News & Features
BAFTA Announces Nominations for 2024 EE Film Awards
Earlier today BAFTA announced the nominations for the 2024 EE BAFTA Film Awards, celebrating the very best in film over the past year. ILM contributed to four of the five films recognized with a nomination in the Special Visual Effects category. Jay Cooper, Charmaine Chan, Ian Comley, and Jonathan Bullock were each nominated for Gareth…
Visual Effects Society Announces 22nd Annual VES Award Nominations
Gareth Edwards’ The Creator leads the feature film field with seven nominations six of which are for ILM work. In all, ILM visual effects artistry was recognized with 19 nominations including those for The Creator. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, and Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves joining it in the top category,…
ASIFA-Hollywood announced nominations for its 51st Annie Awards
ASIFA-Hollywood announced nominations today for its 51st Annie Awards™ recognizing the year’s best in the field of animation. The ILM team which included Rick O’Connor, Mike Beaulieu, Stewart Alves, Kevin Reuter, and Wai Kit Wan received a nomination for Best Character Animation – Live Action for its work on Lucasfilm’s hit Disney+ series, Ahsoka. The…
Legendary rock band KISS becomes immortal with a little help from ILM
The end is only the beginning. KISS have been immortalized and reborn as avatars to rock forever. Created by Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) in collaboration with the band and Pophouse Entertainment Group, the avatars portray each of the four band members in an idealized, and at times superhuman form. Months before the supergroup’s final…
Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind Wins THEA Award for Outstanding Attraction
We are proud to announce Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind will be honored with a prestigious Thea Award for Outstanding Achievement – Attraction in 2024 by the Themed Entertainment Association (TEA). Internationally recognized, the Thea Awards acknowledge exceptional achievements in the themed entertainment industry and celebrate the creative teams who bring immersive experiences to life. Under…
2023 Emmys – ILM Projects Receive 3 Nominations
The nominations for the 2023 Emmy Awards have been revealed, and three ILM projects were recognized with nominations. Lucasfilm’s The Mandalorian, Andor, and Amazon Studios’ The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power were each nominated in the Special Visual Effects category.
Lawrence Kasdan reflects on the legacy of Light & Magic
The filmmaker and Lucasfilm legend talks to ILM.com to reflect on what drew him to tell the story of the hit Disney+ series, “Light & Magic”.
Industrial Light & Magic’s New Look Takes Flight
With a legacy that stretches back nearly half-a-century, ILM updates their logo and branding for the first time in nearly twenty years.
Celebrating Jean Bolte’s 35 Years at ILM
Everyone at Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), has been honored to call Jean Bolte a colleague, and after 35 years she’s now leaving to pursue her own work as an artist. Jean first arrived here in 1987 when she joined the hallowed Model Shop at ILM’s former Kerner facility in San Rafael, California. With prior experience working…
2023 VES & Annie Award Nominations Announced
The Visual Effects Society announced its nominees for the 21st Annual VES Awards, the prestigious yearly celebration that recognizes outstanding visual effects artistry and innovation in features, animation, television, commercials, and video games and the VFX Supervisors, VFX Producers and hands-on Artists who bring this work to life. ILM received 18 nominations across 11 projects…
Remembering Richard Miller, ILM Sculptor
Today, teams across Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) and Lucasfilm mourn the loss of our former colleague Richard Miller, who recently passed away at the age of 80. Before he was hired at ILM in 1981, Miller worked as a freelance sculptor and jeweler, developing a unique style of sculpting characters that fused modern flair…
Industrial Light & Magic Continues Global Expansion, Opening Studio in India
New Mumbai studio to provide full visual effects and animation services for film & television.
The Book of Boba Fett brings home an Emmy® at the 74th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards
ILM’s creative teams were honored with an Emmy® award for Outstanding Special Visual Effects in a Season or a Movie for The Book of Boba Fett, alongside nominations for their work on The Witcher.
ILM Stagecraft™ Honored with Engineering, Science & Technology Emmy® Award
The Television Academy today announced the recipients of the 74th Engineering, Science & Technology Emmy® Awards honoring an individual, company, or organization for developments in broadcast technology. Industrial Light & Magic is proud to be the recipient of an Emmy Award for its StageCraft virtual production tool suite. StageCraft has been used on such series as The Mandalorian, The Book of Boba Fett, How I met your Father, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and The Old Man.
Disney+ Releases Trailer and Key Art for Lucasfilm and Imagine Documentaries’ “Light & Magic”
Disney+ released the trailer and key art for Lucasfilm and Imagine Documentaries’ “Light & Magic,” an immersive series that chronicles the untold history of world-renowned Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), the special visual effects, animation and virtual production division of Lucasfilm.
ILM Stagecraft™ to be Leveraged for Disney Branded Televisions’ Percy Jackson and the Olympians TV Series Exclusively for Disney+
The Epic Series Will Be The First Production To Utilize ILM’s Latest State-Of-The-Art Stagecraft Virtual Production Stage Recently Built In Vancouver, British Columbia.
Disney+ announces six-part documentary series “Light & Magic”
Granted unparalleled access, Academy Award®-nominated filmmaker Lawrence Kasdan takes viewers on an adventure behind the curtains of Industrial Light & Magic, the special visual effects, animation and virtual production division of Lucasfilm. Learn what inspired some of the most legendary filmmakers in Hollywood history.
Lucasfilm launches “Get in the Door”
Join employees across Industrial Light & Magic, Lucasfilm, ILMxLAB, and Skywalker Sound as they share stories on discovering their passions, beginning their careers, and the challenges and satisfactions of working in their current roles and departments.
Gareth Edwards Looks Back on Directing Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Join Gareth Edwards and the Publicity Group at Industrial Light & Magic as we look back at his time directing “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story”. Gareth discussed the cutting-edge virtual production used for the film, and the ways in which George Lucas inspired him as a filmmaker.
Greig Frasier Discusses His Work on Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
The cinematographer for Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune”, and Matt Reeve’s upcoming “The Batman”, joins Industrial Light & Magic’s Publicity Group to discuss his work on “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story”. Greig shares how the early Kenner action figures inspired his love of Star Wars, and the influences he found in 1970s cinema, the works of Andrei Tarkovsky, and the film “The French Connection”.