At 23, Haley Paige already knows the ropes of the adult industry.
Having starred in her first movie just two years ago, Paige is known for her intensity and ability to deliver a hot scene.
So it came as little surprise to those who knew her when Smash Pictures signed young brunette last month to a year-long contract to direct features.
Paige’s youth and easygoing demeanor are just some of the qualities that give her latest movie, Virgin Territory, a distinctive look. That title is scheduled for release May 11.
“I’m very patient and I want performers to have fun and give me a great scene every time,” she says.
“I just wish there were more young women directing and then you’d see a change in how movies look.”
Paige is just one of a handful of young starlets-turned first time directors such as 21-year-old Penny Flame, 23-year-old Hillary Scott, and 23-year-old Paris Gables. And like the others, she is relishing in the opportunity to show just what she can do.
“We love her to death,” joked Smash Pictures vice president Stuart Wall. “She’s a really good director who knows her stuff.”
Paige, who is preparing to shoot her next movie, has her own sense of what a good movie is about.
“It has to have hot sex and have people that have that kind of energy and chemistry that gives you good sex,” she says.
“I think having been a performer, I can relate to what these girls need to make a good scene great and that’s what a woman director does.”
Gables, who at 22 began directing, knows what Paige means.
“It’s a little about intuition, but it’s also knowing what makes good chemistry between performers,” she said.
“It’s the passion and the energy that you look for.”
A native of San Diego, Paige joined the industry right after high school when the only choices she had were joining the army or doing porn.
“I picked porn since I loved to have sex and I needed the money,” she said.
The daughter of divorced Latino parents, Paige knew what sex was all about when she lost her virginity at 16. By the time she was 18, Paige had already realized the power of her sex appeal.
“Guys were always after me and I knew I could get them to do things for me without sex, but sometimes I had sex anyway,” she said.
After doing some Internet work in San Diego, Paige realized the real money was in L.A.’s San Fernando Valley where she joined L.A. Direct Models and soon found her way to a hardcore movie set.
“I met the people and they were really nice and then I got fucked,” she recalled. “It was fun.”
Nearly 200 movies later, Paige remains busy performing and preparing for her next directorial assignment, featuring brand new girls going hardcore.
