Michael Lucas
Career
Born Andrei Lvovich Treivas in Moscow, Lucas emigrated from the Soviet Union and began performing in the mid-1990s before founding Lucas Entertainment in 1998, which grew into one of the largest gay adult production companies. He naturalised as a US citizen in 2004 and acquired Israeli citizenship in 2009, and has built a parallel career as a political columnist and documentary filmmaker.
Signature: The most complete performer-to-studio-owner transition of any Russian-born figure in the industry, followed by a genuine second career in documentary and journalism.
Index score — The Pornstar Ranked Performer Index v3.0
Scores are normalised within a single ranking's field, so this breakdown is Michael Lucas's placement inside The Best Russian Pornstars, Ranked — the largest field she appears in. Her rank on each of the other 2 rankings below was computed against that ranking's own field and is not the same measurement.
Full award record4 entries
- 2009GayVN — Hall of Fame
- 2007GayVN — Best Actor
- 2007GayVN — Best Director
- 2008XBIZ — GLBT Director of the Year
Best known for
Studios
Beyond performing
- Founder, Lucas Entertainment (1998)
Mainstream credits
- Undressing Israel: Gay Men in the Promised Land (2012)
- Campaign of Hate: Russia and Gay Propaganda (2014)
- Columnist for The Advocate, HuffPost and The Jerusalem Post
