MIchael Lucas started Lucas Distribution, Inc. Additionally, basing his company in New York City, as opposed to the more traditional Los Angeles, enabled Lucas to showcase the diversity of types and ethnicities found nowhere else. This first production sparked the Michael Lucas 'renegade' vision that is indelibly New York. Later that year, he made his directorial debut with the well-received Back in the Saddle. In 1998, Lucas opened his own production company, Lucas Entertainment, in New York City. In 1995, Michael Lucas moved to Germany, then to France, where he began modeling and appearing on several European television programs and covers of many European magazines. He was raised in Moscow and attended college there, graduating with a degree in law. What is there to say about Michael Lucas? A good place to start is the beginning: Lucas Entertainment founder and president Michael Lucas was born in Moscow, Russia, on March 10, 1972.