I know very little about director Joe Tiffenbach (for example, he was a model well before he directed); but this gives me an excusse to send you folks to another porn writer/observer over at Demystifying Gay Porn – who has been around for years, and is on several platforms like youtube, substack, spotify… I can’t keep up. Check it out, but come back here (home!)
Oh, I have to give GEVI a good deal of credit for having a nice chunk of info on their Tiffenbach director’s page (link above) so check that out, too. The gap in directing films (1972-1983) seems to have been filled with still photography work for many magazines, apparently not always credited.
Click above or here – Filmmaker, Photographer, Veteran and Model | Joe Tiffenbach – for substack
the youtube link is here
oh, so I do see Joe mentioned a few times on BJland – here – probably as photographer; and I kinda wish I had kept my copy of Tub Studs (I had the big box version, but sold it in 2003) – hairy Dwan seems to have been at least 4 of the seven scenes.
OK OK – so his mid-80’s work at Driveshaft Video – including such titles as Tub Studs, Poker Studs, Voyeur and Wrestling Studs took up 2 afternoons looking for which I used to own, and wait, Wrestling Studs loking more familiar than I…. different post!
3 replies on “Joe Tiffenbach”
I love photographers and directors who started out as models/performers themselves! (Except for maybe Michael Lucas- but I don’t really know)
I know more about Joe Tiffenbach as a model and photographer than I do of him as a director. I have a few of his photographs (of him) done by Bruce of LA and Dave Martin from the 50s. I know he started photographing his own models in the ’60s. I don’t know much outside of what is in his biography. I can’t believe it, but I am only familiar with a few of his films, such as Bathhouse Fantasies. I didn’t know he was responsible for Bullet volume 10 & 11 which seemed to have not much to do with rest of the series (and frankly were not as good IMO) #10 was OK. A lot of the Driveshaft stuff looks really good. I don’t know how I missed out on some of this stuff. I sure do want to see more!!
Thanks for re-introducing him to us!
Is substance worth downloading?
oh – you mean substack!
um, hard to say – much of the content is by subscription, and often content can be only available thru paid subscription, with some content free. And having the app means yet another social media format with a lot of content that might not interest you. Hence also including the link to Demystifying Gay Porn ‘s website and youtube channel (which i then watch on my TV)
you can always try, experiment, and if not for you, delete.