Lucasfilm Limited is an
American film production company founded by
George Lucas in 1971, based in
San Francisco, California. Lucas is the company's current
chairman, and Micheline Chau is the
president and
COO.
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
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