George Lucas George Walton Lucas Jr. (born May 14, 1944) is an American filmmaker. Lucas is best known for creating the ''Star Wars'' and ''Indiana Jones'' franchises and founding Lucasfilm, LucasArts, Industrial Light & Magic and THX. He served as chairm ...

(born 1944) is an American

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, and entrepreneur. His most well known work includes both the

Star Wars ''Star Wars'' is an American epic film, epic space opera multimedia franchise created by George Lucas, which began with the Star Wars (film), eponymous 1977 film and quickly became a worldwide popular culture, pop-culture Cultural impact of S ...

and

Indiana Jones ''Indiana Jones'' is an American media franchise based on the adventures of Dr. Henry Walton "Indiana" Jones, Jr., a fictional professor of archaeology, that began in 1981 with the film '' Raiders of the Lost Ark''. In 1984, a prequel, '' Th ...

franchises. In addition to producing feature films, he has also created television series and written books.

Full-length films

Short films and attractions

Pollock, Dale, ''Skywalking: The Life and Films of George Lucas'', Harmony Books,

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, 1983, .Fensch, Thomas, '' Films on the Campus'', A.S. Barnes & Co, New York, 1970, .

Television films and series

Young Indiana Jones ''The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles'' is an American television series that aired on ABC from March 4, 1992, to July 24, 1993. Filming took place in various locations around the world, with "Old Indy" bookend segments filmed in Wilmington, Nort ...

'' story writing credits

Other media

Books

Author

Adaptations unproduced episodes of ''Star Wars: The Clone Wars'' series

Multimedia products for PC

George Lucas developed and produced variety multimedia content for CD-ROM: * ''GTV: A Geographic Perspective on American History'' (1990) * ''Life Story: The Race for the Double Helix'' (1990) * ''The Mystery of the Disappearing Ducks'' (1993)

Unreleased and unrealized projects

Acting credits