George Lucas

About

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...

Known for

Phineas and FerbSeries • 2007Star Wars: The Clone WarsSeries • 2008Minions & MonstersMovie • 2026The MandalorianSeries • 2019The O.C.Series • 2003The GodfatherMovie • 1972The Mandalorian and GroguMovie • 2026Star Wars RebelsSeries • 2014AndorSeries • 2022Star Wars: VisionsSeries • 2021Star Wars: The Bad BatchSeries • 2021Star WarsMovie • 1977Raiders of the Lost ArkMovie • 1981Just Shoot Me!Series • 1997OmnibusSeries • 1967The Young Indiana Jones ChroniclesSeries • 1992Star Wars ResistanceSeries • 2018Star Wars: The Force AwakensMovie • 2015Star Wars: The Rise of SkywalkerMovie • 2019The Book of Boba FettSeries • 2021Beverly Hills Cop IIIMovie • 1994AhsokaSeries • 2023The Empire Strikes BackMovie • 1980Star Wars: The Last JediMovie • 2017