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Encyclopedia > Lucasfilm Limited
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Lucasfilm Ltd. is a film production company founded by George Lucas in 1971, based in Marin County, California. Lucas is its current chairman, and Micheline Chau is its president/chief operating officer. Lucasfilm File links The following pages link to this file: Lucasfilm ... Lucasfilm File links The following pages link to this file: Lucasfilm ... Film refers to the celluloid media on which movies are printed Film — also called movies, the cinema, the silver screen, moving pictures, photoplays, picture shows, flicks, or motion pictures, — is a field that encompasses motion pictures as an art form or as part of the entertainment industry. ... George Lucas George Walton Lucas, Jr. ... 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... Marin County is a county located in Californias San Francisco Bay Area, across the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco. ... A chairman is the presiding officer of a meeting, organization, committee, or other deliberative body. ... President is a title held by many leaders of organizations, companies, universities, and countries. ... A chief operating officer (or COO) is a corporate officer responsible for management of day-to-day activities of the corporation. ...


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. The DVD cover of the Star Wars trilogy. ... Indiana Jones wax figure at Madame Tussauds Indiana Jones is a bullwhip-toting archaeologist with an overdeveloped fear of snakes, played by Harrison Ford in a series of films by George Lucas and Steven Spielberg. ... American Graffiti is a 1973 film directed by George Lucas that is set in California during 1962 against the backdrop of commentary and music created by disc jockey Wolfman Jack from his US broadcasting studio that is linked to the transmitter of border-blaster XERB in Mexico. ... Special effects (abbreviated SPFX or SFX) are used in the film, television, and entertainment industry to create effects that cannot be achieved by normal means, such as depicting travel to other star systems. ... Computer animation is the art of creating moving images via the use of computers. ...


In July 2005, Lucasfilm's marketing, online, and licensing units will move into the new Letterman Digital Arts Center located in the Presidio in San Francisco. It will share the complex with Industrial Light and Magic, and LucasArts. The Letterman Digital Arts Center, located in the Presidio, San Francisco, is the new combined home of Industrial Light and Magic, LucasArts, and Lucasfilms marketing, online, and licensing units. ... This article is about the city in California. ... Industrial Light + Magic (ILM) is a motion picture special visual effects company, founded in July 1975 by George Lucas and owned by Lucasfilm Ltd. ... LucasArts Entertainment Company (sometimes shortened to LEC), is a video game developer and publisher. ...

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Subsidiaries

Skywalker Sound is the renowned sound effects, sound editorial, sound design and music recording division of George Lucass Lucas Digital motion picture group. ... Industrial Light + Magic (ILM) is a motion picture special visual effects company, founded in July 1975 by George Lucas and owned by Lucasfilm Ltd. ... Special effects (abbreviated SPFX or SFX) are used in the film, television, and entertainment industry to create effects that cannot be achieved by normal means, such as depicting travel to other star systems. ... LucasArts Entertainment Company (sometimes shortened to LEC), is a video game developer and publisher. ... Lucasfilm Animation is an animation studio founded in 2003. ... Animation is the technique in which each frame of a film or movie is produced individually, whether generated as a computer graphic, or by photographing a drawn image, or by repeatedly making small changes to a model (see claymation and stop motion), and then photographing the result. ...

Former subsidiaries

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American Graffiti is a 1973 film directed by George Lucas that is set in California during 1962 against the backdrop of commentary and music created by disc jockey Wolfman Jack from his US broadcasting studio that is linked to the transmitter of border-blaster XERB in Mexico. ... 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ... This movie poster for Star Wars depicts many of the films important elements, such as Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Han Solo, X-Wing and Y-Wing fighters Star Wars, retitled Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope in 1981 (see note at Title,) is the original (and in chronological... 1977 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1977 calendar). ... More American Graffiti(1979) is the little seen follow-up film to George Lucas hit film American Graffiti (1973). ... 1979 is a common year starting on Monday. ... Movie poster Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back is the sequel to the first released Star Wars movie, and the second film released in the original trilogy. ... 1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... Raiders of the Lost Ark is a feature film released by Paramount Pictures in 1981. ... 1981 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Movie poster Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, is a science fiction film that debuted in 1983, and re-released with changes in 1997 and 2004. ... 1983 is an integer and composite number that represents a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, first released in the United States on May 23, 1984, was a prequel to the hugely successful action movie Raiders of the Lost Ark. ... 1984 is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters is an episodic, stylized (1985) film based on the life of the Japanese author Yukio Mishima. ... 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1986 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Labyrinth Animated Title Labyrinth is a 1986 fantasy film directed by Jim Henson. ... 1986 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Howard the Duck is a comic book character created by Steve Gerber for Marvel Comics and featured in several comic book series of the same name. ... 1986 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Willow is a 1988 fantasy film directed by Ron Howard, based on a story by George Lucas. ... 1988 is a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Tucker: The Man and his Dream is a 1988 film directed by Francis Ford Coppola and starring Jeff Bridges which tells the story of Preston Tucker and his attempt to produce and market the Tucker 48. ... 1988 is a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade is a 1989 movie directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Harrison Ford, Sean Connery, Denholm Elliott, Julian Glover, Alison Doody, River Phoenix and John Rhys-Davies. ... 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... Film poster for Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace is a 1999 film by George Lucas starring Liam Neeson, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, and Jake Lloyd. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Film poster for Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002) is the fifth Star Wars science fiction movie released and the second part of the prequel trilogy which began with Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace. ... 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith is the third episode of the Star Wars film series (but the sixth film to be produced), to be released on Thursday, May 19, 2005. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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