by Lucas Seastrom | Jul 16, 2025 | San Francisco News
Teams from across ILM’s global studios are recognized for their innovative work for television this past year. The 77th Primetime Emmy Award nominations were announced this week, and Industrial Light & Magic artists have earned three of them. Among the 14...
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 | 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 Ella Greig | May 15, 2025 | San Francisco News, Uncategorized
The second, and final, part of an extensive look behind the scenes of the visual effects production for Lucasfilm’s pirate-themed Star Wars adventure series. By Clayton Sandell If you missed part one of our deep dive into Star Wars: Skeleton Crew, read it here on...
