George Lucas: 4 Oscar nominations
Posted: August 2026
List of Oscar nominations for George Lucas. George Lucas has been nominated for 4 Academy Awards, over 2 categories. George Lucas also received the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award in 1992. Sources: Oscars.org, Internet Movie Database
1977: Star Wars (Best Director) — lost to Woody Allen (Annie Hall). Other nominees: Steven Spielberg (Close Encounters of the Third Kind), Fred Zinnemann (Julia), Herbert Ross (The Turning Point)
1977: Star Wars (Best Original Screenplay) — lost to Annie Hall (Woody Allen, Marshall Brickman). Other nominees: The Turning Point (Arthur Laurents), The Late Show (Robert Benton), The Goodbye Girl (Neil Simon)
1973: American Graffiti (Best Director) — lost to George Roy Hill (The Sting). Other nominees: Ingmar Bergman (Cries & Whispers), Bernardo Bertolucci (Last Tango in Paris), William Friedkin (The Exorcist)
1973: American Graffiti (Best Original Screenplay) (shared with Gloria Katz, Willard Huyck) — lost to The Sting (David S. Ward). Other nominees: Save the Tiger (Steve Shagan), A Touch of Class (Melvin Frank, Jack Rose), Cries & Whispers (Ingmar Bergman)