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George Lucas

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American filmmaker and philanthropist (born 1944)

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George Lucas is a male American screenwriter, actor, producer, and film director. He began his work period in 1964 and has been recognized in the American Academy Arts Sciences collection and the Kennedy Center Honors collection. His professional fields include motion pictures production and direction, motion picture plays, motion picture authorship, scenarios de cinema, and kinofilmas.

Lucas has written one work and is fluent in English. He has four children. His nationality is listed as US, XXU, and USA.

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Film & TV

Modesto, California, USA

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…

Known for

  • Minions & Monsters — George Lucas (voice)2026
  • Megadoc — Self2025
  • Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story — Self2025
  • The Happiest Story on Earth: 70 Years of Disneyland — Self2025
  • Mr. Scorsese — Self (archive footage)2025
  • Music by John Williams — Self - Filmmaker2024
  • Jim Henson Idea Man — Self (archive footage)2024
  • Willow: Behind the Magic — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)2023
  • Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones and Harrison Ford — Self2023
  • Harrison Ford: Hollywood Hero — Self2023

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Authority record · VIAF

Lifespan
b. 1944
Nationality
US, XXU, USA
Role / Field
Screenwriters, Actors, 프로듀서producer, Scenaristes, Realisateurs de cinema, Motion pictures production and direction
Language
eng
Gender
Male

Recorded by 35 libraries

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Family name
Lucas
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Modesto
Occupation
director
Languages spoken
English language
Native language
English language
Notable work
Star Wars
Student of
Lester Novros
Image
George Lucas by Gage Skidmore.jpg
Height
168
Number of children
4
Residence
Marin County
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writing language
English language
birth name
George Walton Lucas Jr.
topic's main category
Category:George Lucas
Commons category
George Lucas
date of birth
1944-05-14
Commons gallery
George Lucas
name in native language
George Lucas
start of work period
1964-00-00
net worth
4600000000
on focus list of Wikimedia project
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
different from
Georg Lukács
Sources (13)

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Works in European collections

1 object attributed to George Lucas, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Encyclopedic overview

Personal

Marcia Griffin (first wife)

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