

As a director in the 1970s, Lucas would direct two feature films before commencing production on his most famous movie, Star Wars. That brought him to the attention of a young Steven Spielberg, who would go on to collaborate with Lucas on the Indiana Jones movies. George Lucas began his career as a director while at USC, where his final year thesis film, Electronic Labyrinth: THX 1138 4EB, won a prize at the National Student Film Festival. Related: What George Lucas Thinks Of Every Disney Star Wars Movie However, his obsession with CGI has not gone without controversy: notoriously, his hated Star Wars special editions have been criticized for the changes made to the original trilogy with updated yet mostly distracting computer-generated visual effects. Lucas pioneered digital image capture and computer-generated set extensions on the Star Wars prequels, two techniques that are indispensable to modern mainstream blockbuster filmmaking. He innovated new ways to make movies that changed Hollywood forever. There's no denying George Lucas's directorial output is remarkable.
