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George Lucas

George Lucas

Director · Born 1944-05-14 · Modesto, California, USA

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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 Strike…

Directed

  1. Star Wars (1977) — Director
  2. Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) — Director
  3. Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) — Director
  4. Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002) — Director
  5. American Graffiti (1973) — Director
  6. THX 1138 (1971) — Director
  7. Electronic Labyrinth: THX 1138 4EB (1967) — Director
  8. Freiheit (1966) — Director
  9. 1:42.08 (1966) — Director
  10. Herbie (1966) — Director
  11. Look at Life (1965) — Director
  12. anyone lived in a pretty [how] town (1967) — Director
  13. The Emperor (1967) — Director
  14. 6-18-67 (1967) — Director
  15. Bald: The Making of 'THX 1138' (1971) — Director
  16. Filmmaker (1968) — Director
  17. Cinema16: American Short Films (2006) — Director
  18. Le court des grands (2005) — Director

Also appeared in

  1. Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) — Baron Papanoida (uncredited)
  2. Men in Black (1997) — Alien on TV Monitor (uncredited)
  3. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) — Missionary (uncredited)
  4. Hook (1991) — Man Kissing on Bridge (uncredited)
  5. Beverly Hills Cop III (1994) — Disappointed Man
  6. American Graffiti (1973) — Pinkie’s Pizza Employee (voice) (uncredited)
  7. The O.C. (2003) — George Lucas
  8. The Daily Show (1996) — Self
  9. Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991) — Self
  10. Side by Side (2012) — Self
  11. Spielberg (2017) — Self
  12. The Colbert Report (2005) — Self (uncredited)
  13. The Robot Chicken: Star Wars (2007) — Self (voice)
  14. The Pixar Story (2007) — Self
  15. Minions & Monsters (2026) — George Lucas (voice)
  16. Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy (2004) — Self
  17. Just Shoot Me! (1997) — George Lucas
  18. Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993) — Self - Guest
  19. The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing (2004) — Self
  20. Waking Sleeping Beauty (2009) — Self (archive footage)
  21. The People vs. George Lucas (2010) — Self (archive footage)
  22. Music by John Williams (2024) — Self - Filmmaker
  23. Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound (2019) — Self
  24. The Oscars (1953) — Self
  25. Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian (2020) — Self - Creator of Star Wars
  26. Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood (2003) — Self
  27. Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story (2025) — Self
  28. LIGHT & MAGIC (2022) — Self
  29. Heckler (2007) — Self
  30. Milius (2013) — Self
  31. Jim Henson Idea Man (2024) — Self (archive footage)
  32. James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction (2018) — Self
  33. Under the Helmet: The Legacy of Boba Fett (2021) — Self
  34. Star Wars: The Legacy Revealed (2007) — Self
  35. Drew: The Man Behind the Poster (2013) — Self
  36. The Making of Star Wars (1977) — Self
  37. Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2014) — Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
  38. Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible (2010) — Self
  39. Alien Planet (2005) — Self
  40. Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age (2021) — Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)