Director George Lucas is an American filmmaker and writer. He studied cinematography at the University of Southern California and caught the eye of Francis Ford Coppola, who helped him enter the film business. Lucas is best known for writing and directing Star Wars and creating the Indiana Jones series, as well as founding the Industrial Light & Magic special effects company.
Early Life and Education
Lucas was born George Walton Lucas Jr. on May 14, , in Modesto, California. Lucas's parents sold retail office supplies and owned a walnut ranch in California. His experiences growing up in the sleepy suburb of Modesto and his early passion for cars and motor racing would eventually serve as inspiration for his Oscar-nominated low-budget phenomenon, American Graffiti ().
Before young Lucas became obsessed with the movie camera, he wanted to be a race car driver, but a near-fatal accident in his souped-up Fiat just days before his high school graduation quickly changed his mind. Instead, he attended community college and developed a passion for cinematography and camera tricks. Following the advice of a friend, he transferred t
George Lucas: Biography
Lucas went on to produce such well known films as: Captain Eo (), in connection with Disneyland and Michael Jackson, Labyrinth (), Howard theDuck (), The Land Before Time (), Willow () and Indiana Jones andthe Last Crusade () which coincidentally earned an Oscar for Best Sound Design. He also served as a story author and executive producer of the television series, The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (premiered in ), which eventually received the Banff Award for Best Continuing Series, a Golden Globe nomination for best Dramatic Series, and Angel Award for Quality Programming, 12 Emmy Awards and 26 Emmy nominations.
Though Lucasfilm Ltd. was established in , it has since evolved into five Lucas companies.
In Lucas was honored with the Irving G. Thalberg Award. The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences gave the Award.
Lucas latest directorial effort came in with the release of his much-awaited prequel series. Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace, exploded into theaters May 19, The other two prequels, Star Wars: Episode II, a
George Lucas and the Origin Story Behind 'Star Wars'
A long time ago in a galaxy not far awaybefore the empire struck back and Jedis returned — there was a young Padawan director named George Lucas who had a crazy idea for a space opera that almost never made it to the screen.
From Mel’s Drive-in to the Mos Eisley Cantina
In , Lucas was living in a one-bedroom home in Mill Valley when he directed a low-budget film called American Graffiti, based loosely on his youth in Modesto, California, and his love for hot-rod culture. Although it cost less than $1 million to produce, it became a blockbuster teen-culture classic, earning $50 million and five Oscar nods, including Best Director.
Emboldened by his early success with Graffiti, Lucas was determined to follow through on an idea for a “space opera” he and his partner, Gary Kurtz, had been noodling around since The story was based on outer-space adventures like those of Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers—stories Lucas adored as a young boy growing up on his family’s walnut farm.
There was no shortage of sci-fi in Hollywood at the time. But most were dark, dystopian tales like Rollerball, Logan’s Run, or THX (Lucas’s
"I am a Modestan," he said. "It's where I grew up, and it's been a great influence in my life. (It's where) I spent the first 20 years of my life, and everything I knew (then) was from that town."
. . .quoted in a May 12, article by Roger W. Hoskins in The Modesto Bee
Modesto still celebrates cruising and cars, the subject matter that inspired George Lucas to write and film 's "American Graffiti." Each June, at the end of the school year, citizens of Modesto line the streets to watch a parade of jalopies and "cool" vehicles stream down the streets and then cruise out on McHenry Avenue. While 10th and 11th Streets, which were the real lanes for cruising in the s and 60s during Lucas's cruise days, it doesn't matter where the cruisers go, they are repeating the rite of passage that Lucas so brilliantly brought to life on the screen.
On June 7, , Lucas was the Grand Marshall of the Modesto Kiwanis Graffiti Parade. He and his wife, Melody Hobson, rode through the streets of Modesto, basking in the adoration of the people who have come to think of Lucas as Modesto's greatest living legend. Lucas was the first inductee into th
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