George Lucas

George Walton Lucas Jr. (born May 14, 1944) is an American filmmaker and entrepreneur. Lucas is known for creating the Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises and founding Lucasfilm, LucasArts and Industrial Light & Magic. He served as chairman of Lucasfilm before selling it to The Walt Disney Company in 2012. After graduating from the University of Southern California in 1967, Lucas co-founded American Zoetrope with filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola. Lucas wrote and directed THX 1138 (1971), based on his earlier student short Electronic Labyrinth: THX 1138 4EB, which was a critical success but a financial failure. His next work as a writer-director was the film American Graffiti (1973), inspired by his youth in early 1960s Modesto, California, and produced through the newly founded Lucasfilm. The film was critically and commercially successful, and received five Academy Award nominations including Best Picture. Lucas's next film, the epic space opera Star Wars (1977), had a troubled production but was a surprise hit, becoming the highest-grossing film at the time, winning six Academy Awards and sparking a cultural phenomenon. Lucas produced and co-wrote the sequels The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Return of the Jedi (1983). With director Steven Spielberg, he created, produced and co-wrote the Indiana Jones films Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), Temple of Doom (1984), The Last Crusade (1989) and Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008). He also produced and wrote a variety of films and television series through Lucasfilm between the 1970s and the 2010s. In 1997, Lucas rereleased the Star Wars trilogy as part of a special edition featuring several alterations; home media versions with further changes were released in 2004 and 2011. He returned to directing with a Star Wars prequel trilogy comprising The Phantom Menace (1999), Attack of the Clones (2002), and Revenge of the Sith (2005). He last collaborated on the CGI-animated television series Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008–2014, 2020), the war film Red Tails (2012), and the CGI film Strange Magic (2015). Lucas is one of history's most financially successful filmmakers and has been nominated for four Academy Awards. His films are among the 100 highest-grossing movies at the North American box office, adjusted for ticket-price inflation. Lucas is considered a significant figure of the 20th-century New Hollywood movement. Description above from the Wikipedia article George Lucas, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For	Directing
Most Rating	24.252
Birthday	1944-05-14
Place of Birth	Modesto, California, USA
Also Known As	George Walton Lucas Jr. , 乔治·卢卡斯, Джордж Лукас, ジョージ・ルーカス, จอร์จ ลูคัส, 조지 루카스, جورج لوكاس,

Beverly Hills Cop III

Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse

Heckler

From 'Star Wars' to 'Jedi' : The Making of a Saga

Robot Chicken: Star Wars

The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing

The Beginning: Making 'Episode I'

Alien Planet

Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible

Star Wars: Within a Minute - The Making of Episode III

Fog City Mavericks

The Making of Star Wars

Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema

Kurosawa

Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel

The Sci-Fi Boys

Side by Side

A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope

Milius

Drew: The Man Behind the Poster

George Lucas: Maker of Films

Journey Through the Labyrinth

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

Artifact from the Future: The Making of 'THX 1138'

Star Wars: The Legacy Revealed

Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth

Bald: The Making of 'THX 1138'

A Night at the Movies: George Lucas & The World of Fantasy Cinema

The People vs. George Lucas

Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies

Hollywood between Paranoia and Sci-Fi: The Power of Myth

When Star Wars Ruled the World

The Making of 'Raiders of the Lost Ark'

The Visions of Stanley Kubrick

Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy

Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles

Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel

Face of Unity

The Making of 'American Graffiti'

The Pixar Story

The New Cinema

Hook

Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

The Harryhausen Chronicles

A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies

Star Warriors

Ralph McQuarrie: Tribute to a Master

Spielberg

Clone Wars: Bridging the Saga

Martin Scorsese Directs

From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II'

Watch the Skies!: Science Fiction, the 1950s and Us

Mardik: From Baghdad to Hollywood

Tell Them Who You Are

Filmmaker

The Music of 'Indiana Jones'

The Characters of Star Wars

Hollywood's Greatest Villains

Star Wars: Music by John Williams

Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi

Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound

The Phantom Menace 20 Years Later

And the Oscar Goes To...

Edge Codes.com: The Art of Motion Picture Editing

Creatures from Star Wars

The Making of 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'

From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic

The Mythology of Star Wars

Project Happiness

Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge - Adventure Awaits

The Skywalker Legacy

Willow: The Making of an Adventure

From Morf to Morphing: The Dawn of Digital Filmmaking

Sean Connery: In His Own Words

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

Men in Black

R2-D2: Beneath the Dome

The Making of The Empire Strikes Back

The Chosen One