBIZ Awards and four AVN Awards nominations. In 2016, "Beauty & the Beast XXX," based on the French fairy tale "La Belle et La Bête," was one of Sparks' most successful titles, featured an all-star cast, won a NightMoves Award for Best Parody - Editor's Choice, and was nominated for nine XBIZ Awards and seven AVN Awards. In 2022, he directed the sci-fi thriller "Maid to Kill" and the UFO abduction thriller "The Seventh Kind".
