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Lucasfilm Ltd. is an American film production company founded by George Lucas in 1971, based in Marin County, California. George Lucas is the company's current chairman, and Micheline Chau is its president/chief operating officer.
The company is best known for producing the Star Wars films, but it has produced other box office hits, including the Indiana Jones franchise and American Graffiti. It has also been a leader in developing new film technology in special effects, sound, and computer animation, and because of their expertise its subsidiaries often help produce non-Lucasfilm pictures. Lucasfilm is set to move away from films and more into TV, due to rising budgets [1]
In July 2005, Lucasfilm's marketing, online, and licensing units moved into the new Letterman Digital Arts Center located in the Presidio in San Francisco. It shares the complex with Industrial Light & Magic, and LucasArts.
| Lucasfilm, Limited | |
| Privately held | |
| Founded | 1971 |
| Headquarters | Presidio of San Francisco, California, USA |
| Key people | George Lucas, Chairman Micheline Chau, President & Chief Operating Officer |
| Industry | Film |
| Website | Lucasfilm.com |
Lucasfilm Ltd. is an American film production company founded by George Lucas in 1971, based in Marin County, California. George Lucas is the company's current chairman, and Micheline Chau is its president/chief operating officer.
The company is best known for producing the Star Wars films, but it has produced other box office hits, including the Indiana Jones franchise and American Graffiti. It has also been a leader in developing new film technology in special effects, sound, and computer animation, and because of their expertise its subsidiaries often help produce non-Lucasfilm pictures. Lucasfilm is set to move away from films and more into TV, due to rising budgets [1]
In July 2005, Lucasfilm's marketing, online, and licensing units moved into the new Letterman Digital Arts Center located in the Presidio in San Francisco. It shares the complex with Industrial Light & Magic, and LucasArts.
Related companies
Subsidiaries
- Lucas Digital
- Skywalker Sound - postproduction sound editing
- Industrial Light & Magic - special effects
- Lucas Licensing - licensing and merchandising
- Lucas Learning - educational materials
- Lucas Books - book publishing
- LucasArts - video and computer games
- Lucasfilm Animation - animation
- Lucas Online - websites
Former subsidiaries
- THX Ltd. - theater sound system (spun off in 2002)
- Pixar Animation Studio - computer animation film production company (sold to Steve Jobs in 1986).
Filmography
- American Graffiti (1973) (co-production with Universal Pictures)
- (1977) (co-production with 20th Century Fox)
- More American Graffiti (1979) (co-production with Universal Pictures)
- (1980) (distributed by 20th Century Fox)
- Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) (co-production with Paramount Pictures and Amblin Entertainment)
- (1983) (distributed by 20th Century Fox)
- Twice Upon a Time (1983) (distributed by The Ladd Company through Warner Bros.)
- Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) (co-production with Paramount Pictures)
- (1985) (distributed by Warner Bros.)
- Latino (1986)
- Labyrinth (1986) (co-production with TriStar Pictures)
- Howard the Duck (1986) (co-production with Universal Pictures)
- The Land Before Time (1988) (Studio Uncredited)
- Willow (1988) (co-production with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Imagine Entertainment)
- (1988) (distributed by Paramount Pictures)
- Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) (co-production with Paramount Pictures and Amblin Entertainment)
- Radioland Murders (1994) (distributed by Universal Pictures)
- (1999) (distributed by 20th Century Fox)
- (2002) (distributed by 20th Century Fox)
- (2005) (distributed by 20th Century Fox)
- Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (expected in 2008) (co-production with Paramount Pictures and Amblin Entertainment)
- Red Tails (2008)
See also
References
External links
- LucasFilm website
- LucasArts website
- LucasArts forums
- LucasForums
- LucasFilm Games (currently down)
- Star Wars website
- Indiana Jones website
- Star Wars forums
- Lucasfilm Ltd. at the Internet Movie Database
George Lucas | |
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| Directed films | THX 1138 (1971) • American Graffiti (1973) • (1977) • (1999) • (2002) • (2005) |
| Short films | Look at Life (1965) • Herbie (1966) • Freiheit (1966) • (1966) • The Emperor (1967) • (1967) • Anyone Lived in a Pretty How Town (1967) • 6-18-67 (1967) • Filmmaker (1968) • The Making of 'The Rain People' (1969) • (1971) |
| See also | • Lucasfilm • Industrial Light & Magic • Skywalker Sound • LucasArts • Skywalker Ranch |
| See also | |
Cinema of the United States | |
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The term privately held company refers to ownership of a business company in two different ways—first, referring to ownership by non-governmental organizations; and second, referring to ownership of the company's stock by a relatively small number of holders who do not trade
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Location: San Francisco, California
Built/Founded: 1776
Architect: United States Army
Architectural style(s): Mission/Spanish Revival, Colonial Revival, Classical Revival
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Motto
"In God We Trust" (since 1956)
"E Pluribus Unum" ("From Many, One"; Latin, traditional)
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George Lucas
Birth name George Walton Lucas Jr.
