In fact, the caramel toned, 32 year-old looks nothing like you would expect one of the most successful and innovative directors of gay porn to look like. But do not let the shy demeanor fool you, Cruz has developed a winningly formula -- breathtakingly attractive models plus situations taken from real-life experiences and fantasies of Enrique Cruz's fans -- that makes his movies instant porn classics. The soft-spoken, Spanish Harlem-born director of gay "hip-hop porn" stands an unimposing 5'8" and has the most sensitive, contemplative, and quiet, brown-eyed gaze when he greets you. Intense eyes that set you at ease and compel you to open and share (or even perform) your deepest fantasies.
HIS OWN EXPERIENCES AND TASTES -- As a Porn Producer Cruz takes his own experiences and tastes and puts them on film. This gift makes his work feel authentic and has separated Cruz and his movies from the pack of one-dimensional and un-erotic Blatino tapes that dominate the market.
XXX CONTENT WITH A MIND -- Cruz was educated as a film maker at the School of Visual Arts(NYC) and came to adult film making, not out of a desire to make quick money, but out of need to use his creativity to improve on a genre sorely lacking in diversity and quality.
WORKING UNDER CONTRACT FOR VIVID VIDEO -- In 1996 the first line of videos (VM RAW Series), "Learning Latin," "Learning Latin 2," "Cruz In The Hood," "Urban Hard Drive," and "Sweatin' Black" made a significant noise in the gay porn market. The videos were produced by Cruz over a one year period working under contract for Vivid Video, a large-scale adult video distributor. With the success of the 5-picture Vivid Deal under his belt it was time to move away from the big studio grind. So in 1997 Cruz formed ENRIQUE CRUZ PRESENTS. It was not until Cruz garnered complete control of his production process did he even begin to realize the affect his total vision could have once it reached the fans. Under the new label, the director released a groundbreaking film "Tiger's Brooklyn Tails" which set new standards for porn film making.
RAISING THE BAR WITH EACH EFFORT -- With "Off Da Hook" and "Off Da Hook 2," Cruz captured the sensual frenzy and abandon of New York's gay sex parties for men of color. Again, this is an example of his desire to use real life experiences and situations to ensure that his movies resonate with audiences. The recently released "Aprende," is no different. Perhaps more risk-taking than previous EC films (re: a raunchy sex scene that takes place on the ROOF of a car that shows the two models cuming over and over over a period of a few hours), the movie continued Cruz's tradition of creating moments of raw, true sexual expression that imprint themselves on the brain. The upcoming "Hardcore - Thug Passion" will be no different in it's back-to-back explosive raw sex!
WHY DID DIRECT PORN? It started as a joke! Back in 1995 Enrique and his best friend began a debate on how there was no porn films that feature Latinos in a sexy way. Up until then most of films featuring Latin and Black men showed them in a negative light. Cruz joked that he was going to change the way porn videos are made. A few days later he thought seriously about what it would take to set out to do more than just complain about the amount of bad porn out on the market. And that has been his mission ever since. In an Enrique Cruz film, you will not find stereotypical Latino bike messengers, prison gang rapes, or shirtless delivery men fucking to elevator music. Cruz is among the first to truly show young Blatinos feeling desire for one another.
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