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Because of all these accomplishments, Mr. Lucas has a list of accolades and awards that would fill pages. His most notable accomplishments however have been the 24 films he has been directly involved with that have either won or been nominated for Academy Awards. He has won four Academy Awards personally for Best Directing and Best Writing for American Graffiti and Best Directing and Writing for Star Wars as well. One of the several companies he has founded, Industrial Light & Magic, has won fourteen Academy Awards on its own. He has also been awarded two of the most prestigious honors in filmmaking in the U.S., the American Film Institute Life Achievement Award and from the Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award. Mr. Lucas also donated $180M...

He is also the only filmmaker in the U.S. To ever receive the National Medal of Technology, the nations' highest award for technological contributions and leadership.
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George Lucas personifies excellence in design and technology, and shows by example what can be accomplished when a person allows their vision to become their passion. He would be an excellent spokesperson for the library.

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Bruce Carse. "Keynote Speech: George Lucas: A keynote Q&A with the father of digital cinema." ACM Transactions on Graphics 24.3 (2005): 1.

Lisanti, T. "The "Empire" Celebrates 30. " License! Global 13.3 (2010): L2 -- L5

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Bruce Carse. "Keynote Speech: George Lucas: A keynote Q&A with the father of digital cinema." ACM Transactions on Graphics 24.3 (2005): 1.

Lisanti, T. "The "Empire" Celebrates 30. " License! Global 13.3 (2010): L2 -- L5
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