Greg Lansky

Greg Lansky (born December 12, 1982) is a French artist, entrepreneur, and investor based in the United States. He has directed and produced a number of adult films he describes as art. In 2022, Lansky released the sculpture "Algorithmic Beauty". He has Algerian-Jewish heritage. Lansky attended marketing school in Paris and worked for various TV networks.

Business ventures In 2005, Lansky moved from Paris to Los Angeles and started working in adult entertainment industry. In 2006, Lansky was given a directorial contract. Lansky went on to direct many titles for New Sensations/Digital Sin until 2007. Lansky opened his production company and began directing and producing for the web-based adult network Reality Kings. Lansky stopped working for Reality Kings in 2014 to concentrate on creating his own company.

In 2014, Lansky founded Vixen Media Group, an independent Internet pornography production company located in Los Angeles, California, and established its suite of award-winning studios: Vixen, Blacked, and Tushy. In 2018, Lansky transitioned into running his company and producing rather than directing. Kanye West revealed on Jimmy Kimmel Live! that his favorite porn website was Lansky's Blacked. Lansky offered West the opportunity to direct an adult film, and the pair were photographed together backstage at the 2018 Pornhub Awards. Several hip hop artists have shown association with Lansky and his brands including Post Malone, Lil Pump and Trippie Redd.

Vixen Media Group owns and operates nine online adult film sites and Pulse Distribution distributes all of the company's films. The holding company of Vixen Media Group, Strike 3 Holdings, has, , filed over 20,000 lawsuits since 2017 against people it alleges have infringed its copyright by illegally downloading Vixen Media Group pornographic films via BitTorrent. Few cases reach trial, with most being settled for four- or five-figure sums or dismissed.

He sold his stake in Vixen Media Group in January 2020 to pursue other business ventures.

Recognition

Lansky has been compared to Hugh Hefner and is credited with having "elevated the [adult] business as a whole." He was called "the most-pirated man in porn," and the movies his company produced are "some of the most-watched adult film content in the world." Lansky has been referred to as "The Spielberg of Porn" and his Instagram was called "the most NSFW" profile of all time by GQ France.

Awards During the 2018 AVN Awards, Lansky became the second man in history to ever win AVN Director of the Year three consecutive times.

Best Web Director – XRCO Award – 2014 Best Web Director – XRCO Award – 2015 Best Director – XRCO Award – 2016 Best Release – XRCO Award – 2016 Best Cinematography – AVN Awards – 2016 Director of the Year – AVN Awards – 2016 Director of the Year – Body of Work 2017 XBIZ Award Best new Studio: Vixen – DVDEROTIK Awards – 2017 Director of the Year – AVN Awards – 2018