George Lucas
Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Known Credits
131
Gender
Male
Birthday
1944-05-14 (81 years old)
Place of Birth
Modesto, California, USA
George Lucas
Biography
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
The Daily Show
The O.C.
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Men in Black
Omnibus
Spécial cinéma
Just Shoot Me!
A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope
From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
The Oscars
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
Hollywood between Paranoia and Sci-Fi: The Power of Myth
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Artifact from the Future: The Making of 'THX 1138'
From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II'
Under the Helmet: The Legacy of Boba Fett
From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Hook
LIGHT & MAGIC
LIGHT & MAGIC
A Conversation with the Masters: The Empire Strikes Back 30 Years Later
American Graffiti
Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian
The Godfather: When the Shooting Stopped
Beverly Hills Cop III
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
Heckler
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
Willow: Behind the Magic
Drew: The Man Behind the Poster
If These Walls Could Sing
Please Turn the Page
Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
Alien Planet
State of the Art: The Pre-Visualization of 'Episode II'
Watch the Skies!: Science Fiction, the 1950s and Us
Bald: The Making of 'THX 1138'
Making of 'Dreams'
The Making of Star Wars
The Pixar Story
The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't
Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Jim Henson Idea Man
The Making of Captain EO
From Morf to Morphing: The Dawn of Digital Filmmaking
Side by Side
Robot Chicken: Star Wars
Mardik: From Baghdad to Hollywood
Music by John Williams
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
Citizen Steve
Spielberg
Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel
Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones & Harrison Ford
The Characters of Star Wars
The Making of 'Raiders of the Lost Ark'
Martin Scorsese, l'Italo-Américain
The Making of 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'
Martin Scorsese Directs
Sean Connery: In His Own Words
Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond
Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs
Megadoc
Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome
Star Wars: The Legacy Revealed
The Magical World of Chuck Jones
Filmmaker
When Star Wars Ruled the World
The Beginning: Making Episode I
Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi
Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
Al TV
Journey Through the Labyrinth
Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogy
Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible
Films Are Not Released, They Escape
Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies
Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge - Adventure Awaits
Clone Wars: Bridging the Saga
The Happiest Story on Earth: 70 Years of Disneyland - 20/20 Special Edition
The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'
Fog City Mavericks
Willow: The Making of an Adventure
Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
The Making of 'American Graffiti'
The Harryhausen Chronicles
Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery
TV total
The People vs. George Lucas
Harrison Ford: Hollywood Hero
Tell Them Who You Are
George Lucas: Creating an Empire
Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema
Young Indy Around the World
Lucas, Coppola & Kurosawa
The Sci-Fi Boys
Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange'
Star Wars: Within a Minute - The Making of Episode III
The Music of 'Indiana Jones'
Milius
The New Cinema
The Mythology of Star Wars
Samuel L. Jackson: Did I Stutter?
The Chosen One
Close Up
Star Wars: Music by John Williams
Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel
Hollywood's Greatest Villains
Project Happiness
The Making of The Empire Strikes Back
The Visions of Stanley Kubrick
Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth
Creatures from Star Wars
Raiders, Raptors and Rebels: Behind the Magic of ILM
A Night at the Movies: George Lucas & The World of Fantasy Cinema
Here's Looking At You, Warner Bros.
Star Warriors
Face of Unity
Edge Codes.com: The Art of Motion Picture Editing
George Lucas: Maker of Films
The Phantom Menace 20 Years Later
Lucas, Coppola, and Kurosawa
Hollywood's Master of Myth: Joseph Campbell - The Force Behind Star Wars
