Name: George Walton Lucas Jr
D.O.B: 14 May 1944
P.O.B: Modesto California USA
Achivements:
1991:
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The Academy’s Irving G Thalberg Award
2005:
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Life time achivement award in 2005
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Voted the 100 Greatest Americian by Discovery Channel
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Nominated for 4 awards including:
Best directing & best writer for the film Americian Graffiti &
Best directing & best writing for the film Star Wars (Great Film)
filmography: Producer, Writer, Director, Editor, Actor, Sound Department
& Visual Effect.
George Lucas started his career as a film director in 1967 creating small films including THX-1138, he was awarded a solarship at the famous Warner Bros company to observe the film Finians Rainbow in 1968 which was being directed by Francis Ford Coppola. George Lucas & Francis Coppola became good friends and formed a company called American Zoetrope in 1969. the companies first full project was George Lucas’s THX-1138 in 1971 but the company was short lived because
Francis Coppola went in to he production of the Godfarther (Brilliant Film) so George Lucas formed his own company called Lucasfilms LTD. from 1973 to 1974 he began writing
the screenplay for the film Starwars. he was inspiried to write the film by watchhin the films Flash Gordan & Planet of The Apes . In 1975 he established ILM (Industrial Light & Magic) to produce the visual effects for the film. Sprocket Systems did the editing and mixing for Star Wars but later on the were renamed Skywalker Sounds. His movie was turned down by serveral movie studios until Twenthieth Centry Fox gave him an chance to develope his idea. the move went on to break all box office records and earned 7 acandemy awards. He’s also worrked with William Reeves on the film Return of The Jedi
