Ten films remain in the running in the Visual Effects category for the 91st Academy Awards, and we’re thrilled to have contributed to six of them.
All members of the Visual Effects Branch will be invited to view 10-minute excerpts from each of the shortlisted films on Saturday, January 5, 2019. Following the screenings, members will vote to nominate five films for final Oscar consideration.
ILM contributed to:
Ant-Man and the Wasp – ILM VFX Supervisor, Russell Earl
Avengers: Infinity War – ILM VFX Supervisor, Russell Earl
Black Panther – ILM VFX Supervisor, Craig Hammack
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom – Overall VFX Supervisor, David Vickery
Ready Player One – Overall VFX Supervisor, Roger Guyett
Solo: A Star Wars Story – Overall VFX Supervisor, Rob Bredow
Other Semi-finalists:
Christopher Robin
First Man”
Mary Poppins Returns
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Congratulations to all the semi-finalists!
Industrial Light & Magic expanding its offering of best-in-class visual effects and animation services to include the streaming and episodic television market with a new division: ILM TV. The division will be based out of ILM’s new 47,000 square foot London studio and supported by the company’s global locations in San Francisco, Vancouver and Singapore.
The ILM TV team will be lead by Visual Effects Supervisors Hayden Jones and Jonathan Privett alongside Executive Producers, Louise Hussey and Stefan Drury. Previously, the team set up and oversaw DNEG’s television division; winning a BAFTA for Special, Visual and Graphic Effects for their work on BLACK MIRROR.
ILM TV’s first projects will be Lucasfilm’s eagerly anticipated live action series based in the Star Wars universe, THE MANDALORIAN, being developed by Jon Favreau and Superman prequel series KRYPTON, now in its second season, based on DC characters from Warner Horizon Scripted Television for SYFY.
“It’s not often you get to create a new division at Industrial Light & Magic”, explained Rob Bredow, Executive Creative Director and Head of ILM, “We are seeing a real convergence in our creative approach used on films and in our immersive entertainment division ILMxLAB, and now we’re proud to be able to offer these ILM innovations in a way that’s suitable for streaming and television work to creatives around the world.”
ILM’s legacy in television dates back to the studio’s revolutionary and Emmy award-winning work for THE YOUNG INDIANA JONES CHRONICLES, which brought feature film quality effects to an episodic series for the first time.“We are extremely excited to be re-igniting ILM’s involvement in this market and to showcase the team’s expertise, unrivaled technology and production management globally.” adds VFX Supervisor Hayden Jones, “The television and streaming segments have grown exponentially in recent years and we are seeing substantial demand for high calibre visual effects that can be delivered on schedule and within budget, all of which lie at the core of our teams expertise and proven track record.”
ILM TV will offer producers and showrunners access to Industrial Light & Magic’s legendary VFX talent, infrastructure and technology combined with a fresh approach to visual effects, designed to suit the condensed production schedules and rapid turnaround times that episodic series and online streaming programs demand.
Join SVP, Executive Creative Director and Head of ILM, Rob Bredow for his keynote address from this year’s SIGGRAPH Conference in Vancouver. Bredow shares his unique understanding of how media and technological innovation can join forces to tell great stories and create groundbreaking experiences.
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