Editing San Rafael, California (section)

===Entertainment industry===
[[File:Rafael Film Center.JPG|thumb|left|Rafael Theater, famously seen in ''[[American Graffiti]]'']]
After the arrival of [[George Lucas]] in San Rafael in 1970 to film the movie ''[[THX 1138]]'', the city became a center for the entertainment industry, particularly the high-tech elements of the business. [[Lucasfilm]] was founded by [[George Lucas]] in 1971, and is best known for the global hit movie series ''[[Star Wars]]'' and also for ''[[Indiana Jones]]''. Some of the company's operations were moved to [[San Francisco, California|San Francisco]] in 2005. Portions of the Universal movie production ''[[American Graffiti]]'' were filmed in downtown San Rafael under George Lucas's direction, and portions of ''THX 1138'' were shot at the [[Marin County Civic Center]] in San Rafael. Much of the movie ''[[Gattaca]]'', starring [[Ethan Hawke]], was also shot in the Marin County Civic Center. [[Industrial Light and Magic|Industrial Light & Magic]] was founded in 1975 by Lucas to do [[special effect]]s for his films and those of other filmmakers. The [[new-age music]] program ''[[Hearts of Space]]'' has been headquartered in San Rafael since 2004.

Largely because of the presence of LucasFilm, San Rafael started to attract [[video game]] developers, with several major studios located in the city:

* [[Broderbund]] &mdash; Founded by [[Doug Carlston]] and [[Gary Carlston]] in 1980, the company was sold to [[Mindscape (company)|Mindscape]] in 1998 and moved to [[Novato, California|Novato]]. Best known for the hit titles ''[[Choplifter]]'', ''[[Lode Runner]]'', ''[[The Print Shop]]'', ''[[Carmen Sandiego (video game series)|Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?]]'' and ''[[Myst]]'', and for being the early distributor of ''[[SimCity (1989 video game)|SimCity]]''. After several subsequent acquisitions by various companies, in 2001 the remaining Broderbund offices were moved to San Francisco.
* [[LucasArts]] &mdash; Founded by [[George Lucas]] in (1984) as ''LucasFilm Games''; relocated to San Francisco in 2005. Best known for ''[[Star Wars]]'' and ''[[Indiana Jones]]'' games and innovative titles such as ''[[The Secret of Monkey Island]]'', ''[[Grim Fandango]]'' and ''[[Full Throttle (1995 video game)|Full Throttle]]''.
* [[Stormfront Studios]] &mdash; Founded by San Rafael native [[Don Daglow]] in 1988. Best known for ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (video game)|The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers]]'', many [[EA Sports]] titles including ''[[NASCAR 2000|NASCAR Racing]]'', ''[[Gold Box]]'' [[role-playing video game]]s and the first graphical [[MMORPG]], ''[[Neverwinter Nights (AOL game)|Neverwinter Nights]]''.
* [[Visual Concepts]] &mdash; Founded by Greg Thomas in 1988, the company was bought by [[Sega]] in 1999, then sold to [[Take Two Interactive]] in 2004. Best known for creating many [[EA Sports]] titles, and recently for [[Sega Sports]] and its ''2K'' line of sports games.
* [[Totally Games]] &mdash; Founded by former LucasArts programmer Larry Holland in 1994. Best known for a series of ''Star Wars'' [[Flight simulator|flight sim]] games.
*[[THX]] &mdash; the high-fidelity audio/visual reproduction standard which started as a spin-off from [[Lucasfilm Ltd.]], founded by [[Tomlinson Holman]] at George Lucas's company.
* [[Factor 5]] &mdash; Founded in [[Germany]] in 1987 by [[Julian Eggebrecht]], moved to San Rafael in 1996 to be close to publisher LucasArts. Best known for ''Star Wars'' and ''Indiana Jones'' games. In May 2009, the company's San Rafael studio closed.<ref>Bailey, Kat. (May 14, 2009) [http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3174227 San Rafael Factor 5 Studio Officially Shut Down: News from]. 1UP.com. Retrieved on 2013-07-21.</ref>
* [[Telltale Games]] &mdash; Founded in 2004 by former [[LucasArts]] employees. Best known for its video game adaptation of The Walking Dead and Sam & Max adventure games. The company filed for bankruptcy on November 14, 2018.<ref>Makuch, Eddie. (November 14, 2018)[https://www.gamespot.com/articles/telltale-games-is-closing-bankruptcy-proceedings-b/1100-6463272/ "Telltale Games Is Closing, Bankruptcy Proceedings Beginning"]. [[GameSpot]]. Retrieved on 2018-11-20.</ref>
* [[Mind Control Software]] &mdash; Founded in 1994 by [[Andrew Leker]], Best known for its [[Independent Games Festival]]–winning game, ''[[Oasis (video game)|Oasis]]''.