Marcia Lucas
| Marcia Lucas | |
|---|---|
| Born | Marcia Griffin 1945 (age 66–67) |
| Occupation | Film editor |
| Years active | 1968–1983 |
| Spouse | George Lucas (m. 1969–1983) |
| Awards |
Academy Award for Best Editing 1977 Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope |
Marcia Lucas (née Griffin) (born 1945[1][2]) is an American film editor.
In 1974, Lucas and Verna Fields were nominated for the Academy Award for Film Editing for their work on American Graffiti. She edited the film Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore in 1975, and was the supervising film editor on Taxi Driver (1976).
Lucas won the 1977 Academy Award for Film Editing (with Richard Chew and Paul Hirsch) for her work on Star Wars (1977). She edited the third of the original Star Wars trilogy Return of the Jedi (1983) as well.
She met George Lucas at film school at the University of Southern California, and they were married from 1969 to 1983. They adopted one daughter, Amanda Lucas, who was born in 1981.
Michael Kaminski's book The Secret History of Star Wars[3] comprehensively explores Marcia Lucas's career and the influence she had on her husband's films.
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