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George Lucas

1944 - Today

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George Walton Lucas Jr. (born May 14, 1944) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. George Lucas is the 27th most popular film director (up from 28th in 2019), the 228th most popular biography from United States (down from 195th in 2019) and the 9th most popular American Film Director.

George Lucas is most famous for creating the Star Wars franchise.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, George Lucas ranks 27 out of 2,041. Before him are Andrei Tarkovsky, Sergio Leone, Francis Ford Coppola, François Truffaut, Cecil B. DeMille, and Miloš Forman. After him are Jean-Luc Godard, Konstantin Stanislavski, Georges Méliès, Michelangelo Antonioni, Wim Wenders, and Fritz Lang.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, George Lucas ranks 6. Before him are Danny DeVito, Gerhard Schröder, Jeff Beck, Michael Douglas, and Omar al-Bashir. After him are Ban Ki-moon, Barry White, John Holmes, Alexander Van der Bellen, Sebastião Salgado, and Jairzinho.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George Lucas ranks 228 out of 20,380. Before him are Frank Lloyd Wright (1867), Cecil B. DeMille (1881), Grover Cleveland (1837), Milton Friedman (1912), Ray Bradbury (1920), and Humphrey Bogart (1899). After him are F. Sherwood Rowland (1927), J. D. Salinger (1919), Willard Van Orman Quine (1908), Emily Greene Balch (1867), Candice Bergen (1946), and Josephine Baker (1906).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, George Lucas ranks 9. Before him are David Lynch (1946), Stanley Kubrick (1928), D. W. Griffith (1875), Woody Allen (1935), Francis Ford Coppola (1939), and Cecil B. DeMille (1881). After him are Michael Mann (1943), Quentin Tarantino (1963), John Ford (1894), Tim Burton (1958), Robert Zemeckis (1952), and Oliver Stone (1946).

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