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.
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Credits
- 2024 · Music by John Williams as Self - Filmmaker
- 2024 · Jim Henson Idea Man as Self (archive footage)
- 2023 · Martin Scorsese, l'Italo-Américain as Self
- 2023 · Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones & Harrison Ford as Self
- 2023 · A Disturbance in the Force: How the Star Wars Holiday Special Happened as Self (archive footage)
- 2023 · Willow: Behind the Magic as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2022 · Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2022 · If These Walls Could Sing as Self
- 2022 · Light & Magic as Self - Writer, Producer, Director
- 2021 · Under the Helmet: The Legacy of Boba Fett as Self
- 2021 · Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy as Self
- 2021 · Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
- 2020 · Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian as Self - Creator of Star Wars
- 2020 · The Skywalker Legacy as Self (archive footage)
- 2019 · Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound as Self
- 2019 · Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge - Adventure Awaits as Self
- 2018 · James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction as Self
- 2017 · Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies as Self
- 2017 · Spielberg as Self
- 2015 · Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel as Self
- 2015 · Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond as Self
- 2015 · Sean Connery: In His Own Words as Self
- 2014 · Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
- 2014 · And the Oscar Goes To... as Self (archive footage)
- 2014 · Face of Unity as Self
- 2013 · Drew: The Man Behind the Poster as Self
- 2013 · Milius as Self
- 2012 · Close Up as Self (archive footage)
- 2012 · Side by Side as Self
- 2011 · A Conversation with the Masters: The Empire Strikes Back 30 Years Later as Self
- 2011 · Hollywood between Paranoia and Sci-Fi: The Power of Myth as Self
- 2010 · Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible as Self
- 2010 · The People vs. George Lucas as Self (archive footage)
- 2009 · Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel as Self
- 2009 · Waking Sleeping Beauty as Self (archive footage)
- 2008 · The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't as Self
- 2008 · Mardik: From Baghdad to Hollywood as Self
- 2007 · Heckler as Self
- 2007 · Fog City Mavericks as Self
- 2007 · The Visions of Stanley Kubrick as Self
- 2007 · Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange' as Self
- 2007 · The Pixar Story as Himself
- 2007 · Journey Through the Labyrinth as Self
- 2007 · Robot Chicken: Star Wars as Self (voice)
- 2007 · Star Wars: The Legacy Revealed as Self
- 2006 · Creatures from Star Wars as Self
- 2005 · Hollywood's Greatest Villains as Self
- 2005 · Star Wars: Within a Minute - The Making of Episode III as Self
- 2005 · Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema as Self
- 2005 · Watch the Skies!: Science Fiction, the 1950s and Us as Self
- 2005 · Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith as Baron Papanoida (uncredited)
- 2005 · Alien Planet as Self
- 2005 · Clone Wars: Bridging the Saga as Self
- 2005 · George Lucas: Creating an Empire as Self
- 2004 · The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing as Self
- 2004 · A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope as Self
- 2004 · Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy as Self
- 2004 · Tell Them Who You Are as Self
- 2004 · Artifact from the Future: The Making of 'THX 1138' as Self
- 2004 · Edge Codes.com: The Art of Motion Picture Editing as Self
- 2003 · Star Wars: Clone Wars as Self
- 2003 · The O.C. as George Lucas
- 2002 · From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II' as Self
- 2001 · R2-D2: Beneath the Dome as Self
- 2001 · The Beginning: Making Episode I as Self
- 2000 · Kurosawa as Self (archive footage)
- 1999 · Hollywood's Master of Myth: Joseph Campbell - The Force Behind Star Wars as Self
- 1999 · From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic as Self
- 1999 · TV Total as Self
- 1998 · The Making of 'American Graffiti' as Self
- 1997 · Men in Black as Alien on TV Monitor (uncredited)
- 1997 · Just Shoot Me! as George Lucas
- 1996 · The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial' as Self
- 1996 · The Daily Show as Self
- 1995 · The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies as Self
- 1995 · A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies as Self
- 1994 · Beverly Hills Cop III as Disappointed Man
- 1993 · Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- 1992 · The Magical World of Chuck Jones as Self
- 1991 · Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse as Self
- 1991 · Here's Looking At You, Warner Bros. as Self
- 1991 · Hook as Man Kissing on Bridge (uncredited)
- 1990 · Making of 'Dreams' as Self
- 1990 · Martin Scorsese Directs as Self
- 1988 · Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth as Self
- 1986 · The Making of Captain EO as Self
- 1984 · Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom as Missionary (uncredited)
- 1984 · Al TV as Self
- 1983 · From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga as Self
- 1983 · Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi as Self
- 1981 · The Making of 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' as Self
- 1980 · Star Wars: Music by John Williams as Self
- 1977 · The Making of Star Wars as Self
- 1977 · Bitte umblättern as Self
- 1974 · Spécial cinéma as Self
- 1971 · Bald: The Making of 'THX 1138' as Self
- 1968 · The New Cinema as Self
- Future · Megadoc as Self
- 2023 · Samuel L. Jackson: Did I Stutter? as self
- 2023 · Harrison Ford: Hollywood Hero as Self
- 2019 · The Phantom Menace 20 Years Later as Self
- 2014 · A Night at the Movies: George Lucas & The World of Fantasy Cinema as Self
- 2014 · Ralph McQuarrie: Tribute to a Master as Self
- 2013 · From Morf to Morphing: The Dawn of Digital Filmmaking as Self - Executive Producer (archive footage)
- 2011 · Project Happiness as Self
- 2008 · The Godfather: When the Shooting Stopped as Self
- 2007 · Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001 as Self
- 2007 · Star Warriors as Self
- 2006 · The Sci-Fi Boys as Self
- 2005 · The Chosen One as Self
- 2005 · Lucas, Coppola & Kurosawa as Self
- 2004 · The Characters of Star Wars as Self
- 2004 · When Star Wars Ruled the World as Self
- 2003 · The Music of 'Indiana Jones' as Self
- 2003 · Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogy as self
- 2002 · State of the Art: The Pre-Visualization of 'Episode II' as Self
- 2002 · Films Are Not Released, They Escape as Self
- 1999 · The Mythology of Star Wars as Self
- 1998 · Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs as Self
- 1997 · Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery as Self
- 1997 · The Harryhausen Chronicles as Self
- 1994 · Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects as Self
- 1993 · Young Indy Around the World as Self
- 1988 · Willow: The Making of an Adventure as Self - Executive Producer
- 1987 · Citizen Steve as Self - Filmmaker
- 1984 · The Making of 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom' as Self
- 1980 · The Making of The Empire Strikes Back as Self
- 1971 · George Lucas: Maker of Films as Self
- 1968 · Filmmaker as Self (voice) (uncredited)
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self