A native Californian Gary Orona was born in 1964 His photographic talents landed him a a job as photographer for the Ventura California Star Free Press at age 18 By age 22 he had his degree in film production from Columbia and was rapidly becoming a directorcameraman of note A world traveler and extreme outdoor enthusiast Orona was picked by EMI Records in Tokyo Japan to producedirectphotograph over 100 music videos for the Karaoke market By his mid20s he was producing and directing music videos and commercials and at age 26 was hired as Director of Photography for Imperial Entertainments The Bikini Carwash Company 1992 The following year he directed the sequel The Bikini Carwash Company II 1993 and his movie career was rolling Orona has produced and directed 65 episodes of erotic shows for HBOCinemax 15 feature length films for HBOCinemax 4 mainstream independent feature films including the New York International Film Festival Best Picture Trance over 200 special event erotic shows for Directv Pay TV Pay Cable and Home VideoDVD Worldwide over 100 music videos for EMI Records Tokyo Japan and as a photographer has been published in more than 20 Major publications He is married to adult actress Tabitha Stevens and was previously married to model and actress Lauren Hays