George Lucas (1944)

American filmmaker, creator of Star Wars

* May 14, 1944 Modesto, California, USA
 as George Walton Lucas Jr.



Books on George Lucas

Brian Jay Jones
George Lucas, A life
New York, 2016

Marcus Hearn
The cinema of George Lucas
New York, 2005

Sally Kline (ed.) George Lucas Sally Kline (ed.)
George Lucas, Interviews
Jackson, 1999

Chris Salewicz
George Lucas, The making of his movies
New York, 1999

Chris Salewicz George Lucas Chris Salewicz
George Lucas
Reinbeck bei Hamburg, 1998

Charles Champlin
George Lucas, The creative impulse. Lucasfilm's first twenty-five years
New York, 1997

Charles Champlin
George Lucas, The creative impulse. Lucasfilm's first twenty years
New York, 1992

Dale Pollock
Skywalking, The life and films of George Lucas
New York, 1983

Books with substantial mentioning of George Lucas

Virginia Forte (ed.)
The 100 most influential entertainers of stage and screen
New York, NY, 2015

George Stevens, Jr. (ed.) Conversations at the American Film Institute with the great moviemakers George Stevens, Jr. (ed.)
Conversations at the American Film Institute with the great moviemakers, The next generation
New York, 2012

John C. Tibbetts, James M. Welsh
The Encyclopedia of Filmmakers, Volume Two
New York, NY, 2002

Yoram Allon, Del Cullen and Hannah Patterson (eds.) Contemporary North American Film Directors Yoram Allon, Del Cullen and Hannah Patterson (eds.)
Contemporary North American Film Directors, A Wallflower Critical Guide
London and New York, 2002

Dennis Fischer
Science Fiction Film Directors, 1895-1998
Jefferson, North Carolina, and London, 2000

Tom Pendergast, Sara Pendergast (eds.)
International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, 2. Directors
Detroit/New York/San Francisco/London/Boston/Woodbridge, CT, 2000

Andrew Sarris (editor) The St. James Film Directors Encyclopedia Andrew Sarris (editor)
The St. James Film Directors Encyclopedia
Detroit - New York - Toronto - London, 1998

Judy Stone Eye on the World Judy Stone
Eye on the World, Conversations with International Filmmakers
Los Angeles, 1997

Books with an entry on George Lucas

David Thomson The New Biographical Dictionary of Film David Thomson
The New Biographical Dictionary of Film
New York, 2003

Interviews

Bye George, in: Empire, nr. 277, 2012 pp. 40

Ian Freer, "In my version, Indiana Jones was an international playboy", in: Empire, nr. 208, 2006 pp. 70-71

Gavin Smith, The genius of the system, in: Filmcomment, nr. 4, 2002 pp. 31-32

Rex Weiner, Lost in Space, in: Premiere (UK), nr. 34, 1995 pp. 24

Articles on George Lucas

"I don't want to make movies anymore.", Is Lucas done with blockbusters?, in: Empire, nr. 210, 2006 pp. 32

Nick De Semlyen, Attack of the Clones, MySpace Imposters, in: Empire, nr. 210, 2006 pp. 119-121

Peter Krämer, 'It's Aimed at Kids - The Kid in Everybody', George Lucas, Star Wars and children's entertainment, in: Yvonne Tasker (ed.), Action and Adventure Cinema, London and New York, 2004

Tara Lomax, "Thank the Maker!", George Lucas, Lucasfilm, and the Legends of Transtextual Authorship across the Star Wars Franchise, in: Sean Guynes and Dan Hassler-Forest (eds.), Star Wars and the history of transmedia storytelling, Amsterdam, 2018