George Lucas is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, and entrepreneur. He is widely regarded as one of the most commercially successful filmmakers in the American film industry. However, filmmaking was not his ambition when he was young. Interestingly, this ace director was in love with speed and wanted to become a car racer. But a near-fatal accident forced him to change his mind and he chose to pursue a career in filmmaking. He later attended the ‘University Of Southern California School Of Cinematic Arts’ where he studied motion picture and went on to make a number of student films. His short film ‘Electronic Labyrinth: THX-1138 4EB' won first prize at the ‘National Student Film Festival.’ He then went on to make some of the most successful films in Hollywood. He created the famous ‘Star Wars’ franchise, a series of six films that earned more than $5 billion. He also created the legendary character ‘Indiana Jones’ as part of the ‘Indiana Jones’ film series. He is also the founder of the film and television production company ‘Lucasfilm,’ which he later sold to ‘The Walt Disney Company.’ Apart from being a filmmaker, he is also a philanthropist and founder of ‘The George Lucas Educational Foundation.’