Director of the Year – Feature Release
- B. Skow, Control (Girlfriends Films / Skow Digital)
- Kimberly Kane, Family Secrets (Vivid)
- Scott Allen, Love, Lust and Longing (Wicked Pictures)
- Will Ryder, Love, Sex and TV News (Adam & Eve)
- Paul Deeb, Marriage 2.0 (Adam & Eve / LionReach Productions)
- Dick Bush, Monarch: Agents of Seduction (Digital Playground)
- Kay Brandt, Safe Landings (Adam & Eve)
- Kim Nielsen, Saving Humanity (Kick Ass Pictures / ATKingdom)
- James Avalon, Shades of Kink 4 (Mile High / Sweet Sinner)
- Brad Armstrong, Starmaker (Wicked Pictures)
- James Deen, Stockholm Syndrome (Girlfriends Films / James Deen Productions)
- Jacky St. James, Submission Of Emma Marx 2: Boundaries (New Sensations / New Sensations Erotic Stories)
- Dana Vespoli, Thing of Beauty (Evil Angel / Dana Vespoli)
- Stormy Daniels, Wanted (Wicked Pictures / Adam & Eve)
- David Stanley, Wild Inside (Vivid)
Director of the Year – Non-Feature Release
- Jonni Darkko, Anal Angels (Evil Angel / Jonni Darkko Productions )
- Claudio, Anikka’s Anal Sluts (Evil Angel / BAM Visions)
- Mick Blue, Anikka’s Anal Sluts (Evil Angel / BAM Visions)
- B. Skow, Ass Versus Pussy (Girlfriends Films)
- Mike Adriano, Backdoor Baddies 2 (Evil Angel / Mike Adriano Media)
- Bonnie Rotten, Busty Pin-Ups (Elegant Angel)
- Kayden Kross, Carter Cruise: Wide Open (Evil Angel / Manuel Ferrara Productions)
- Manuel Ferrara, Carter Cruise: Wide Open (Evil Angel / Manuel Ferrara Productions)
- James Deen, Diary of a Sex Slave (Girlfriends Films / James Deen Productions)
- Mason, Gangbang Me 2 (Mile High / Hard X)
- Stoya, Graphic Depictions (TRENCHCOATx)
- Jacky St. James, Hot Wife Blindfolded 2 (New Sensations / Tales From the Edge)
- Kevin Moore, Inked Angels 4 (Evil Angel / Kevin Moore)
- Eddie Powell, Innocence Bound (Digital Sin)
- Greg Lansky, Miss Tushy (Jules Jordan Video / tushy.com)
- Holly Randall, True Erotica (AE Films)
- Tori Black, True Lust (Girlfriends Films / ArchAngel Productions)
Director of the Year – Parody
- Axel Braun, Avengers XXX 2: Along Came A Spider (Vivid / Vivid Comix)
- Axel Braun, Barbarella XXX: An Axel Braun Parody (Wicked Pictures / Wicked Comix)
- Axel Braun, Batman v Superman XXX: An Axel Braun Parody (Wicked Pictures / Wicked Comix)
- Josh Stone, Kaitlyn Gender: Based on a Not So True Story (Pulse Distribution / Trans 500 Studios)
- Brad Armstrong, Magic Mike XXXL (Wicked Pictures)
- Jim Powers, Night at the Erotic Museum (Smash Pictures)
- Axel Braun, Peter Pan XXX: An Axel Braun Parody (Wicked Pictures / Wicked Fairy Tales)
- Kayden Kross, Screwing Wall Street: The Arrangement Finders IPO (Evil Angel / Manuel Ferrara Productions)
- Manuel Ferrara, Screwing Wall Street: The Arrangement Finders IPO (Evil Angel / Manuel Ferrara Productions)
- Will Ryder, This Ain’t the Interview XXX (Hustler Video)
- Axel Braun, Wonder Woman XXX: An Axel Braun Parody (Vivid / Vivid Comix)
Director of the Year: Body of Work
- Axel Braun
- B. Skow
- Dana Vespoli
- Eddie Powell
- Greg Lansky
- Jacky St. James
- Jonni Darkko
- Jules Jordan
- Manuel Ferrara
- Mason
- MimeFreak
- Paul Woodcrest
- Ryan Madison
- Stormy Daniels
- Will Ryder
Foreign Director of the Year
- Christoph Clark
- David Perry
- Gazzman
- Hervé Bodilis
- Kaizen XXX
- Nacho Vidal
- Rocco Siffredi
- Scarlett Revell
- Viv Thomas
- Pascal White