George Lucas

As a single father, he adopted two children, Katie Lucas and Jett Lucas.

He was romantically involved with singer Linda Ronstadt. He dated Mellody Hobson, president of Ariel Investments and chair of Dreamworks Animation, whom he later married in 2013. They have a daughter born through a gestational carrier.

George Lucas was born in Marin County, California, U.S., to Dorothy Ellinore Lucas and George Walton Lucas. His father was the owner of a stationery store.

He was mostly raised in the neighbourhood of the Central Valley town of Modesto. Since his younger days, he was passionate about cars and motor racing. This reflected in his future films as well.

He spent most of his school days in racing competitions and underground circuits. He initially dreamt of making a career in car racing but changed his mind after he met with a near death car accident on June 12, 1962.

He attended the Modesto Junior College, where among many other subjects he also studied anthropology, sociology and literature.It was while in college that he became interested in filmmaking.

He later attended the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts and obtained a degree in fine arts in film studies in 1967. He tried to join the United States Air Force but was rejected because of his speeding tickets.

In 1973, he directed and co-wrote the film titled, 'American Graffiti', which was a coming-of-age film. The film was critically acclaimed and earned an Academy Award nomination.

In 1977, he directed and wrote the American epic space opera film titled, ‘Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope'. The following year, he was one of the creators and executive producers of the TV show, ‘Star Wars Holiday Special'.

In 1979, he produced and co-wrote the comedy-drama film, 'More American Graffiti'. The next year, he served as the executive producer of the films, 'Kagemusha' and 'Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back'.

In 1981, he co-wrote and produced the fantasy adventure film, ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’ also known as ‘Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark'. That year, he was also the unaccredited executive producer of the film, ‘Body Heat’.

In 1983, he co-wrote the screenplay for the third film in the ‘Star Wars’ series, ‘Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi'. The same year, he was the executive producer of the animated film, ‘Twice Upon a Time'.

He created the ‘Star Wars’ series of films, which were immensely successful at the box office. The success of the film series resulted in the creation of a media franchise of games, comic books and television series.

He also created the famous character ‘Indiana Jones’, which is one of cinema’s most revered characters.