Phil Tarley

Phil Tarley, writer, filmmaker, curator, and photographer, is the only fellow of the American Film Institute ever inducted into the Gay Porn Hall of Fame as producer-director Phil St. John, his nom de porn. Tarley’s essays and photography have appeared in American Photo, LA Weekly, Wow Report, Fabrik, Advocate, and other print and online publications. Excerpts of his work-in-progress autobiography have been published in The Gay and Lesbian Literary Review, where he reviews mainstream queer Hollywood films. Tarley’s on-camera cultural commentary is featured in four documentaries, which include Circus of Books on Netflix and Seed Money: The Chuck Holmes Story on Amazon Prime, and he is soon to be appearing in the VICE TV series Sex Before the Internet. His book, Diary of A Puerto Rican Porno, written as Phil St. John, recounts his true life sex adventure making Foreskin Island and Return to Foreskin Island.