Post-Nova Studios
In 1987, Masters was hired by Catalina Video. Catalina Video had been distributing Nova Studios' films to adult bookstores and video stores since about 1982. With Nova Studios in financial distress, Catalina and Nova Studios struck a deal: Catalina would purchase the rights to the unreleased Boys Town. Masters would be free to sell the rights to all other Nova Studios films to another vendor. Catalina would also hire Masters as its head of production, where he would be free to write and direct films on an occasional basis.
Masters sold the rights to nearly all of Nova Studios' films to L.A. Video. L.A. Video entered bankruptcy a few years later, leaving the rights to all of Nova Studios' products in legal limbo.
Given the transition in his life, Masters stopped using the name "Robert Walters" and adopted a new stage name, Scott Masters.
Once at Catalina, Masters also hired Chet Thomas, his former editor at Nova Studios, to be a full-time director. Thomas subsequently became a notable gay adult film director in his own right.
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