| − | George Lucas, the son of a middle class business man, grew up in Modesto, California, although he later claimed he grew up in San Fracisco.<ref>http://www.cbsnews.com/news/george-lucas-billionaire-down-on-capitalism/</ref> His childhood and teenage years heavily revolved around cars and girls, and this aspect of his life became the basis for his movie ''American Graffiti''. He was a poor student, however, in his senior year of high school, he got into a serious, life-changing car accident. After he graduated, he was able to bring his grades up in community college, and got into USC's film program. | + | George Lucas, the son of a middle class business man, grew up in Modesto, California, although he later claimed he grew up in San Francisco.<ref>http://www.cbsnews.com/news/george-lucas-billionaire-down-on-capitalism/</ref> His childhood and teenage years heavily revolved around cars and girls, and this aspect of his life became the basis for his movie ''American Graffiti''. He was a poor student, however, in his senior year of high school, he got into a serious, life-changing car accident. After he graduated, he was able to bring his grades up in community college, and got into USC's film program. |