(Hollywood, CA) Multi-award-winning French-Canadian adult director and writer Ricky Greenwood continues to rack up accolades for his impressive features and directorial work. Now, he’s won the esteemed director award from the 2026 Urban X Awards for the second time in his illustrious career.
The Regent Theater in Downtown Los Angeles was a bevy of adult stars and creators on the red carpet, with the Urban X Awards holding court at the mega venue. Ivan and Chocolate Goddess hosted the event, and multiple musical artists performed, and comedian Pink Foxx entertained. Ricky Greenwood was up for Fan Favorite Director. He had previously won it in 2022. His award was shown on screen, and many in the crowd cheered when his name came up as the winner.
“I was stuck on set and couldn’t attend the ceremony, but I’m honored that my fans and industry friends voted for me again. Thank you to everyone who voted and, of course, to the Urban X Awards,” says Ricky Greenwood.
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ABOUT RICKY GREENWOOD
In 2017, French-Canadian adult director and writer Ricky Greenwood entered the industry with a push from Mile High Media Vice President John Blitt, who has always been a genius at spotting true talent. Ricky came from a mainstream background, working in television, reality TV, documentaries, feature films, and shorts—all of which prepared him to take over the adult industry over the last eight years.
The multi-award-winning director and writer is known for his story-driven feature films, like Raw, Wanted, Deadly Vows, Strip, 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, 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 from the AVN Awards, he’s won multiple awards, including Director of the Year, Best Directing Portfolio – Varied Range, Outstanding Directing – Individual Work Grand Reel, and Best Screenplay – Featurette. His additional wins include Fan Favorite Director, Best Lesbian Movie or Limited Series, Feature Movie of the Year and Best Girl/Girl Release from the Urban X Awards, a Lifetime Achievement Award and 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 from the AltStar Awards, and Best Director – Features and Director of the Year and Best Release from the XRCO Awards.
He’s also received over 800 award nominations for his directing, scenes, art direction, screenplays, cinematography, and editing in all the genres he works in from AVN, XBIZ XMAs, TEAs, DSN, NightMoves, XRCOs, Urban X, Fleshbot, XCritic, and Inked Awards. Ricky was featured in Forbes in July of 2024, Hustler twice, and scored the cover and a 14-page feature in the September 2023 issue of ASN Lifestyle Magazine, and in the summer of 2026 was profiled by Holly Randall’s Wet Ink Magazine.
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.
