George Lucas

Filmmaker, philanthropist

American Modesto, California

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Quick Info

ProfessionFilmmaker, philanthropist
NationalityAmerican
Date of Birth14/05/1944
Age81 years
BirthplaceModesto, California

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Personal Life

Grew up in Modesto, California, in a family that loved storytelling; attended Disneyland during its opening week in July 1955
Interested in comics, science fiction, and television programs like Flash Gordon serials
Yearned to be a racecar driver in high school, racing on underground circuits at fairgrounds

Relationships & More

Met future wife Marcia Griffin while working for the United States Information Agency

Family

FatherStationery store owner
Raised onWalnut ranch

Career

Companies Founded
  • Lucasfilm
  • LucasArts
  • Industrial Light & Magic
  • THX
Key Films
  • American Graffiti (1973, directed)
  • Star Wars (1977, wrote and directed)
  • Indiana Jones franchise (created)
  • THX 1138 (1971, directed; expanded from student short)
Notable Achievements
  • Sold Lucasfilm to Disney (2012)
  • Multiple Academy Award nominations
  • Transformed special effects and sound in films
  • Warner Bros. student scholarship in 1967 to observe filming of Finian’s Rainbow
  • Worked as assistant to Francis Ford Coppola on The Rain People (1969)
  • Co-founded American Zoetrope with Coppola (1969)

Some Lesser Known Facts

1. Nearly joined family business but pursued film
2. Created one-minute animated short as USC student that won national awards
3. Directed first film 'Look at Life' (1965) as 21-year-old USC student
4. Formed short-lived production company Sunrise Productions with friends; planned mockumentary 'Five, Four, Three' which was never completed
5. Declared upon leaving home that he would be a millionaire by age 30
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