(Hollywood, CA) Multi-award-winning French Canadian adult director and writer Ricky Greenwood, along with his casts and crews, dominated the XMAs, winning both awards and receiving recognition for acting, scene work, writing, editing, and art direction.

The 2026 XMAs were hosted by Violet Myers and Kazumi at the world-famous Hollywood Palladium. It was a star-studded red carpet and a packed house. Ricky Greenwood won the two top prizes of the night again—Best Picture for Digital Playground’s “Deadly Vows” and Director of the Year — Body of Work (Narrative).

Ryan Reid took home the award for Best Lead Actor for her role in Digital Playground’s “Deadly Vows,” which she trained hard for.

Two scenes he directed also took home top honors. Digital Playground’s “The Holdup” starring Anna Claire Clouds, Mikey Star, Scott Nails, and Van Wylde scored the Best Sex Scene – Comedy Movie trophy. Parasited’s “The Parasite Queen” starring Tommy Pistol, Blake Blossom, Lexi Lore, Melody Marks, Little Puck, and Hailey Rose won Best Sex Scene – Orgy/Group (Male-Led).

Ricky’s crews are some of the best in the industry, and they also took top honors at the XMAs. Shawn Alff scored another Best Screenplay award for Dorcel’s “Strip.” Boris Dongson, Steve McQueef, and Mz Montage received the Best Editing award for DP’s “Deadly Vows.” And Andy Appleton and Kylie Ireland took home the Best Art Direction trophy for “Deadly Vows.”

“I was thrilled to win Best Picture and Director of the Year again. I really didn’t think I would. All my projects this year were passion projects—it’s rewarding, but awards don’t always follow. I’m honored that XBIZ chose to give me these two awards, and also recognize my cast and crews,” says Ricky Greenwood.

For a complete list of winners, visit xbiz.com/news/295271/2026-xma-winners-announced.

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In 2017, French Canadian adult director and writer Ricky Greenwood started in the industry with a push from Mile High Media Vice President John Blitt, who has always been a genius when it comes to spotting true talent. Ricky came from a mainstream background working in television, reality TV, documentaries, feature films, and shorts—all this prepared him to take over the adult industry in the last eight years.

The multi-award-winning director and writer is known for his story-driven feature films, like Raw, Wanted, Deadly Vows, Project X, Machine Gunner, Confessions of a Sinful Nun 2: The Rise of Sister Mona, Terror Camp, Talk Derby to Me, Grinders, and Killer on the Loose. Over the past three years, he’s become known as a multi-faceted director who works in the straight, gay, trans, and lesbian realms, and has worked with top-shelf studios like Sweetheart Video, TransSensual, Icon Male, Marc Dorcel, Adult Time, AllHerLuv, Parasited, and MissaX. Ricky has won multiple XBIZ Awards for Director of Year – Body of Work (Narrative), All-Girl Movie of the Year, Best Editing, and Director of the Year- Trans (three times). From the AVN Awards, he’s won multiple awards for Director of the Year, Best Directing Portfolio – Varied Range, Outstanding Directing – Individual Work Grand Reel, and Best Screenplay – Featurette from the AVN Awards. His additional wins include Best Lesbian Movie or Limited Series, Feature Movie of the Year and Best Girl/Girl Release from the Urban X Awards, Best Scene Producer multiple times from the TEAs, Best Ruining Xmas for Adult Time’s The Bargain from the Bazowie Awards, Best Feature Director, Best Feature Film, Best All-Girl Release Editor’s Choice and Best Feature Production Fans’ Choice from the NightMoves Awards, and Best AltStar Feature Video (twice) from the AltStar Awards, and Best Director – Features (three times) and Director of the Year (twice) and Best Release from the XRCO Awards.

Ricky is one of the hardest-working men in adult and loves to give his audiences a glimpse into the projects he’s working on from start to finish in photos on his X @RickyGreenwoodX and Instagram @x_ricky_greenwood_x. You might also see more than a few adult performers you know in his timelines and posts.