Mark Spiegler (born 1958/1959) is an American

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for pornographic actresses and founder of Spiegler Girls, which is often regarded as being among the adult film industry's top agencies. Spiegler was inducted into the

AVN Hall of Fame The ''AVN'' (''Adult Video News'') Hall of Fame has honored people for their work in the adult entertainment industry since 1995.West Hollywood West Hollywood is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Incorporated in 1984, it is home to the Sunset Strip. As of the 2020 U.S. Census, its population was 35,757. History Most historical writings about West Hollywood be ...

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and attended

Hollywood Professional School Hollywood Professional School was a private school in Hollywood, California. Initially established as a music conservatory by pianist Gladys T. Littell in 1921 under the name Hollywood Conservatory of Music and Arts, the school quickly expanded it ...

and then

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. He is Jewish. He graduated from

California State University, Northridge California State University, Northridge (CSUN or Cal State Northridge), is a public university in the Northridge neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States. With a total enrollment of 36,848 students (as of Fall 2024), it has the ...

with a

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degree in economics and became a

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afterward.

Career

Spiegler began working in the adult film industry as a

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in the 1980s, while in the 1990s he worked as a producer on 96 pornographic films. Spiegler began working as an agent after French pornographic actress Lisa Crawford asked him to represent her. In 1999, he began working as an agent for Topp Models, but in 2003 he founded his own agency, Spiegler Girls, which is a member of the Licensed Adult Talent Agency Trade Association (LATATA). Spiegler refers to himself as the "Patron of the Tarts" on his business cards. He has also been referred to as the "

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of porn" by several mainstream media outlets, such as ''

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'' and ''

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''. ''

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'' referred to him as the " Ari Gold of porn". Spiegler has appeared on ''

The Tyra Banks Show ''The Tyra Banks Show'', also known as and shortened to ''Tyra'' or ''The Tyra Show'', is an American talk show hosted by Tyra Banks that aired from 2005 to 2010. While Banks's show covered a variety of topics, there was a sensationalized focus ...

'', ''

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'' and the German documentary film '' 9to5 – Days in Porn''. In February 2009, Spiegler filed a $3 million lawsuit for

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against pornographic film director Skeeter Kerkove, who alleged that Spiegler received oral sex from four of his clients (Jayna Oso, Katja Kassin, Melissa Lauren and Katsuni) in exchange for finding them work, but all four performers signed declarations, stating that the allegations made by Kerkove were false and Spiegler won $85,000 in damages in December 2010.

References

External links

Spiegler Girls
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Spiegler, Mark Film producers from California American people of Jewish descent American stock traders American talent agents California State University, Northridge alumni Living people People from West Hollywood, California Hollywood High School alumni Year of birth missing (living people) 1950s births