George Lucas

George Lucas has helped transform the way movies are made, the way they are marketed, and perhaps most important, the way they are experienced by an audience. His company, Lucas film, a self-contained multimedia production enterprise and its sister companies serenely independent of Hollywood influence. George's companies have developed computer software for classroom use, and George has personally lent his name and clout to the work of many less influential filmmakers over the past two …

…created the dashing archaeologist Indiana Jones, producing Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) and its sequels. Lucas's other producing credits include the animated feature The Land Before Time (1988) and a famous flop, Howard the Duck (1986). Lucas is also the head of LucasFilms and special effects studios Industrial Light & Magic, and is famous for his Skywalker Ranch production facilities north of San Francisco. In 1992 Lucas received a special Oscar, the Irving G. Thalberg Award for Lifetime Achievement