Lucasfilm
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| Lucasfilm, Limited | |
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| Type of Company | Privately held |
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| 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. Lucas is its 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 and Magic, and LucasArts.
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[edit] Related companies
[edit] Subsidiaries
- Lucas Digital
- Skywalker Sound - postproduction sound editing
- Industrial Light and 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
[edit] 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)
[edit] Filmography
- American Graffiti (1973) (co-production with Universal Pictures)
- Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1977) (co-production with 20th Century Fox)
- More American Graffiti (1979) (co-production with Universal Pictures)
- Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) (distributed by 20th Century Fox)
- Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) (co-production with Paramount Pictures)
- Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (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)
- Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (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)
- Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988) (distributed by Paramount Pictures)
- Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) (co-production with Paramount Pictures)
- Radioland Murders (1994) (distributed by Universal Pictures)
- Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999) (distributed by 20th Century Fox)
- Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002) (distributed by 20th Century Fox)
- Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005) (distributed by 20th Century Fox)
- Indiana Jones 4 (expected in 2008) (co-production with Paramount Pictures and Amblin Entertainment)
- Red Tails (expected in 2008)
[edit] References
- ^ "Lucas tilts at studio tentpoles", Variety, 2006-10-04. Retrieved on 2006-10-04. (in English)
