Needless to say, this guy is my hero! He created such great films as the Star Wars series, Indiana Jones series, Jurasic Park series, and many many more.
What has George Lucas done for modern film?
His companies have had a hand in virtually every film you have seen for the past 20 years or more. What has George Lucas founded or owned?
He founded American Zoetrope (with Francis Ford Copolla).
He developed THX (named after his first film project, THX1138), used in almost every movie theater in America to provide us with true mind blowing sound.
He started Skywalker Sound to provide post production sound engineering for virtually every movie done for the past 20 years.
He started ILM (Industrial Light and Magic) to create mind-blowing CGI special effects. It is reported that ILM has more computing power than the entire U.S. Government! ILM has created special effects for just about any movie you have ever seen since the 70's. Films to their credit include:All the Star Wars moviesAll the Indiana Jones moviesThe Tomb Raider moviesThe Pirates of the Caribbean moviesThe Harry Potter moviesE.T. The Extra TerrestrialThe Star Trek moviesThe Die Hard moviesTwisterAnd well over 200 more of the greatest movies of the past century!complete list at: http://www.ilm.com/ilm_services.html (you will be amazed)
LucasFilms, Lucas Arts and Lucas Licensing. Originally created to manage the Star Wars movies, the LucasFilms division is a production company. Lucas Licensing was created to manage the sale of Star Wars toys (the Studio passed on the toy end of Star Wars because they didn't think that there was any money in it!), to date has generated over $20 billion in profit! Lucas Arts was created by Lucas to promote young directors/producers get into the business.
Pixar Animation Studios. They have created some of the top box office CGI animated movies ever!Toy Story moviesBug moviesFinding NemoMonsters Inc.CarsAnd More: http://www.pixar.com/featurefilms/index.html
So, how rich is George Lucas? In 2005, his net worth was over $3.5 billion.
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