Versatile adult filmmaker Wrex Oliver is enjoying a breakout year, with the awards season signaling the ascent of a new king of adult parodies.
His 2026 XMA award nominations from XBIZ, in acknowledgment of his outstanding output over the past year, include nods for the “Addams Family” parody, Wednesday; his outrageous gender reversal on the comedy blockbuster, “Step Brothers,” titled Step Sisters; as well as his debut gay feature, Sexerance (SayUncle) — a surreal, erotic twist on the lauded Apple TV series, “Severance.”
“I’m incredibly proud to see my work recognized by XBIZ, and I am so very grateful to all the talented people, in front of and behind the cameras, who made these movies into reality,” the director shared.
Oliver’s work has been recognized in the following XMAs categories:
Best Comedy Movie:
Step Sisters (Family Strokes/Reptyle)
Wednesday (TeamSkeet/Reptyle)
Best SexScene – Comedy Movie:
Freya Von Doom, Parker Ambrose, Rico Hernandez — Wednesday (TeamSkeet/Reptyle)
Best Gay Movie:
Sexerance (SayUncle)
Best Sex Scene – Gay:
Eddie Patrick, Gage Palmer — Sexerence (SayUncle)
Brogan, Trevor Brooks, Johnny Ford, Kyle Michaels — Show Some Manners: The Owner of the House Gets to Fuck the Guest’s Stepson (Twink Trade/SayUncle)
Best Screenplay:
Antonio Lavey, Vincent Verga — Step Sisters (Family Strokes/Reptyle)
Peer voting is now open on the industry-exclusive social network XBIZ.net.
Set for Sunday, Jan. 18, at the historic Hollywood Palladium, the annual extravaganza is the culmination of XBIZ Week, the adult industry’s biggest event series, including XBIZ Expo, XBIZ Conference and X3 Expo.
Find the full list of 2026 XMA nominees here ( https://www.xbiz.com/news/293735/2026-xma-award-nominees-announced ).
Tickets to the 2026 X3 Show and XMAs are available here ( https://x3.show ).
Find versatile adult filmmaker Wrex Oliver on X: @WrexOliver.
About Wrex Oliver:
Wrex Oliver is one of the busiest directors in the U.S. Adult Film Industry. The Los Angeles native started out as on-camera talent, earning an AVN Awards nomination for Best Male Newcomer. He won an AVN in 2018 for Best Oral Sex Scene, before shifting his career focus to directing in 2019. Since then, Oliver has racked up approximately 800 directing credits for companies such as TeamSkeet, Private, Oops Family, HushPass, MissaX, The Score Goup, ATK, SayUncle and Nookies.
Oliver and his work have earned numerous nominations in the 2026 AVN Awards, GayVN Awards and XMAs.
