His career goal at the time was to be 'a photographer for a magazine like National Geographic.
Īfter graduating from high school, Bjorn set out to travel widely, to places including Asia, India, and Europe. In an interview conducted in 1997, Bjorn stated that only one of his sisters knew of his profession as a maker of gay erotic films.
He was raised in Washington, D.C., where his father was stationed as a diplomat. Bjorn was born in London, the son of a Russian mother and a British father.