Lucas

American  

[loo-kuhs] / ˈlu kəs /

noun

1. George, born 1944, U.S. film director.

2. a male given name, form of Luke.

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Lucas British  

/ ˈluːkəs /

noun

1. George. born 1944, US film director, producer, and writer of screenplays. Films include American Graffiti (1973) and Star Wars (1977) and its prequels The Phantom Menace (1999), Attack of the Clones (2002), and Revenge of the Sith (2005)

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Example Sentences

Tammy Abraham's opener was clearly offside, Villa's full-back Lucas Digne inexplicably escaped conceding a penalty for handball and the Frenchman could easily have been dismissed for a reckless challenge as well.

From BBC

This process lasted until the advent of direct-to-digital filming, pioneered by George Lucas for the fifth “Star Wars” movie released, “Attack of the Clones,” in 2002.

From The Wall Street Journal

Lucas Pinheiro Braathen made history for Brazil by clinching his nation's first Winter Olympic medal with gold in the giant slalom.

From BBC

Film-studio executives were sour on the early films of Francis Ford Coppola, George Lucas and Steven Spielberg.

From The Wall Street Journal

And so it goes in “The Last Kings of Hollywood,” as the lives and ambitions of Messrs. Coppola, Lucas and Spielberg entwine around one another in a triple helix.

From The Wall Street Journal