A Tribute to George Lucas: 33rd AFI Life Achievement Award
Los Angeles, CA: American Film Institute, 2005. First? Edition. First? Printing. Trade paperback. 88 pages. Wraps. Illustrations. Filmography. Gift card to AFI member laid in. The Award program was telecast on the USA Network on Monday, June 20, 2005. Includes appreciations and short tributes from many luminaries in the entertainment business and key commercial enterprises. George Walton Lucas Jr. (born May 14, 1944) is an American filmmaker and entrepreneur. Lucas is known for creating the Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises and founding Lucasfilm, LucasArts and Industrial Light & Magic. After graduating from the University of Southern California in 1967, Lucas co-founded American Zoetrope with filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola. Lucas wrote and directed THX 1138 (1971). His next work as a writer-director was the film American Graffiti (1973), inspired by his youth in early 1960s Modesto, California, and produced through the newly founded Lucasfilm. The film was critically and commercially successful, and received five Academy Award nominations including Best Picture. The American Film Institute (AFI) is an American film organization that educates filmmakers and honors the heritage of the motion picture arts in the United States. The American Film Institute was founded by a 1965 presidential mandate announced in the Rose Garden of the White House by Lyndon B. Johnson?to establish a national arts organization to preserve the legacy of American film heritage, educate the next generation of filmmakers, and honor the artists and their work. In 1967, AFI was established, supported by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Motion Picture Association of America and the Ford Foundation. The original 22-member Board of Trustees included actor Gregory Peck as chairman and actor Sidney Poitier as vice-chairman, as well as director Francis Ford Coppola, film historian Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., lobbyist Jack Valenti, and other representatives from the arts and academia. Condition: very good.
Keywords: George Lucas, American Film Inst., Steven Spielberg, Zemeckis, Motion Pictures, Directors, American Graffiti, Star Wars, Lucasfilms
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Price: $125.00