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Lucas, George
American Screenwriter, Producer, and Director 1944-
Born on May 14, 1944, in Modesto, California, film director George Lucas studied film at the University of Southern California. His first feature film was
THX 1138.
The executive producer was Francis Ford Coppola, who would later gain fame directing
The Godfather
trilogy and
Apocalypse Now.
In 1973 Lucas cowrote and directed
American Graffiti,
which won a Golden Globe and garnered five Academy Award nominations.
Within the space fraternity Lucas is recognized for the Star Wars movies.
Star Wars,
the first in the initial trilogy of tales about life and conflict in the universe, was released in 1977. The film broke ...