Wakefield Poole

1936 - 2021 (age 85) • Directing

Born: 2/4/1936 in Jacksonville, Florida, USA

Died: 10/27/2021 (age 85)

Known for: Directing

Wakefield Poole

Walter Wakefield Poole III (February 24, 1936 – October 27, 2021) was an American dancer, choreographer, theatrical director, and pioneering film director in the gay pornography industry during the 1970s and 1980s.

Known For

Bijou

72%

Director

1972

Boys in the Sand

75%

Director

1972

Bible!

46%

Director

1974

That Man: Peter Berlin

66%

Self

2006

Peter de Rome: Grandfather of Gay Porn

58%

Self

2014

The Littlest Angel

56%

Choreographer

1969

I Always Said Yes: The Many Lives of Wakefield Poole

42%

Self

2013

Boys in the Sand II

56%

Director

1986

Gay USA: Snapshots of 1970s LGBT Resistance

Director

2024

Wakefield Poole in San Francisco

2016

Peter de Rome: Grandfather of Gay Porn

58%

Self

2014

Revisiting Fire Island

2013

I Always Said Yes: The Many Lives of Wakefield Poole

42%

Self

2013

That Man: Peter Berlin

66%

Self

2006

Boys in the Sand II

56%

Director

1986

Boys in the Sand II

56%

Writer

1986

Boys in the Sand II

56%

Producer

1986

Boys in the Sand II

56%

Cinematography

1986

Boys in the Sand II

56%

Editor

1986

One, Two, Three...

100%

Director

1985

One, Two, Three...

100%

Cinematography

1985

One, Two, Three...

100%

Editor

1985

The Hustlers

60%

Director

1984

The Hustlers

60%

Writer

1984

Split/Image

70%

Editor

1984

Split/Image

70%

Director

1984

Split/Image

70%

Writer

1984

Hot Shots

90%

Director

1982

Hot Shots

90%

Writer

1982

Hot Shots

90%

Cinematography

1982

Hot Shots

90%

Editor

1982

The Best of Burlesque

Choreographer

1981

Take One

95%

1977

Take One

95%

Director

1977

Take One

95%

Producer

1977

Take One

95%

Director of Photography

1977