Also: Will Be Part of XBIZ 360 Panel on ‘Hot Genres’ This Thursday

VENICE, CA – The awards season kicks into gear this week with the 2015 XBIZ Awards ceremony at the JW Marriot LA Live this Thursday night and director B. Skow will be walking the red carpet with a very impressive 32 nominations.

His controversial blockbuster The Gardener is responsible for nearly one-third of his noms and almost everyone involved with it could go home a winner: It’s up for Feature Movie of the Year, Director of the Year – Feature Release, Best Actor (Alec Knight), Best Actress (Jessie Andrews), Best Actress – All-Girl Release IMischa Brooks and Rilynn Rae in Conjoined); Best Scene (Knight and Andrews), Screenplay of the Year (David Stanley), and Best Cinematography (Skow), Best Music (Skow) and Best Editing (Gabrielle Anex).

Skow also has nominations for Director of the Year – Body of Work, Director of the Year – Non-Feature Release: Sexually Explicit 2; and Director of the Year – Parody: Austin Powers XXX: A Porn Parody.

Six nominees for Best Actor/Best Actress, another for Best Supporting Actor and one for Best Non-Sex Acting Performance were directed by Skow. There are also five Best Scene nominations for performances in five different movies.

Skow will also be a panelist this Thursday on the Hot Genres discussion at XBIZ 360 Andaz Hotel in West Hollywood. He’ll be joined by Jeff Mullen, Jacky St. James, Bob Christian, Drew Rosenfeld and Greg Lansky

Skow’s latest movie is Auditions, which stars Lola Foxx, Vyxen Steel, Ariana Grand and Carter Cruise. Check out the trailer at http://straight.fleshbot.com/6006174/trailer-stills-for-b-skows-latest-auditions.

For more infomraton on XBIZ 360 go to www.xbiz360.com. To learn more about the XBIZ Awards go to http://xbizawards.xbiz.com.

For everything B. Skow go to www.risingstarpr.com. Be the first to know everything about B. Skow by following him on Twitter (@directorskow).