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Electronic Labyrinth THX 1138 4EB

In some future world, people are only numbers and their every move is monitored electronically. No one ever managed to escape. No one except for THX 1138.

  • USA
  • 1967, 15 min
  • Director: George Lucas
  • Director of photography: F.E. Zip Zimmerman
  • Editor: Dan Natchsheim
  • Screenplay: George Lucas
  • Cast: Dan Natchsheim, Joy Carmichael, David Munson, Marvin Bennett
  • Contacts: USC School of Cinematic Arts
  • Production: USC School of Cinematic Arts


George Lucas

George Lucas (1944, USA) studied film at the University of Southern California, where he made several short films including THX-1138: 4EB (Electronic Labyrinth). In 1969, he co-founded a production company called American Zoetrope with Francis Ford Coppola. The company’s first project was the feature length version of the successful THX-1138: 4EB (1971). After finishing American Graffiti, produced by his own company Lucasfilm, he started working on the screenplay for Star Wars and founded ILM (Industrial Light & Magic) to produce the visual effects needed for the movie. Star Wars, rejected by several studios, went on to break all the box office records winning seven Oscars and complete financial independence for Lucas. He continued working on the Star Wars series as a director and producer and with Steven Spielberg created a second successful series – Indiana Jones.