Lucas Entertainment

Not to be confused with Lucasfilm or LucasArts Entertainment Company.

Lucas Entertainment
Company typePrivate
IndustryGay pornography
Founded1998; 26 years ago (1998) in New York City
HeadquartersNew York, New York, United States
Key people
Michael Lucas
ProductsPornographic films, internet pornography and sex toys
Websitewww.lucasentertainment.com Edit this at Wikidata

Lucas Entertainment is an independent New York-based gay pornographic studio started by porn star Michael Lucas, funded by his ex-husband Richard Winger.[1] It is one of the largest[2] such studios in the world.[3][4] The studio is known for lavish, big-budget films, and it contends that its 2006 film Michael Lucas' La Dolce Vita is the most expensive gay porn ever made.[4][5] The film won 14 GayVN awards in 2007, the current record.[6]

To expand its direction, the studio hired mr. Pam Doré, gay adult film's only female videographer, as creative director of film and production in August 2008.[3] Doré, who began her career at Falcon Video in 1996, was nominated for best director and cinematography at the GayVN Awards for the studio's 2008 Return to Fire Island.[7]

In May 2009, Lucas Entertainment announced that it was filming on location the first gay porn film with only Israeli models, billing it as an effort to promote Israeli culture.[8][9] The company subsequently launched its Men of Israel microsite introducing the actors and film concept.[10] Lucas has called the film his most important, and journalists from The Atlantic, Out Magazine and Yediot Aharonot noted it as a landmark film as the first pornographic film shot on location with an all-Israeli cast;[11] while Tablet Magazine and the Los Angeles Times remarked on it being the first to feature an all-Jewish cast.[12][13][14]

In July, the studio announced on Lucas's blog that it will open a European headquarters in Paris, the site of its current production, Paris Playboys.[15] In 2013 Lucas Entertainment went from being exclusively a condom-only studio to filming and releasing "bareback" sex content.[16]

  1. ^ Meter, William Van (October 19, 2006). "Michael Lucas: The Porn King of New York -- New York Magazine - Nymag". New York Magazine. Retrieved January 3, 2024.
  2. ^ Canadian border officials ban Lucas fetish flicks Archived October 5, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, Brent Creelman, Xtra.ca, February 12, 2009.
  3. ^ a b Adams, JC (August 11, 2008). "Michael Lucas in Bed With mr. Pam. Lucas Entertainment signs gay adult's only female videographer to exclusive contract". XBIZ. Archived from the original on September 25, 2010. Retrieved November 16, 2008. Reprint from GayPornTimes.com.
  4. ^ a b Van Meter, William (October 30, 2006). "The Lion of Chelsea". New York Movies. Retrieved January 9, 2007.
  5. ^ Review of Lucas Entertainment, The Banana Guide, June 2009.
  6. ^ Michael Lucas' 'La Dolce Vita' Sets GAYVN Record Archived June 23, 2009, at the Wayback Machine, Chicagopride.com, February 26, 2007.
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference RFI was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ Sensitive Gay Porn Technology Smuggled to Israel Archived June 15, 2009, at the Wayback Machine, Ryan Tate, Gawker, May 8, 2009.
  9. ^ What Fun Stories Will Michael Lucas Bring Back From Israel?, Queerty, May 8, 2009.
  10. ^ Lucas Launches 'Men of Israel' Microsite, JC Adams, XBiz News, June 30, 2009
  11. ^ Great Exxxpectations, Wayne Hoffman, Tablet Magazine, July 21, 2009.
  12. ^ Cite error: The named reference Tablet was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  13. ^ Gay-Porn Mogul Hopes to Arouse Interest in Israel Archived September 26, 2009, at the Wayback Machine, David Graham, Newsweek, September 23, 2009.
  14. ^ First-Ever All-Israeli Gay Porn Movie Archived May 11, 2009, at the Wayback Machine, DNA magazine, May 9, 2009.
  15. ^ Lucas Entertainment Launches European Headquarters in Paris Archived December 13, 2009, at the Wayback Machine, Michael Lucas, Lucasblog.com, July 16, 2009.
  16. ^ "Michael Lucas Breaks Vow, Releases First Bareback Sex Scene". September 17, 2013. Retrieved August 18, 2016.