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John Knoll, Thomas Knoll, and Mark Hamburg Accept Sci-Tech Award
ILM’s Chief Creative Officer, John Knoll was among those honored by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences at this year’s Sci Tech Awards. Watch David Oyelowo present Scientific and Engineering Awards to Thomas Knoll and John Knoll for the original architecture, design and development, and to Mark Hamburg for his continued development and…
ILM Nominated for Three Academy Awards
Early this morning the Academy announced the nominees for the 91st Oscars and we’re so excited that ILM artists worked on three of the five films in the Achievement in Visual Effects Category. AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR Dan DeLeeuw Kelly Port Russell Earl Dan Sudick READY PLAYER ONE Warner Bros. Pictures Roger Guyett Grady Cofer Matthew…
ILM Employee Spotlight: Carol Payne
In today’s employee spotlight we’re highlighting Color & Imaging Scientist, Carol Payne from our San Francisco studio.
ILM Garners 17 Nominations for the 17th Annual VES Awards
The Visual Effects Society released the nominations for the 17th Annual VES Awards this morning, and we’re thrilled to have been nominated for seventeen awards for our work in 2018. We’d like to congratulate all the nominees and thank our teams for their hard work. Our nominations include: Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature…
2019 BAFTA 'Special Visual Effects' Nominations Announced
This morning BAFTA announced the nominees for their annual awards ceremony on February 10th and we’re thrilled that ILM worked on three of the five films that made the list! Congratulations to our artists Russell Earl (VFX Supervisor, Avengers: Infinity War), Craig Hammack (VFX Supervisor, Black Panther), Roger Guyett (Visual Effects Supervisor, Ready Player One),…
91st Oscars Shortlist Announced
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…
ILM's John Knoll Among Sci-Tech Awards Honorees
This article originally appeared in The Hollywood Reporter. Nine technical achievements, represented by 27 individual award recipients including ILM’s John Knoll, will be honored at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Scientific and Technical Awards Presentation on Feb. 9 at the Beverly Wilshire in Beverly Hills. Also during the evening, cinematographer Curtis Clark…
INDUSTRIAL LIGHT & MAGIC LAUNCHES ‘ILM TV’
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….