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“I really enjoy creating something and my dream is to maybe one day make my own production.”
Jia Lissa welcomed a moment of clarity during a break from performing last year.
The realization came when she stopped watching porn, giving her time to reflect on what’s next.
“What is it that I want people to see—what are my fantasies?” she recalls asking herself. “So I started writing them down.
“And I started fantasizing what comes into my mind. So I wrote it down and I have plenty of scenarios that maybe one day I will use somewhere.”
Fans of the Russian heartbreaker can rest assured that she will bring those fantasies to life sooner rather than later.
The two-time AVN award-winning performer at press time completed her seventh sex scene as a director for Vixen Media Group’s all-girl imprint Slayed as she moves into a new phase of her career.
“And I’ve been working the last couple weeks somewhere in beautiful island with many beautiful performers,” Jia tells AVN in an exclusive interview from her secret location in the Caribbean. “I’m learning directing from Julia Grandi—she’s mentoring me. It’s awesome.
“Every time I think I get better.”
The red-headed Vixen Angel made her co-directorial debut with Grandi— who has been leading the company’s productions in Europe since 2018—in the fall of 2022, sharing the shot- calling duties for “Dollhouse” starring Nancy Ace and Sonya Blaze.
A cam model on LiveJasmin and then MyFreeCams for about three years who did a couple solo scenes for MetArt in 2017, Jia Lissa made her hardcore boy/girl debut for Vixen in June 2018 in a scene directed by the VMG co-founder Greg Lansky.
It did not take long for her to make an impact, winning her first AVN Award in January 2020 for Best Foreign-Shot Group Sex Scene with Ella Hughes and Jason Luv for her performance in “Double Dare” for Blacked Raw.
Jia captured her second AVN trophy for Best International Anal Sex Scene in 2022 for her throw-down with Christian Clay in Jia, a glittering showcase that featured her cavorting through Greece, Paris and the Alps filming scenes for VMG brands Tushy, Vixen and Blacked.
But Lissa says stepping behind the camera has given her a whole new perspective on her career choice.
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