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
DirectingBirthday
May 14, 1944Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
215Place of birth
Modesto, California, USAAlso 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 لوكاسCast credits
Beverly Hills Cop III
Disappointed ManHearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
SelfHeckler
SelfFrom Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga
SelfRobot Chicken: Star Wars
Self (voice)The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
SelfThe Beginning: Making 'Episode I'
SelfAlien Planet
SelfIndustrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible
SelfStar Wars: Within a Minute - The Making of Episode III
SelfFog City Mavericks
SelfThe Making of Star Wars
SelfBen-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema
SelfKurosawa
Self (archive footage)Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel
SelfThe Sci-Fi Boys
SelfSide by Side
SelfA Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope
SelfMilius
SelfDrew: The Man Behind the Poster
SelfCrew credits
Star Wars
Executive Producer, Writer, DirectorRaiders of the Lost Ark
Executive Producer, Editor, StoryIndiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Executive Producer, Story, CharactersIndiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Executive Producer, Characters, StoryIndiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Executive Producer, Story, CharactersTHX 1138
Editor, Screenplay, Director, StoryAmerican Graffiti
Director, Writer, Music SupervisorWillow
Executive Producer, StoryThe Empire Strikes Back
Story, Executive ProducerReturn of the Jedi
Screenplay, Story, Executive Producer, Second Unit DirectorStar Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Screenplay, Director, Executive ProducerStar Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
Director, Producer, Screenplay, Story, Executive ProducerStar Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
Director, Screenplay, Executive ProducerEwoks: The Battle for Endor
Screenplay, Executive ProducerHoward the Duck
Executive ProducerRadioland Murders
Story, Executive ProducerKagemusha
Executive ProducerThe Land Before Time
Executive ProducerStar Wars: The Clone Wars
Executive ProducerMishima: A Life in Four Chapters
Executive ProducerLabyrinth
Executive Producer