Paul Barresi (born 12 January 1949 ) is an American film director and media personality who has appeared in and directed pornographic movies under his own name, as well as under Jason Thorpe, Joe Hammer, and Michael Franco. Barresi has also been involved in various capacities in several high-profile celebrity scandals.
Born in Lynn, Massachusetts, when Barresi was 12 his family moved to Annapolis, Maryland for his father's job at military install...
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Paul Barresi (born 12 January 1949 ) is an American film director and media personality who has appeared in and directed pornographic movies under his own name, as well as under Jason Thorpe, Joe Hammer, and Michael Franco. Barresi has also been involved in various capacities in several high-profile celebrity scandals.
Born in Lynn, Massachusetts, when Barresi was 12 his family moved to Annapolis, Maryland for his father's job at military installations. Barresi has told reporters he attended the University of Maryland on a wrestling scholarship but left to enlist in the United States Air Force during the Vietnam War. Barresi served at bases in the United States and the Philippines, and he was honorably discharged as a sergeant in 1973 after completing his tour at March Air Force Base. He soon began working at a gym in nearby Riverside, California.
During filming in Riverside, Barresi worked as an uncredited production assistant for Raquel Welch and had an uncredited role as a...
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