Lucasfilm
| Lucasfilm Ltd. LLC
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| legal form | Corporation and Subsidiary , LLC |
| founding | 1971 |
| Seat | San Francisco , United States |
| management | Kathleen Kennedy |
| Number of employees | 2000 |
| Branch | Media company , film industry |
| Website | Lucasfilm.com |
| As of December 30, 2015 | |
Lucasfilm Ltd. LLC is an American film, games, and television production company headquartered in San Francisco , California . The company was founded by George Lucas in 1971 and is considered one of the most important and famous production companies that revolutionized cinema since the mid-1970s. With a few exceptions, the company has been concentrating (especially since 2012) on the Star Wars and Indiana Jones brands . In October 2012, the company was sold to Disney for $ 4.05 billion.
history
Lucasfilm was founded in 1971 by George Lucas. Little by little, seven subsidiaries emerged, which together form the actual group today. The company name Lucasfilm corresponds to a division of the same name .
In 1986 Lucasfilm sold the original animation division Lucasfilm Graphics Groups, which was launched as a project at Industrial Light and Magic, to Steve Jobs . He expanded it into a company and now exists as Pixar Animation Studios , which have produced films such as Finding Nemo , Toy Story and Die Monster AG . Like Lucasfilm, Pixar is now part of the Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group at Disney.
The entire Lucasfilm corporation was sold to The Walt Disney Company in October 2012 for $ 4.05 billion . The previous sole owner of the group, George Lucas, justified this step with the fact that he wanted an appropriate transition for his successor while he was still alive.
The Indiana Jones and Star Wars sagas were created by the group .
Kathleen Kennedy is the new president of the company .
Divisions
In addition to the Lucasfilm division, which is also the namesake of the entire group, the group includes the following divisions:
Industrial Light & Magic
Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) was founded in 1975 by George Lucas. It is one of the leading special effects companies worldwide. ILM has created special effects for nearly 300 feature films, including the creation of fully computer generated films.
ILM was awarded 15 Oscars for the best visual effects.
Skywalker Sound
Skywalker Sound is one of the largest full service audio post production companies in the world. In addition to a scoring stage, Skywalker Sound has six mix studios, ADR and Foley stages , 34 editing suites and a 300-seat projection room.
Skywalker Sound won 18 Academy Awards for Best Sound and Best Sound Effects Editing.
LucasArts
LucasArts was founded in 1982 under the previous name Lucasfilm Games and is a developer and publisher of interactive entertainment software.
Titles published by LucasArts include Maniac Mansion , The Secret of Monkey Island , Grim Fandango and Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, as well as franchises including Star Wars Battlefront, Lego Star Wars, Lego Indiana Jones and The Force Unleashed.
In development centers in San Francisco and Singapore, LucasArts works closely with the Industrial Light & Magic, Lucasfilm Animation and Skywalker Sound divisions.
On April 3, 2013 it was announced that as part of a restructuring by Disney, all ongoing projects will be discontinued and almost all employees will be laid off. In the future, LucasArts will only serve as a licensor for Star Wars games instead of developing them itself.
Lucas Licensing
Lucas Licensing is responsible for the licensing and merchandising activities related to Star Wars, Indiana Jones and other Lucasfilm products.
Lucasfilm animation
Founded in 2003, Lucasfilm Animation is a digital animation studio that until 2014 produced Star Wars: The Clone Wars , a computer-generated weekly series. It reached a total of 121 episodes in 6 seasons between 2008 and 2014. In addition to developing a second Star Wars animated series, the studio is also focused on fictional film animation. The animated Star Wars series Star Wars Rebels has been produced in cooperation with Disney Television Animation since 2014 .
Lucas Online
Lucas Online was founded by Lucasfilm in 1997 as a digital entertainment, education, reference and e-commerce intellectual property company. Lucas Online offers video streaming, interactive content, breaking news, picture galleries, reports, extensive databases, soundboards and more through starwars.com, a website for building and maintaining an active community of Star Wars fans.
Lucasfilm Singapore
Lucasfilm Singapore produces digital animated content for film and television, visual effects for feature films and multi-platform games. The Singapore studio houses the Singapore divisions Industrial Light & Magic, LucasArts and Lucasfilm Animation.
ILM Singapore works closely with Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) in the USA.
