Chi Chi LaRue

Chi Chi LaRue born 8 November 1959

Chi Chi LaRue - born Larry David Paciotti in Hibbing, Minnesota, United States - is a director of gay and bisexual pornography. He has also directed under the names 'Lawrence David' and 'Taylor Hudson'.

LaRue moved to the Twin Cities area and began performing in drag as one-half of 'The Weather Gals', a 'hag drag' revue.

He moved to California with a friend and was hired by Catalina Video as an administrative assistant and publicist because of his knowledge of porn and the workings of the porn industry.

LaRue worked at Catalina during the initial revelation of the AIDS crisis in which many of the producers and directors in the gay porn industry were falling ill or dying. This created an opportunity for LaRue to persuade Catalina management to allow him to direct full-length videos.

LaRue has directed hundreds of gay porn films since 1988 and in 2003 he began to direct straight porn for Vivid Video to which he became a favourite among female stars. For some time, LaRue divided his attention between Vivid Video and his own Rascal Video for Channel 1 Releasing.

In 2006, LaRue announced he would no longer produce films for Vivid Video because they were featuring actors and actresses having sex without condoms. LaRue has been an outspoken critic of the growth of bareback [condom free] material in the gay adult video industry.

LaRue is an accomplished DJ, performing at many events throughout the year.

In 1992, LaRue appeared in Madonna's video for Deeper And Deeper.

In 2007, LaRue was chosen as one of Out Magazine's top 50 'most powerful gay men and women in America'.