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ILM Journeys Into the Upside Down: The Visual Effects of ‘Stranger Things’ Season 5
Visual effects supervisor Bill Georgiou and associate visual effects supervisors Stephen Tong, George Kuruvilla, and Arnab Sanyal discuss ILM’s visual effects contributions to the final season of Netflix’s hit series.
Fin Argus Suits Up as Volo Bolus in ‘Star Wars: Beyond Victory’
The actor who voiced and supplied the motion capture performance for Volo Bolus discusses their collaboration with ILM for the mixed reality playset.
Kill, Kill, Kill: Bringing the Rampaging Boar to Life in Sam Raimi’s ‘Send Help’
Industrial Light & Magic artists Marc Whitelaw and Maia Kayser discuss the studio’s work on director Sam Raimi’s Send Help, and how its rampaging boar sequence evolved into something bloodier and funnier.
ILM Wins BAFTA TV Craft Award for ‘Andor’
The team joins their Lucasfilm counterparts in the win for Special, Visual and Graphic Effects.
Honoring Lucasfilm’s 55th Anniversary
In the spring of 1971, George Lucas quietly established a new company to carry his future projects.
Inside the ILM Art Department: ‘Wicked: For Good’
Three artists from the San Francisco and Sydney studios share insights about their work on the 2025 Universal production.
Never ‘OUTATIME’: Remembering ‘Back to the Future’ with Cinematographer Dean Cundey
The acclaimed director of photography discusses collaborating with the visual effects artists at Industrial Light & Magic.
Breaking the Ice and Bringing Creatures to Life: ILM’s Ivan Busquets on the BAFTA-Nominated Visual Effects of Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Frankenstein’
The ILM visual effects supervisor discusses helping craft the world…and the Creature…of Frankenstein for the Netflix production.