LucasArts Singapore is an extension of LucasArts in the USA. The Singapore team focuses on handhelds and console games.
Filmography (selection)
Feature films
| year | German title | English title | Director | Publisher | Remarks |
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| 1973 | American graffiti | George Lucas | Universal Pictures | ||
| 1977 |
Star Wars alternative: Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope |
Star Wars alternatively: Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope |
20th Century Fox | ||
| 1978 | - | The Star Wars Holiday Special |
Steve Binder , David Acomba |
TV movie | |
| 1979 | The Party is over… The continuation of American Graffiti | More American graffiti | Bill L. Norton | Universal Pictures | |
| 1980 |
The Empire Strikes Back alternatively: Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back |
The Empire Strikes Back alternatively: Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back |
Irvin Kershner | 20th Century Fox | |
| 1981 | Hunter of the lost treasure | Raiders of the lost Ark | Steven Spielberg | Paramount Pictures | |
| 1983 |
The Return of the Jedi alternatively: Star Wars: Episode VI - The Return of the Jedi |
Return of the Jedi alternatively: Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi |
Richard Marquand | 20th Century Fox | |
| 1984 | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | Steven Spielberg | Paramount Pictures | |
| Ewoks - The Caravan of the Brave | The Ewok Adventure |
John Korty , George Lucas |
20th Century Fox | TV movie | |
| 1985 | Ewoks - Battle for Endor | Ewoks: The Battle for Endor |
Jim Wheat , Ken Wheat |
TV movie | |
| 1985 | Mishima - A Life in Four Chapters | Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters | Paul Schrader | Warner bros. | |
| 1986 | The journey into the labyrinth | labyrinth | Jim Henson | TriStar Pictures | |
| Howard - an animal hero | Howard The Duck | Willard Huyck | Universal Pictures | ||
| 1988 | Willow | Ron Howard | Metro Goldwyn Mayer | ||
| Tucker | Tucker: The Man and His Dream | Francis Ford Coppola | Paramount Pictures | ||
| 1989 | In a land before our time | The Land Before Time | Don Bluth | Universal Pictures | |
| Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade | Steven Spielberg | Paramount Pictures | ||
| 1994 | Radioland Murders - madness on the air | Radioland Murders | Mel Smith | Universal Pictures | |
| 1999 | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace | George Lucas | 20th Century Fox | |
| 2002 | Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones | Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones | |||
| 2005 | Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith | Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith | |||
| 2008 | Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | Steven Spielberg | Paramount Pictures | |
| Star Wars The Clone Wars | Dave Filoni |
Disney (originally Warner Bros.) |
Pilot film for the series of the same name | ||
| 2012 | Red tails | Anthony Hemingway | 20th Century Fox | ||
| 2015 | Strange Magic | Gary Rydstrom | Disney | ||
| Star Wars: The Force Awakens | Star Wars: The Force Awakens | JJ Abrams | |||
| 2016 | Rogue One: A Star Wars Story | Gareth Edwards | |||
| 2017 | Star Wars: The Last Jedi | Star Wars: The Last Jedi | Rian Johnson | ||
| 2018 | Solo: A Star Wars Story | Ron Howard | |||
| 2019 | Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker | Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker | JJ Abrams | ||
Series
- 1992–1996: The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones (The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles)
- 1990-1993: Maniac Mansion
- 1985–1986: Friends in Space (Star Wars: Droids)
- 1985–1987: The Ewoks (Star Wars: Ewoks)
- 2003-2005: Star Wars: Clone Wars
- 2008–2014, 2020: Star Wars: The Clone Wars
- 2014–2018: Star Wars Rebels
- 2017-2018: Star Wars: The Forces of Destiny (Star Wars Forces of Destiny)
- 2018–2020: Star Wars Resistance
- since 2019: Star Wars: The Mandalorian
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Disney buys Star Wars maker Lucasfilm from George Lucas. October 31, 2012, accessed February 10, 2020 .
- ↑ afp, dpa and Reuters: Lucasfilm: Disney buys Star Wars production company. In: zeit.de. October 31, 2012, accessed December 8, 2014 .
- ↑ www.lucasfilm.com ( Memento of the original dated November 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.starwars.com/news/a-new-direction-for-lucasfilm-animation
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