Introduction
Greg Lansky (born December 12, 1982) is a French entrepreneur and Chief Creative Officer of BLACKED, TUSHY and VIXEN adult studios. He is also an adult film producer and director. He won the 2016 and 2017 AVN Director of the Year.
Career
He started working in the adult industry in 2005 with his childhood friend, Mike Adriano. Adriano worked in real estate and Lansky in French TV production. They used his listings to shoot their first adult movie called Slut Diaries featuring Steve Holmes. They attended the Venus Faire in Berlin later that year and sold their first film. There he was introduced to Scott Taylor, who was the owner of New Sensations .
In 2006, Lansky was given a directorial contract. Lansky went on to direct many titles for New Sensations/Digital Sin until 2007. In 2007, Lansky opened his production company and began directing and producing for web-based adult network Reality Kings. Lansky stopped working for Reality Kings in 2014 to concentrate on creating his own company, Blacked.
In June 2015, Lansky launched another adult website, Tushy. That year Tushy won best new imprint at the 2016 AVN Awards and won the most awards of the night with Being Riley totaling 9 wins.
In 2016 he launched his third adult website, Vixen. The following year Vixen won best marketing campaign and best new imprint at the 2017 AVN awards. His acceptance speech for the 2017 AVN Director of the year was appreciated by numerous adult performers and gained mainstream attention and wide range support on social media.
He was the main keynote speaker at the 2017 XBIZ Show.
Awards
- 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
- Best Director - NightMoves Award – 2016 (Editor's Choice)
- Director of the Year - AVN Awards - 2017
- Best Director - Non-Feature AVN Awards - 2017
- Best Marketing Campaign AVN Awards - 2017
- Director of the Year - Body of Work 2017 XBIZ Award
- Best new Studio: Vixen - DVDEROTIK Awards - 2017