by Lucas Seastrom | Jul 3, 2025 | San Francisco News, Uncategorized
New series exploring ILM’s 50-year legacy kicks off with new interviews featuring original Star Wars animator Chris Cassidy and current ILM animation supervisors Rob Coleman and Hal Hickel. By Jamie Benning From left: animator Peter Kuran, production coordinator...
by Ella Greig | Jun 10, 2025 | San Francisco News
Guided by visual effects supervisor John Knoll, ILM embraced continually evolving methodologies to craft breathtaking visual effects for the iconic space battles in First Contact and Rogue One. By Jay Stobie Visual effects supervisor John Knoll (right) confers with...
by Lucas Seastrom | Jun 6, 2025 | San Francisco News, Uncategorized
ILM teams with Ben Stiller and Apple TV+ to bring thousands of seamless visual effects shots to the hit drama’s second season. By Clayton Sandell There are mysterious and important secrets to be uncovered in the second season of the wildly popular Apple TV+ series...
by Lucas Seastrom | May 28, 2025 | San Francisco News, Uncategorized
On this day in 1975, Industrial Light & Magic was officially signed into existence by George Lucas. By Lucas O. Seastrom ILM’s original crew for Star Wars: A New Hope (1977) poses in the front lot of their original studio (Credit: ILM & Lucasfilm). 50...
by Lucas Seastrom | Apr 28, 2025 | San Francisco News, Uncategorized
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power wins for Special, Visual & Graphic Effects in Season 2 of the Amazon MGM Studios series. This past weekend, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts hosted the 2025 BAFTA Television Craft Awards, where The Lord of...