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Jan 13, 2004 · George Lucas’ early life. Coming of age in Modesto, California in the early 1960s, George Lucas loved to write and considered becoming an English major until a childhood friend suggested he ...
George Walton Lucas Jr. is an American filmmaker and philanthropist. He created the Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises and founded Lucasfilm, LucasArts, Industrial Light & Magic and THX. He served as chairman of Lucasfilm before selling it to The Walt Disney Company in 2012. Nominated for four Academy Awards, he is one of history's most financially successful filmmakers: he directed or conceived ten of the 100 highest-grossing movies at the North American box office, adjusted for ticket ...
Apr 3, 2024 · George Lucas rises to the top of Forbes Rich List with $5.5 billion net worth. Spielberg follows with $4.8 billion earnings, betting on movie success for wealth.
Oct 14, 2020 · READ MORE: George Lucas: The Car Wreck That Changed His Life and Led Him to Star Wars The Long Road to 'A New Hope' Lucas and Kurtz shopped around a 12-page treatment of Star Wars to various ...
2 days ago · George Lucas. 'Star Wars' creator George Lucas has largely retired from filmmaking since he sold his Lucasfilm to Disney in 2012 for $4.1 billion in stock and cash. Lucas is now focused on ...
Mar 1, 1979 · The man responsible was George Lucas. By Lynda Miles and Michael Pye. Wally Fong / AP. March 1979 Issue. Modesto is a small California town that gains its livelihood from its shops and its farms ...
George Walton Lucas, Jr. (born May 14, 1944) is an American filmmaker. The creator of Star Wars, he executive-produced its first six films. Close friends with fellow filmmakers Steven Spielberg and Francis Ford Coppola, George Lucas worked on the Indiana Jones franchise with Spielberg after meeting him through his own directoral debut, THX 1138, and the films The Rain People and Apocalypse Now, directed by Coppola. With the latter's backing, Lucas made American Graffiti, and subsequently relied
