George Lucas
- film producer
- film director
- art collector
- film editor
- cinematographer
- screenwriter
- actor
- writer
- science fiction writer
- film actor
- executive producer
- director
- philanthropist
- Born 1944-05-14 (age 82)
- Nationality United States
- Years active 1964–present
Biography
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Known for
Filmography
See full filmography| Role | ||||
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| 2005 | Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith | Movie | 61 | |
| 1997 | Men in Black | Movie | 53 | |
| 1994 | Beverly Hills Cop III | Movie | 50 | |
| 1991 | Hook | Movie | 47 | |
| 1984 | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | Movie | 40 |
Career timeline
Award won Role or nomination
1944 age 0
Born1971 age 27
1973 age 29
1977 age 33
1980 age 36
1981 age 37
1983 age 39
1984 age 40
1986 age 42
1988 age 44
1989 age 45
1991 age 47
CreditHook1994 age 50
CreditBeverly Hills Cop III1997 age 53
CreditMen in Black1999 age 55
2002 age 58
2005 age 61
2008 age 64
2023 age 79
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Spouse
Nothing recorded for: Partner, Parents, Children, Siblings, Influenced by, Studied under, Taught.
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Quotes
My primary concept in approaching the production of THX 1138 was to make a kind of theater verité film of the future — something that would look like a documentary crew had made a film about some character in a time yet to come.<br>No film ever ends up exactly as you would like it to, but with minor exceptions, THX came out pretty much as I had visualized it, thanks to some excellent assistance — and a whole lot of luck.
George Lucas, CC BY-SA 4.0
He could have known this little girl when she was just a kid. Had an affair with her when she was eleven. … He hasn’t seen her in twelve years. Now she’s twenty-two. It’s a really strange relationship. …This is a resource that you can either mine or not. It's not as blatant as we're talking about. You don't think about it that much. You don't immediately realize how old she was at the time. It would be subtle. She could talk about it. "I was jail bait the last time we were together." She can flaunt it at him, but at the same time she never says, "I was fifteen years old." Even if we don't mention it, when we go to cast the part we're going to end up with a woman who's about twenty-three and a hero who's about thirty- five.
George Lucas, CC BY-SA 4.0
It was insane, I wish I had filmed it. It was like bringing an audience to the Mona Lisa and asking, 'Do you know why she is smiling?' 'Sorry Leonardo, you'll have to make some changes.' At least the audience understood that THX was not a love story set in the 25th-century, which was the way Warners had planned to advertise it. Instead, the company settled for 'Visit the future, where love is the ultimate crime.'
George Lucas, CC BY-SA 4.0
The Johnson film wasn't terrible. I just didn't agree with the politics. I'm not a fan of big government and propaganda films are distasteful.
George Lucas, CC BY-SA 4.0
We say, 'We think you are a talented, functioning person, and we are hiring you because of your abilities, and whatever you come up with, we're going to take.' If we make a mistake, it will be in picking the wrong person. What we're striving for is total freedom, where we can finance our pictures, make them our way, release them where we want them released and be completely free to express ourselves. That's very hard to do in the world of business. In this country, the only thing that speaks is money and you have to have the money to have the power to be free. So the danger is — in being as oppressive as the next guy to the people below you. We're going to do everything possible to avoid that pitfall. But if we fail, it's another saga in the history of man...
George Lucas, CC BY-SA 4.0
One of the fatal mistakes that almost every science-fiction film makes is that they spend so much time on the settings — you know, creating the environment — that they spend film time on it. And you don't have to spend too much film time to create an environment. What they're doing is showing off the amount of work that they generated, and it slows the pace of the film down. And the story is not the settings. The story is the stories, plot. You're always surprised with characters, I mean in film it's even more dramatic than it is in writing, because eventually you actually take a real person and stick them into that character. And that real person brings with him, or her, an enormous package of reality. I mean, Threepio is just a hunk of plastic, and without Tony Daniels in there it just isn't anything at all. In the first film we had maybe 20 colors to paint with, and this time we've had 40 colors to paint with. Well, that doesn't mean it's going to be a better painting. Visual effect
George Lucas, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Facts
- Nationalities
- United States
- Height
- 168 cm
- Net worth
- 5,000,000,000 USD
- Languages
- English
- Years active
- 1964–
- Genres
- speculative fiction film
- Notable works
- American Graffiti, THX 1138, Star Wars
- Education
- University of Southern California, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Downey High School, Modesto Junior College, Thomas Downey High School, USC School of Cinematic Arts