American filmmaker and philanthropist (born 1944)
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Built Star Wars and Indiana Jones into global franchises, then stepped back from the spotlight after selling Lucasfilm to Disney in 2012. The guy who basically invented the modern blockbuster.
George Walton Lucas Jr. is an American filmmaker and philanthropist. He created the Star Wars franchise and its fictional universe, the Indiana Jones franchise, and founded Lucasfilm, LucasArts, Industrial Light & Magic and THX. Lucas also served as chairman of Lucasfilm before selling it to The Walt Disney Company in 2012. The recipient of two Emmy Awards and nominations for four Academy Awards and two Golden Globe 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 remaine…
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