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George Lucas
American filmmaker and philanthropist (born 1944)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 considered to be one of the most significant figures of the 20th-century New Hollywood movement, and a pioneer of the modern blockbuster. Despite this, he has remained an independent filmmaker for most of his career.
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AI Generated- May 14, 1944George Lucas is born.
- 1967George Lucas graduates from the University of Southern California.
- 1971George Lucas writes and directs THX 1138.