George Lucas

Directing · Born 1944-05-14 in Modesto, California, USA

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…

Filmography

• Beverly Hills Cop III as Disappointed Man
• Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse as Self
• The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial' as Self
• Citizen Steve as Self - Filmmaker
• Under the Helmet: The Legacy of Boba Fett as Self
• Heckler as Self
• From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga as Self
• Robot Chicken: Star Wars as Self (voice)
• Films Are Not Released, They Escape as Self
• The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing as Self