(Hollywood, CA) Multi-award-winning French Canadian adult director and writer Ricky Greenwood, along with his casts and crews, dominated the XMAs, striking gold at the 2026 AVN Awards, taking home many of the night’s prominent awards.

After walking the giant red carpet in the Virgin Hotels Las Vegas, and the main red carpet full of paparazzi from around the globe, Ricky Greenwood, attended the AVN Awards at The Theater, hosted by Abigaiil Morris and ItsLo. Once again, Ricky won Grand Reel for Dorcel’s “Strip,” Best Directing Portfolio – Narrative, and Outstanding Directing – Individual Work for Digital Playground’s “Deadly Vows.” He took to the stage multiple times alone and with his cast and crew and thanked many people for making his projects a reality.

His casts also swept the acting categories, including Tommy Pistol for Best Leading Actor in Dorcel’s “Strip,” Ryan Reid for Best Leading Actress in DP’s “Deadly Vows,” and Mike Horner for Best Non-Sex Performance also for “Deadly Vows.”

Ricky’s crews also did really well with wins. Shawn Alff took home another trophy for screenwriting for Dorcel’s “Strip. Matt Hodder snagged another trophy for Best Cinematography for Dorcel’s “Strip.”

Andy Appleton and Kylie Ireland won again for Best Art Direction for DP’s “Play.” “Deadly Vows” was awarded Best Editing for Mz Montage, Boris Dongson & Steve McQueef and Best Music. Best Hair and Makeup went to Milla Van Damme, Raven Lux, Iggy, Lilith Manson, and Alexxx Moon for their work on Dorcel’s “Strip.”

“Thank you so much to Dorcel and Digital Playground for letting me make such incredible features, and to all my casts and crews who did an amazing job, and AVN for recognizing the work we put in. I’m so glad my casts and crews won a bunch of awards as well,” says Ricky Greenwood.

A complete list of the night’s winners can be found at avn.com/news/video/2026-avn-award-winners-announced-180971.

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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.