(Hollywood, CA) With awards season in full effect, the Trans Erotica Awards (TEAs) recently announced their nominees, and multi-award-winning, prolific director Jim Powers topped the list with 10 impressive nominations, including as a producer and for his scenes and DVDs.

Presented by Clips4Sale and hosted by Domino Presley, the TEAs are set to take place on Sunday, March 8th, at the historical Avalon nightclub in Hollywood once again. Ariel Demure has been nominated for a slew of awards, including the night’s biggest award, Best Producer. Jim had five scenes nommed for Best Threesome/Moresome Scene that include Adult Time’s “Accidental Gangbang – Too Many Tops!” with Khloe Kay, Jade Venus, Ariel Demure, Kasey Kei, Lola Morena, and Avery Lust, Transfixed’s “Game Night Couple Swap” with Kasey Kei, Gal Ritchie, Andylynn Payne, and Vanessa Vega, Gender X Films’ “Trans Carwash: Scene 2” with Gracie Jane, Jayne Calloway, Michael Del Ray, and Sage Roux, Gender X Films’ “Trans Honey Trap 4: Scene 4” with Andylynn Payne, Kasey Kei, and Adira Allure, and Gender X Fims “Transpirella: Episode 5 – Satanic Orgy and Hellish Takedown” with Andylynn Payne, Ariel Demure, and Avery Lust. He scored two nominations for Best Boy/Girl Scene, also including Gender X Films’ “Omega Pi Trans 2: Scene 4” with Brittney Kade and Silas Stone, and Gender X Films’ “Transpirella – Episode 2: Dracula’s Naughty Throne Room” with Jade Venus and Dom Cruise. And two DVDs he directed are up for Best DVD, including Gender X Films’ “Transpirella” and “Transsexual Hitchhikers 4.”

“Thank you so much, Steven and the crew, for the nominations. This is the one awards show I always look forward to. I love to see the trans community come out in full force and have their big night,” says Jim Powers.

The complete list of nominees can be found at theteashow.com/2026-nominees.

To interview Jim Powers for your site, publication, or show, contact Erika Icon of The Rub PR at erika@therubpr.com.

ABOUT JIM POWERS

Jim Powers is one of the most prolific directors of our time, known for his controversial work, and once told Forbes he wants to be the Warren Buffett of porno. Growing up in the Valley in the 1970s, Jim was influenced by comic books, horror movies, fan magazines, and skateboarding, and in the 1980s, all he wanted to do was be a punk rocker and skateboarder. After graduating from Cal State Northridge, he became a stockbroker, a DVD distributor, and a part-time pornographer.

In 1992, while gambling in Bally’s in Vegas, Jim wandered into the AVN Awards and decided he could make a better movie than most people there for $5k—he and his friend put up $2500 each to make “The Hills Have Thighs.” Kevin Beachum of Midnight Pictures encouraged him to shoot amateurs on the beach, even though he had never even picked up a camera. While shooting on the beach in Malibu, his set was shut down, and he was hit with felony charges of pandering and conspiracy. He continued to shoot at private houses and swinger parties for Beachum and other companies to cover his legal bills. 

In 1993, a chance meeting with Jeff Mike of JM Productions led to history when the two joined forces, regularly pushing the limits of sex while still staying out of prison. Jim helped them roll out their bukkake line and invented American Bukkake—Downtown Larry Melrose from the Howard Stern Show was frequently on his sets. Jim had his own company, Powersville, and directed for legendary adult studios Heatwave, Mayhem, Sin City, Notorious, Immoral Productions, and Smash Pictures. Currently, he directs for Gender X, Devil’s Film, BiPhoria, Dogfart, Adult Time, Transfixed, and Fantasy Massage, and averages over 300 scenes per year. In 2023, ASN Lifestyle Magazine profiled him with a 10-page feature.

With 50 performer credits and thousands of scenes as a director, Jim won Director of the Year (Body of Work) and Best Director – Non-Feature from the AVN Awards and was inducted into the AVN Hall of Fame in 2005 and Best Trans Movie from the XMAs in 2026. He’s also scored countless AVN Awards, XMAs, XRCOs, and AEBN’s VOD Awards nominations.

During the Black Flag era, Jim sported a mohawk and toured in punk rock bands. He still plays bass in the punk rock band Killroy at high-end venues like Roxy, Viper Room, and Knitting Factory. Follow his adventures on set, learn more about his upcoming scenes and features, and when he plays punk rock live on stage by checking out his X @jimpowersxxx.

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