![]() His films are among the 100 highest-grossing movies at the North American box office, adjusted for ticket-price inflation. Lucas is one of history's most financially successful filmmakers and has been nominated for four Academy Awards. 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). He returned to directing with a Star Wars prequel trilogy comprising Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999), Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002) and Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005). In 1997, Lucas re-released the Star Wars Trilogy as part of a special edition featuring several alterations home media versions with further changes were released in 20. ![]() He also produced and wrote a variety of films and television series through Lucasfilm between the 1970s and the 2010s. Lucas is also known for his collaboration with composer John Williams, who was recommended to him by Spielberg, and with whom he has worked for all the films in both of these franchises. With director Steven Spielberg, he created, produced, and co-wrote the Indiana Jones films Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), The Temple of Doom (1984), The Last Crusade (1989) and The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008). Lucas produced and co-wrote the sequels The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Return of the Jedi (1983). 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. The film was critically and commercially successful and received five Academy Award nominations, including Best Director and Best Picture. His next work as a writer-director was the film American Graffiti (1973), inspired by his youth in the early 1960s Modesto, California, and produced through the newly founded Lucasfilm. Lucas wrote and directed THX 1138 (1971), based on his student short Electronic Labyrinth: THX 1138 4EB, which was a critical success but a financial failure. ![]() Īfter graduating from the University of Southern California in 1967, Lucas co-founded American Zoetrope with filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola. ![]() He served as chairman of Lucasfilm before selling it to The Walt Disney Company in 2012. Lucas is best known for creating the Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises and founding Lucasfilm, LucasArts, and Industrial Light & Magic. (born May 14, 1944) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and entrepreneur. ![]()
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