George Lucas Bio

     George Lucas is an American film producer that was born in Modesto, California on May 14, 1944. He was the son on Dorothy Lucas and George Lucas who was an owner to a stationery store. When he was in high school, he was obsessed with race-car driver. He changed his mind to become a film maker few days before his high school graduation. When he attended Modesto Junior College, he studied anthropology. He started to like cinematography and camera tricks.

     When Lucas was a child, he never learned to swim. Not being able to swim made him like film making. When he fell in love with pure cinema, he was interested in camera work and editing. After he graduated from bachelor of fine arts in 1967, he tried joining the air force. He was immediately turned down because of his speeding tickets.

     Lucas was known best for being creator of space opera in Star Wars and the Indiana Jones character. He was worth about 3 billion dollars in 2010. He is one of American film industry's most successful independent directors. He was also the writer of all four Indiana Jones films.