George Lucas filmography

George Lucas (born 1944) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, editor, and entrepreneur. A member of the New Hollywood movement, his best-known work includes both the Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises and establishing Lucasfilm.

Lucas made his feature film debut in 1971 with THX 1138, an expansion of his student short Electronic Labyrinth: THX 1138 4EB made at the University of Southern California. Two years later, he wrote and directed American Graffiti, based on his own experience of cruising and years as a teenager. He then wrote and directed the space opera Star Wars (1977): it became the highest grossing film of all time and launched an eponymous franchise. Although Lucas did not direct the following two films in the Original Trilogy—The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Return of the Jedi (1983)—he was heavily involved as a writer, producer, editor, and co-director. Some two decades later, he returned to full-time directing and wrote all three entries in the prequel trilogy: The Phantom Menace (1999), Attack of the Clones (2002), and Revenge of the Sith (2005).