Michael Lucas (director)

In 2004, Lucas was sworn in as a citizen of the United States , where he lives in New York City . The New Republic dubbed Lucas "Gay Porn's Neocon Kingpin" , and the New York City media have called him the "Lion of Chelsea " and the "last of the New York porn moguls". He contends that his film Michael Lucas' La Dolce Vita is the most expensive gay porn film ever made, with a budget of $250,000 and multiple celebrity cameos . In 2009, Lucas was inducted into the GayVN Hall of Fame, noted for "his stature as an A-list director and performer". He was included in a 2009 New York magazine feature about people who made it to the top, but arrived to the city with very little. Lucas is particularly well-known for his activism and outspokenness. His criticism of drug use and his sponsorship of public service ad campaigns about the dangers of unprotected sex in the gay community led Harvey Fierstein to interview him for The Advocate . Growing up, Lucas experienced the antisemitism of the Soviet Union , which led him to form a strong connection with his Jewish identity and the state of Israel . This connection is the foundation of a worldview that has attracted controversy. His New York Blade columns on Ultra-Orthodox Judaism and Islam sparked a campus debate at Stanford University in February 2008 when Lucas was invited to give a speech to students. In 2010 he debated Peter Tatchell and Sue Sanders at England's Oxford University on whether the gay rights movement has undermined family values . In 2009, Lucas released the film Men of Israel , which he called his most important. Journalists from The Atlantic , Out Magazine and Yediot Aharonot noted it as a landmark film as the first pornographic movie shot on location with an all- Israeli cast; while Tablet Magazine and the Los Angeles Times remarked on it being the first to feature an all- Jewish cast. Lucas followed the film with a gay tour of Israel. Lucas is a regular columnist for The Advocate .

Michael Lucas (born Andrei Lvovich Treivas (Russian: Андрей Львович Трейвас ), March 10, 1972, Moscow, Russian SFSR ) is an American–Russian–Israeli gay pornographic film actor , director, activist, writer and the founder /CEO of Lucas Entertainment , New York 's largest gay-adult-film company. He is a columnist for The Advocate , Huffington Post and Pink News . The New Republic dubbed Lucas "Gay Porn's Neocon Kingpin", and FrontPage Magazine cited him as "the most mainstreamed, provocative, and controversial figure in gay adult entertainment today." He contends that his film Michael Lucas' La Dolce Vita is the most expensive gay porn film ever made, with a budget of $250,000 and multiple celebrity cameos . In 2009, Lucas was inducted into the GayVN Hall of Fame, noted for "his stature as an A-list director and performer". He was included in a 2009 New York magazine feature about people who made it to the top, but arrived to the city with very little. Lucas is particularly well known for his activism and outspokenness. His criticism of drug use and his sponsorship of public service ad campaigns about the dangers of unprotected sex in the gay community led Harvey Fierstein to interview him for The Advocate . His New York Blade columns on Ultra-Orthodox Judaism and Islam sparked a campus debate at Stanford University in February 2008 when Lucas was invited to give a speech to students. In 2010 he debated Peter Tatchell and Sue Sanders at England's Oxford University on whether the gay rights movement has undermined family values . In 2009, Lucas released the film Men of Israel , which he called his most important. Journalists from The Atlantic , Out Magazine and Yediot Aharonot noted it as a landmark film as the first pornographic movie shot on location with an all- Israeli cast; while Tablet Magazine and the Los Angeles Times remarked on it being the first to feature an all- Jewish cast. Lucas followed the film with a gay tour of Israel. New York's LGBT Center stopped allowing groups associated with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to meet in their building after Lucas led a protest over their allowance of an anti-Israel group. In 2012, he released his first documentary film about the thriving Israeli LGBT community. Titled Undressing Israel: Gay Men in the Promised Land , the film includes footage of Tel Aviv's vibrant nightlife, a same-sex wedding, and candid interviews with a diverse range of local Israeli gays and lesbians, including a gay MP, an openly gay Army trainer, a drag queen, a transvestite, a young Arab-Israeli journalist, and same-sex parents raising their children and a number of artists and activists. Photograph of Lucas' birth certificate showing his birth information Van Meter, William (October 30, 2006).

American producer, actor and pornographic film director This article is about the American filmmaker of gay porn. Michael Lucas (born Andrei Lvovich Treivas (Russian: Андрей Львович Трейвас ), March 10, 1972) is a Russian -born American–Israeli businessman and the founder and CEO of Lucas Entertainment , Manhattan 's largest gay-adult-film company. He contends that his film Michael Lucas' La Dolce Vita is the most expensive gay porn film ever made, with a budget of $250,000 and multiple celebrity cameos . In 2009, Lucas was inducted into the GayVN Hall of Fame, noted for "his stature as an A-list director and performer". He was included in a 2009 New York magazine feature about people who made it to the top, despite arriving in the city with very little. Lucas is particularly well known for his activism and outspokenness. His criticism of drug use and his sponsorship of public service ad campaigns about the dangers of unprotected sex in the gay community led Harvey Fierstein to interview him for The Advocate . His New York Blade columns on Ultra-Orthodox Judaism and Islam sparked a campus debate at Stanford University in February 2008 when Lucas was invited to give a speech to students. In 2010, he debated Peter Tatchell and Sue Sanders at England's Oxford University on whether the gay rights movement has undermined family values . In 2009, Lucas released the film Men of Israel , which he called his most important. Journalists from The Atlantic , Out Magazine and Yediot Aharonot noted it as a landmark film as the first pornographic movie shot on location with an all- Israeli cast; while Tablet Magazine and the Los Angeles Times remarked on it being the first to feature an all- Jewish cast. Lucas followed the film with a gay tour of Israel. New York's LGBT Center stopped allowing groups associated with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to meet in their building after Lucas led a protest over their allowance of an anti-occupation group. In recent years, Lucas has also begun work as a documentarian. In 2012, he released his first documentary film about the thriving Israeli LGBT community. Titled Undressing Israel: Gay Men in the Promised Land , the film includes footage of Tel Aviv's vibrant nightlife, a same-sex wedding, and candid interviews with a diverse range of local Israeli gays and lesbians, including a gay MP, an openly gay Army trainer, a drag queen, a transvestite, a young Arab-Israeli journalist, and same-sex parents raising their children and a number of artists and activists. In 2014, Lucas released his second documentary, Campaign of Hate: Russia and Gay Propaganda, which investigates the current anti-gay climate in Russian politics and society. US Passport of Michael Lucas Photograph of Lucas' birth certificate showing his birth information Van Meter, William (October 19, 2006).

American producer, actor and pornographic film director This article is about the American filmmaker of gay porn. ( Learn how and when to remove this message ) Michael Lucas (born Andrei Lvovich Treivas (Russian: Андрей Львович Трейвас , 1972) is an American businessman, performer, founder, and CEO of Lucas Entertainment , Manhattan 's largest gay adult film company. He contends that his film Michael Lucas' La Dolce Vita is the most expensive gay porn film ever made, with a budget of $250,000 and multiple celebrity cameos . In 2009, Lucas was inducted into the GayVN Hall of Fame, noted for "his stature as an A-list director and performer". In 2009, Lucas released what he called his most important film, Men of Israel , which media called a "landmark" film as the first major porn video with an all- Israeli and all-Jewish cast. Lucas is particularly well known for his activism and outspokenness. Lucas is frequently also controversial; for example, during the 2023 Gaza war , Lucas' studio was the target of a boycott which he claimed was antisemitic in nature, after he posted a picture of an Israeli missile signed, on his request, "From Michael Lucas to Gaza".