Marcia Lucas
American film editor (born 1945) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Marcia Lou Lucas (née Griffin; born October 4, 1945)[1] is an American film editor. She is best known for her work editing the Star Wars trilogy (1977–1983) as well as other films by her then-husband George Lucas: THX-1138 (1971) and American Graffiti (1973). She also edited Martin Scorsese's Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974), Taxi Driver (1976), and New York, New York (1977).
Marcia Lucas | |
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Born | Marcia Lou Griffin (1945-10-04) October 4, 1945 (age 78) Modesto, California, U.S. |
Other names | Marcia Lucas Rodrigues |
Occupation | Film editor |
Years active | 1968–1983; 1996–1998 |
Known for | Star Wars |
Spouses | |
Children | 2, including Amanda Lucas |
Lucas won the Academy Award for Best Film Editing in 1977 for Star Wars (1977).[2][3] She was previously nominated for an Academy Award for her film editing on American Graffiti and for a BAFTA Award for Best Editing for her work on Taxi Driver. After a career gap while raising her family, Lucas produced two films in the 1990s.