(Hollywood, CA) Multi-award-winning French Canadian adult director and writer Ricky Greenwood and the casts of his features continue to slay all the award shows, including the X-Rated Critics Organization (XRCO) Awards with multiple nominations.

Last week, the XRCO announced its 2026 nominees, and Ricky Greenwood and his casts made the impressive list 13 times. Ricky scored the coveted Best Director (Features) nomination. Three of Ricky’s features were nominated for Best Release—Digital Playground’s “Deadly Vows,” and “Wanted,” and Dorcel’s “Strip.” Ricky’s two features were also nominated for Best Comedy—Digital Playground’s “The Holdup” and Dorcel’s “Play.”

Ricky’s casts also fared very well. He had three nominees in the Best Actress category, all for Digital Playground features—Blake Blossom for “Wanted,” Christy Canyon for “The Holdup,” and Ryan Reid for “Deadly Vows.” Four nominees in the Best Actor category were from Ricky’s features—Charles Dera for Dorcel’s “M.I.L.F.S. 2 Devoted at Night, Desired by Day,” Tommy Pistol for Dorcel’s “Strip,” Isiah Maxwell for Digital Playground’s “Wanted,” and Scott Nails for Digital Playground’s “The Hold Up.”

“Thank you to everyone at the XRCOS for recognizing the art and hard work that went into these features, from the directing to the acting and beyond. We’re really pleased with all these nominations and are looking forward to the ceremony later this month,” says Ricky Greenwood.

The 42^nd Annual XRCO Awards are set to take place on Sunday, May 24^th at Boardner’s in Hollywood. The star-studded industry-only event will be hosted by Melony Melons and Sarah Arabic. The announcement of all the nominees was made via video and can be viewed on X x.com/XRCOAwards/status/2052849172026650755?s=20.

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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, 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 (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.