George Lucas

About George Lucas

Best known for developing the iconic science fiction franchise Star Wars, he is also a director and producer. He rose to prominence after his 1973 coming-of-age film American Graffiti, and he also developed the action hero Indiana Jones, who was most memorably portrayed by Harrison Ford in the original 1980s trilogy.

George Walton Lucas Jr. is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and entrepreneur. Lucas is best 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, based on his 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, inspired by his youth in the 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 Director and Best Picture.

Years active	1965–present
Born	George Walton Lucas Jr, May 14, 1944, Modesto, California, U.S.
Children	4, including Amanda and Katie
Alma mater	Modesto Junior College, University of Southern California
Occupation	Director, producer, writer, entrepreneur

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Trivia

His estimated net worth was $3.9 billion in 2013 after he sold Star Wars to Disney. 

George Lucas before fame

He attended Modesto Junior College and then transferred to the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts to study anthropology. After graduating, he attempted to join the United States Air Force but was turned down due to a number of speeding fines on his record, so he re-enrolled at USC as a graduate student in film production.

Achievement of George Lucas

After selling Star Wars to Disney in 2013, his estimated net worth was $3.9 billion.

Salary 2020

Not known

Net Worth 2020

$6.5 Billion

George Lucas family life

On February 22, 1969, he married film editor Marcia Lou Griffin, whom he divorced in 1983. In 2013, he married Mellody Hobson for the second time. Amanda, Katie, Everest, and Jett are his four children.

Associations of George Lucas

In the 1970s, he and longtime partner Steven Spielberg contributed to "The Golden Age" of Hollywood.

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