George Lucas
Born May 14, 1944 (Age: 81)
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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 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.
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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Filmography
Megadoc
2025
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as Self
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Age: 81
Harrison Ford: Hollywood Hero
2023
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as Self
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Age: 78
Sean Connery: In His Own Words
2015
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as Self
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Age: 71
Close Up
2012
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 68
Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel
2009
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as Self
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Age: 65
Waking Sleeping Beauty
2009
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 65
Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001
2007
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as Self
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Age: 63
The Visions of Stanley Kubrick
2007
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as Self
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Age: 63
Star Warriors
2007
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as Self
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Age: 62
Creatures from Star Wars
2006
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as Self
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Age: 62
Hollywood's Greatest Villains
2005
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as Self
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Age: 61
The Chosen One
2005
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as Self
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Age: 61
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
2005
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as Baron Papanoida (uncredited)
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Age: 61
Lucas, Coppola & Kurosawa
2005
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as Self
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Age: 60
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Clone Wars: Bridging the Saga
2005
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as Self
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Age: 60
George Lucas: Creating an Empire
2005
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as Self
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Age: 60
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Lucas, Coppola, and Kurosawa
2005
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as Self
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Age: 60
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
2004
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as Self
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Age: 60
The Characters of Star Wars
2004
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as Self
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Age: 60
When Star Wars Ruled the World
2004
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as Self
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Age: 60
A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope
2004
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as Self
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Age: 60
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Artifact from the Future: The Making of 'THX 1138'
2004
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as Self
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Age: 60
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Edge Codes.com: The Art of Motion Picture Editing
2004
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as Self
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Age: 59
State of the Art: The Pre-Visualization of 'Episode II'
2002
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as Self
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Age: 58
Films Are Not Released, They Escape
2002
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as Self
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Age: 58
From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II'
2002
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as Self
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Age: 58
Hollywood's Master of Myth: Joseph Campbell - The Force Behind Star Wars
1999
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as Self
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Age: 55
The Making of 'American Graffiti'
1998
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as Self
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Age: 54
Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs
1998
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as Self
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Age: 53
Men in Black
1997
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as Alien on TV Monitor (uncredited)
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Age: 53
Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery
1997
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as Self
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Age: 52
The Harryhausen Chronicles
1997
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as Self
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Age: 52
The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'
1996
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as Self
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Age: 52
Beverly Hills Cop III
1994
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as Disappointed Man
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Age: 50
Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
1994
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as Self
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Age: 50
Young Indy Around the World
1993
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as Self
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Age: 48
The Magical World of Chuck Jones
1992
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as Self
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Age: 48
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
1991
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as Self
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Age: 47
Here's Looking At You, Warner Bros.
1991
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as Self
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Age: 47
Hook
1991
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as Man Kissing on Bridge (uncredited)
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Age: 46
Making of 'Dreams'
1990
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as Self
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Age: 46
Martin Scorsese Directs
1990
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as Self
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Age: 46
Willow: The Making of an Adventure
1988
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as Self - Executive Producer
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Age: 43
Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth
1988
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as Self
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Age: 43
Citizen Steve
1987
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as Self - Filmmaker
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Age: 42
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
1984
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as Missionary (uncredited)
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Age: 40
The Making of 'Raiders of the Lost Ark'
1981
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as Self
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Age: 37
The Making of The Empire Strikes Back
1980
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as Self
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Age: 36
Star Wars: Music by John Williams
1980
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as Self
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Age: 36
American Graffiti
1973
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as Pinkie’s Pizza Employee (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 29
The New Cinema
1968
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as Self
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Age: 23