Visual effects artists from across Industrial Light & Magic are recognized for their work.
At the 4th Annual Children’s & Family Emmy Awards on March 2, 2026, Industrial Light & Magic’s team from Star Wars: Skeleton Crew won Outstanding Visual Effects for a Live Action Program. Additionally, ILM senior animator James Saunders was recognized for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation for Ultraman: Rising.
The recipients for Skeleton Crew included production visual effects supervisor John Knoll, production visual effects producers Abbigail Keller and Pablo Molles, animation supervisor Shawn Kelly, visual effects producer Nicole Matteson, virtual production supervisor Christopher Balog, and visual effects supervisors Jeff Capogreco, Bobo Skipper, Andy Walker, Joseph Kasparian, and Eddie Pasquarello.
ILM’s team joined fellow Skeleton Crew recipients from across Lucasfilm, including wins for Outstanding Young Teen Series, Outstanding Editing for a Young Teen Live Action Program, and Outstanding Sound Mixing and Sound Editing for a Live Action Program.
Congratulations to all of our Emmy winners! Read the full list here.
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Read more about Star Wars: Skeleton Crew and Ultraman: Rising here on ILM.com:
‘Star Wars: Skeleton Crew’: ILM’s Visual Effects Treasure Chest, From At Attin to Starport Borgo
‘Star Wars: Skeleton Crew’: ILM’s Visual Effects Adventure from the Observatory Moon to Lanupa and back to At Attin
Real-Time Visual Effects: Behind-the-Scenes of ILM’s Cutting-Edge Contributions to ‘Star Wars: Skeleton Crew’
Netflix’s ‘Ultraman: Rising’: Building new worlds for the ultimate icon
ILM Evolutions: Animation, ‘Ultraman: Rising’ and ‘Transformers One’
