Brian Jay Jones's biography of George Lucas — covering the creation of THX 1138, American Graffiti, Star Wars, and the building of the LucasFilm empire.
Lucas as entrepreneurial filmmaker: Jones's biography emphasizes Lucas's business decisions as much as his creative ones — his negotiation to retain Star Wars merchandising rights (which Fox considered worthless, which made Lucas a billionaire), his founding of ILM (Industrial Light & Magic) to develop effects technology that didn't exist, his building of Skywalker Ranch as creative infrastructure. Lucas is presented as the template of the filmmaker-as-entrepreneur who retained ownership of his creative work.
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