Lucasfilm | 640,449 followers on LinkedIn. Lucasfilm has been a pioneer in storytelling for more than 50 years. | Founded in 1971 be George Lucas, Lucasfilm is one of the world's leading film and entertainment companies. Lucasfilm is an American film and television production company based in the Letterman Digital Arts Center in San Francisco, California. The studio is best known for its films, such as the Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises, as well as its leadership in developing special effects, sound and computer animation for film.