Madison Young
Born
20 September 1980 (45)
Place of Birth
Loveland, Ohio, USA
Biography
Madison Young (they/she) is an award-winning filmmaker, curator, author, community activist, and performance artist whose work dismantles boundaries between art, politics, and the body. A true multi-hyphenate force in contemporary independent media, Young has spent more than a quarter of a century crafting a radical and deeply human body of work that has been studied in university courses on feminist and gender studies at institutions around the world. At the forefront of Young’s filmmakin...
Madison Young (they/she) is an award-winning filmmaker, curator, author, community activist, and performance artist whose work dismantles boundaries between art, politics, and the body. A true multi-hyphenate force in contemporary independent media, Young has spent more than a quarter of a century crafting a radical and deeply human body of work that has been studied in university courses on feminist and gender studies at institutions around the world. At the forefront of Young’s filmmaking practice is Submission Possible, the LGBTQ+ travel documentary television series Young created, writes, directs, produces, and hosts, currently streaming on Revry TV. The series brings Young’s signature blend of intimacy, politics, and wit to queer travel and community storytelling — threading the personal with the political across every frame. Young also serves as Executive Producer under their production banner, Empress in Lavender Media. Young was one of the pioneers of the feminist porn movement of the early 2000s — a groundbreaking era of image-making that reclaimed erotic filmmaking as a site of feminist resistance and joyful self-determination. Their contributions to that movement are documented in the academic text The Feminist Porn Book: The Politics of Producing Pleasure (The Feminist Press at CUNY), as well as in Pornography Feminism: As Powerful as She Wants to Be (Zero Books) and America Unzipped: In Search of Sex and Satisfaction (Broadway Books). Young’s essay “Authenticity and Its Role in Feminist Pornography” was published in the Routledge Porn Studies Journal, released by the University of Sunderland. Young’s fearless artistic vision extends to the stage. Their off-Broadway solo theater performance Reveal All Fear Nothing — developed in collaboration with legendary artist and activist Annie Sprinkle — toured the United States from 2016 to 2019, following a celebrated Off-Broadway run at The Tank NYC. The show also received national television exposure on Viceland’s Slutever. Academy Award-nominated actress Maggie Gyllenhaal called the show “Radical” and “Inspired,” while musician and television personality Dave Navarro described it as “A Provocative and Brave One Woman Show.” Young is the author of three books. Their memoir Daddy (Rare Bird/Barnacle Books), which Academy Award winner Diablo Cody praised by saying “Madison Young goes deep and brings some universal truths to light,” has been adapted into the film By the Roots. The memoir was also translated into Spanish as Papi (Melusina). Young’s subsequent titles include The Ultimate Guide to Sex Through Pregnancy and Motherhood (Cleis Press) and The DIY Porn Handbook: Documenting Our Own Sexual Revolution (Greenery Press). Their writing has appeared in anthologies including Coming Out Like a Porn Star, Rad Families: A Celebration, and Subversive Motherhood, as well as in feature publications including Playboy, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Romper, Bustle, and Vice. Across every medium they inhabit — film, television, the stage, the page, the gallery — Madison Young’s work is defined by an unwavering commitment to authentic storytelling, radical visibility, and the transformative power of telling one’s own story on one’s own terms.
Filmography (40)
By the Roots
2026
🎬 Director
Playing with Fire: An Ecosexual Emergency
2025
Game of Hearts
2025
Fragments Vol.4 - Three's a Crowd
2022
🎬 Director
Someone Like You
2022
🎬 Director
Fragments Vol.3
2022
🎬 Director
High Society Girlfriends
2021
Soaking Wet
2021
Fragments Vol.2 - Ball and Chains
2020
🎬 Director
Fragments Vol.1
2019
🎬 Director
Unraveled Intimacies
2019
Sensual Girls In Love
2019
Lesbian Hardcore Fantasies
2019
Me and My Girlfriend
2019
Extreme Sex Freaks 2
2018
Three's Cumpany 2
2018
He's My Bitch
2017
The Kiss
2015
Lesbian Strap-on Fantasies: Roommates with Benefits
2014
🎬 Director
Mermaids and Unicorns
2013
Bibliophile
2013
The Real L Word XXX: San Francisco
2013
Lesbians in the Wild
2013
Size Queens
2013
The Real L Word XXX: NYC Edition
2013
MILFshakes
2013
🎬 Director
Lesbian Sex Education: Strap-On
2013
🎬 Director
Lesbians in the Wild 2
2013
Lesbian Sex Education: Female Ejaculation
2012
50 Shades of Dylan Ryan
2012
Redheads in Bed
2012
Fixed Gears Fast Girls
2012
🎬 Director
Mother Lovers Society 6
2012
Mother Lovers Society 5
2011
Indietro
2011
Too Much Pussy! Feminist Sluts: A Queer X Show
2011
Monster Meat 20
2011
Women Seeking Women 71
2011
Mother Lovers Society 4
2011
My Mother's Best Friend 3
2011