In 2011 she began directing adult films. In 2013 she was named to Penthouse magazine’s Dirty Dozen list. Her previous websites AnnetteSchwarz.com and TotallyAnnette.com were removed in 2014. She won an Adam Film World Guide Award for Female Performer of the Year in 2008 and also won an AVN Award and XRCO Award the same year. Annette Schwarz won her second AVN Award in 2009.
