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'''George Walton Lucas''' (born May 14, 1944) is an [[United States|American]] filmmaker. He is the creator of the ''[[Star Wars]]'' series as well as many other films, including ''[[American Graffiti]]'', ''[[THX 1138]]'', and, with the help of Steven Spielberg, ''[[Indiana Jones]]''. His auteur elements in film-making had been influenced by the French Marxist filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard.

'''George Walton Lucas''' (born May 14, 1944) is an [[United States|American]] filmmaker. He is the creator of the ''[[Star Wars]]'' series as well as many other films, including ''[[American Graffiti]]'', ''[[THX 1138]]'', and, with the help of Steven Spielberg, ''[[Indiana Jones]]''. His auteur elements in film-making had been influenced by the French Marxist filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard.

He lives in Modesto, [[California]] and is, in his own words, a "[[Buddhist]] [[Methodist]]". <ref>http://www.adherents.com/people/pl/George_Lucas.html</ref>

He lives in Modesto, [[California]] and is, in his own words, a "[[Buddhist]] [[Methodist]]".<ref>http://www.adherents.com/people/pl/George_Lucas.html</ref>

==Early Life==

==Early life==

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.

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.

With Francis Ford Coppola, he founded an independent film studio, American Zoetrope.  Their first feature was ''THX 1138'', based on one of Lucas's student films.  The film depicted his then pessimistic view of the 21st century, a world where people engage in mindless, pointless consumerism and love is outlawed. It was poorly received at the time, but currently holds an 89% "fresh" approval rating from critics on Rotten Tomatoes.  The film was not commercially successful.

With Francis Ford Coppola, he founded an independent film studio, American Zoetrope.  Their first feature was ''THX 1138'', based on one of Lucas's student films.  The film depicted his then pessimistic view of the 21st century, a world where people engage in mindless, pointless consumerism and love is outlawed. It was poorly received at the time, but currently holds an 89% "fresh" approval rating from critics on Rotten Tomatoes.  The film was not commercially successful.

Following a dispute, he withdrew from the Writers' Guild of America and the Directors' Guild in 1980 over his choice of using no opening credits in ''The Empire Strikes Back''. In addition, he originally wanted his friend Steven Spielberg to direct ''Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi'' (1983), but his dispute with the Director's Guild barred him from doing so.<ref>http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000184/bio</ref> Since then, in all of his recent films, he has hired actors who are not members of the Screen Actors' Guild, as legally a non-Guild member cannot hire Guild members.<ref>http://www.stagesource.org/download/8_advice_article_for_aftra_sag.pdf </ref>

Following a dispute, he withdrew from the Writers' Guild of America and the Directors' Guild in 1980 over his choice of using no opening credits in ''The Empire Strikes Back''. In addition, he originally wanted his friend Steven Spielberg to direct ''Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi'' (1983), but his dispute with the Director's Guild barred him from doing so.<ref>http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000184/bio</ref> Since then, in all of his recent films, he has hired actors who are not members of the Screen Actors' Guild, as legally a non-Guild member cannot hire Guild members.<ref>http://www.stagesource.org/download/8_advice_article_for_aftra_sag.pdf</ref>

==Politics==

==Politics==

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