American filmmaker who created Star Wars and Indiana Jones — and who built Industrial Light & Magic as the most innovative visual effects company in history — before selling Lucasfilm to Disney for $4B in 2012.
Created the modern blockbuster business model — the concept that a film is not just a movie but a franchise with merchandise, sequels, and theme parks — and built ILM as the technology company that made all of it possible, demonstrating that a filmmaker with an entrepreneurial instinct can build more value than any studio.
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