George Lucas is an American director, producer, and screenwriter who has a net worth of $6.4 billion. He is best known for being the creator of the Star Wars franchise. His other notable works include the Indiana Jones franchise, American Graffiti, and THX 1138. Lucas is considered to be one of the most influential filmmakers of all time.
Lucas was born in Modesto, California, on May 14, 1944. He developed an interest in filmmaking at an early age and went on to attend the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts. After graduating in 1966, he co-founded American Zoetrope with fellow filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola.
Lucas's first film, THX 1138, was a critical and commercial failure. Undeterred, he went on to write and direct American Graffiti, a coming-of-age film set in the early 1960s that was a massive hit with audiences. Lucas followed up with the first Star Wars film, which was released in 1977 and became one of the most successful films of all time.
The success of Star Wars led Lucas to create two more sequels, The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, as