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
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.
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Born
May 14, 1944
Modesto, California, USA
Known For
Directing
Movies
115 acting
199 crew
Popularity
2.3
Known For
Hook
1991
as Man Kissing on Bridge (uncredited)
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
2005
as Baron Papanoida (uncredited)
Men in Black
1997
as Alien on TV Monitor (uncredited)
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
1984
as Missionary (uncredited)
Beverly Hills Cop III
1994
as Disappointed Man
American Graffiti
1973
as Pinkie’s Pizza Employee (voice) (uncredited)
Spielberg
2017
as Self
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
2004
as Self
The Pixar Story
2007
as Self
Robot Chicken: Star Wars
2007
as Self (voice)
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