George Lucas

Known for DirectingBorn 1944-05-14 (age 82)Modesto, California, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Close Up

Hollywood's Greatest Villains

Spécial cinéma

Samuel L. Jackson: Did I Stutter?

Star Wars: The Clone Wars - The Nightsisters Trilogy

Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects

Martin Scorsese Directs

Star Wars: Maul - Shadow Lord

When Star Wars Ruled the World

Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi

Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth

The Mandalorian

Fog City Mavericks

Star Wars: The Clone Wars

Andor

The Godfather

SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back

Star Wars: The Bad Batch

The Mythology of Star Wars

Mr. Scorsese

Music by John Williams

Harrison Ford: Hollywood Hero

The Empire Strikes Back

The Imperials Strike Back

Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi

Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age

Le court des grands

Jim Henson Idea Man

LIGHT & MAGIC

The Dark Redemption

Star Wars

Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery

Phineas and Ferb

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones and Harrison Ford

The Magical World of Chuck Jones

Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Darth Maul Returns

Making of 'Dreams'

Jurassic Park

Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogy

Star Wars Rebels

Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy

Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse

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

Star Wars: Clone Wars

The Making of The Empire Strikes Back

The Making of 'American Graffiti'

The O.C.