George Lucas
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 38.123
Birthday 1944-05-14
Place of Birth Modesto, California, USA
Also Known As George Walton Lucas Jr. ,
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1994

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Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
1991

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1996

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Citizen Steve
1987

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Heckler
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1983

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2007

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Films Are Not Released, They Escape
2002

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2004

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Here's Looking At You, Warner Bros.
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Close Up
2012

Close Up

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2001

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Alien Planet
2005

Alien Planet

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2010

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2005

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2009

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2006

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2005

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Side by Side
2012

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The Magical World of Chuck Jones
1992

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A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope
2004

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Milius
2013

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Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs
1998

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2013

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2007

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Journey Through the Labyrinth
2007

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George Lucas: Maker of Films
1971

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The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995

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2004

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

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2009

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2011

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2014

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2010

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2017

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1986

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2004

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1981

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The Visions of Stanley Kubrick
2007

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Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
2004

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Face of Unity
2014

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Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel
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1998

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The Pixar Story
2007

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The New Cinema
1968

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Hook
1991

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Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond
2015

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The Harryhausen Chronicles
1997

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Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
2005

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Music by John Williams
2024

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State of the Art: The Pre-Visualization of 'Episode II'
2002

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Star Warriors
2007

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Ralph McQuarrie: Tribute to a Master
2014

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Spielberg
2017

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Clone Wars: Bridging the Saga
2005

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Martin Scorsese Directs
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From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II'
2002

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Watch the Skies!: Science Fiction, the 1950s and Us
2005

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Mardik: From Baghdad to Hollywood
2008

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Tell Them Who You Are
2004

Tell Them Who You Are

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1968

Filmmaker

The Characters of Star Wars
2004

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The Music of 'Indiana Jones'
2003

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Hollywood's Greatest Villains
2005

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Star Wars: Music by John Williams
1980

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Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi
1983

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The Phantom Menace 20 Years Later
2019

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Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
2019

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And the Oscar Goes To...
2014

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Edge Codes.com: The Art of Motion Picture Editing
2004

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Creatures from Star Wars
2006

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The Making of 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'
1984

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From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic
1999

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The Mythology of Star Wars
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Project Happiness
2011

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Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge - Adventure Awaits
2019

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The Skywalker Legacy
2020

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Willow: The Making of an Adventure
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2013

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Sean Connery: In His Own Words
2015

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Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
1984

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Men in Black
1997

Men in Black

R2-D2: Beneath the Dome
2001

R2-D2: Beneath the Dome

The Chosen One
2005

The Chosen One

The Making of The Empire Strikes Back
1980

The Making of The Empire Strikes Back

The Godfather: When the Shooting Stopped
2008

The Godfather: When the Shooting Stopped

George Lucas: Creating an Empire
2005

George Lucas: Creating an Empire

Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age
2021

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The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't
2008

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Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001
2007

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Making of 'Dreams'
1990

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Harrison Ford: Hollywood Hero
2023

Harrison Ford: Hollywood Hero

Samuel L. Jackson: Did I Stutter?
2023

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Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
1994

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Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogy
2003

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