George Lucas
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Born 1944-05-14
Modesto, California, USA
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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.
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Filmography
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Minions & Monsters
The Daily Show
The Mandalorian and Grogu
Phineas and Ferb
The Godfather
The Colbert Report
Star Wars: Visions Presents - The Ninth Jedi
The Mandalorian
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Andor
The O.C.
Star Wars
Star Wars Rebels
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Just Shoot Me!
Star Wars: Visions
Omnibus
Men in Black
The Empire Strikes Back
Star Wars: The Bad Batch
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Ahsoka
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Return of the Jedi
Jurassic Park
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Star Wars: Maul - Shadow Lord
Spécial cinéma
The Oscars
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
The Acolyte
The Book of Boba Fett
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Star Wars: Skeleton Crew
Hook
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Star Wars Resistance
Labyrinth
Willow
LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures
Star Wars: Clone Wars
Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi
Star Wars: Tales of the Empire
Montana Jones
Willow
Star Wars: Tales of the Underworld
Body Heat
Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian
Beverly Hills Cop III
Ewoks
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