Patrick Collins | |
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Other names | Roscoe Bowltree |
No. of adult films | 85 as actor 141 as director (per IAFD) |
Patrick Collins is an American heterosexual pornographic film producer-director, the birth name of the Pornographic film actor Roscoe Bowltree, owner of Elegant Angel Productions, and a member of the AVN Hall of Fame and the XRCO Hall of Fame.
Collins worked in sales before his career in the adult film industry when he joined Evil Angel Productions in 1989 as a sales manager at the behest of owner John Stagliano. They then founded Elegant Angel Productions (1990) as a subsidiary of Evil Angel and earned himself the moniker of the Collinator (male genitals that have greater girth than with length) from his adult film acting roles. In 1992, Collins had his industry directorial debut Buttwoman Does Budapest; followed by Tianna's Hungarian Connection. In 1996, Collins would later take Elegant Angel independent.
Collins was inducted into the XRCO XRCO Hall of Fame in 2000 and was inducted into the Adult Video News Hall of Fame in 2002. In 2003, Arena magazine listed him at fourteenth on the "50 Most Powerful People in Porn" list.
Jan 2015, Patrick Collins decided to leave the adult industry and sold his half of Elegant Angel. His ex-wife, retains ownership.
Between September 2010 and September 2012, Patrick Collins Inc. filed suit against approximately 200 "John Does/IP address" in many different federal district courts in the US alleging that the copyright held by Patrick Collins Inc. via BitTorrent for adult movie content had been violated with the illegal download through the various internet provider systems used by the John Does. Patrick Collins Inc. has sought judicial enforcement of the lawsuit subpoenas compelling internet service providers, such as Comcast and Verizon, to disclose the subscriber names associated with those IP addresses.