In 2009, Lucas was inducted into the GayVN Hall of Fame, noted for 'his stature as an A-list director and performer'.
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. The New Republic dubbed Lucas 'Gay Porn's Neocon Kingpin'. Michael Lucas (born Andrei Lvovich Treivas (Russian: Андрей Львович Трейвас), March 10, 1972) is a Russian– Israeli-American businessman and the founder and CEO of Lucas Entertainment, Manhattan's largest gay-adult-film company.