Born May 14 1944
Modesto, California, U.S.
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Birth name George Walton Lucas Jr.
Born May 14 1944
Modesto, California, U.S.
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Motto
"In God We Trust" (since 1956)
"E Pluribus Unum" ("From Many, One"; Latin, traditional)
Anthem
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"In God We Trust" (since 1956)
"E Pluribus Unum" ("From Many, One"; Latin, traditional)
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Film is a term that encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the motion picture industry. Films are produced by recording images from the world with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or special effects.
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George Lucas
Birth name George Walton Lucas Jr.
Born May 14 1944
Modesto, California, U.S.
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Birth name George Walton Lucas Jr.
Born May 14 1944
Modesto, California, U.S.
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Marin County (IPA: /məˈrɪn/) is a county located in the North San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California, across the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco. As of 2000, the population was 247,289.
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George Lucas
Birth name George Walton Lucas Jr.
Born May 14 1944
Modesto, California, U.S.
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Birth name George Walton Lucas Jr.
Born May 14 1944
Modesto, California, U.S.
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Dr. Henry "Indiana" Jones, Jr. (born July 1, 1899), also known as Indy, is a fictional professor of archaeology, adventurer, and the main protagonist of the 1981 adventure film Raiders of the Lost Ark (later retitled
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American Graffiti is a 1973 film directed by George Lucas. Set in 1962 in a small-town in Northern California, it follows a group of middle-class teenagers on the last night of the summer vacation after their graduation from high school.
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American Graffiti is a 1973 film directed by George Lucas. Set in 1962 in a small-town in Northern California, it follows a group of middle-class teenagers on the last night of the summer vacation after their graduation from high school.
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special effects (a.k.a. SFX or SPFX). In modern films, special effects are usually used to alter previously-filmed elements by adding, removing or enhancing objects within the scene.
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The Letterman Digital Arts Center, located in the Presidio, San Francisco, is the new combined home of Industrial Light and Magic, LucasArts, and Lucasfilm's marketing, online, and licensing units.
Opening ceremonies were held June 25, 2005.
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Opening ceremonies were held June 25, 2005.
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Location: San Francisco, California
Built/Founded: 1776
Architect: United States Army
Architectural style(s): Mission/Spanish Revival, Colonial Revival, Classical Revival
Added to NRHP: October 15, 1966
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City and County of San Francisco
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Industrial Light & Magic
Subsidiary
Founded May 1975
Headquarters Letterman Digital Arts Center at the Presidio of San Francisco, California, USA
Key people George Lucas, Dennis Muren, Chrissie England
Industry Visual Effects, CGI animation
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Subsidiary
Founded May 1975
Headquarters Letterman Digital Arts Center at the Presidio of San Francisco, California, USA
Key people George Lucas, Dennis Muren, Chrissie England
Industry Visual Effects, CGI animation
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LucasArts
Privately held
Founded May 1982
Headquarters San Francisco, CA, USA
Key people Jim Ward, President
Industry Software & Programming
Products Star Wars franchise, adventure games
Employees Over 350 [1]
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Privately held
Founded May 1982
Headquarters San Francisco, CA, USA
Key people Jim Ward, President
Industry Software & Programming
Products Star Wars franchise, adventure games
Employees Over 350 [1]
Website [2]
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Industrial Light & Magic
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Founded May 1975
Headquarters Letterman Digital Arts Center at the Presidio of San Francisco, California, USA
Key people George Lucas, Dennis Muren, Chrissie England
Industry Visual Effects, CGI animation
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Subsidiary
Founded May 1975
Headquarters Letterman Digital Arts Center at the Presidio of San Francisco, California, USA
Key people George Lucas, Dennis Muren, Chrissie England
Industry Visual Effects, CGI animation
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