by Lucas Seastrom | Apr 20, 2025 | San Francisco News, Uncategorized
Industrial Light & Magic: 50 Years of Innovation by Ian Failes will be released November 5, 2025 by Lucasfilm Publishing and Abrams. By Lucas O. Seastrom It all began in May of 1975 with a handshake between director George Lucas and visual effects supervisor John...
by Ella Greig | Apr 18, 2025 | San Francisco News, Uncategorized
The ILM veteran and accomplished feature filmmaker enters the documentary space to tell the story of ILM and Lucasfilm’s digital filmmaking odyssey. By Lucas O. Seastrom Warning: This article contains spoilers from Light & Magic Season 2 Among the first group...
by Ella Greig | Apr 10, 2025 | San Francisco News, Uncategorized
The first part of an extensive look behind-the-scenes of the visual effects process for Lucasfilm’s pirate-themed Star Wars adventure series. By Clayton Sandell (Credit: ILM & Lucasfilm) The sprawling, live-action series Star Wars: Skeleton Crew (2024-25) is like...
by Ella Greig | Feb 6, 2025 | San Francisco News, Uncategorized
For over two decades, Wicked has transported theatre audiences into the untold story behind The Wizard of Oz (1939). Bringing its magic to the screen required a spectacle that not only honoured its Broadway origins but expanded beyond them. Among the many key...
by Lucas Seastrom | Jan 15, 2025 | San Francisco News, Uncategorized, Vancouver News
The ILM Vancouver artist details her globe-trotting career path from special make-up effects to art direction to effects supervision. By Lucas O. Seastrom Lost Ollie (Credit: Netflix) Ultraman: Rising (Credit: Netflix) For decades, a significant aspect of Industrial...
by Ella Greig | Nov 8, 2024 | San Francisco News, Uncategorized
For Transformers one, the art department aimed to create shapes and silhouettes that appeared clean and simple from a distance, yet included intricate, purposeful details up-close, such as cut lines in the panels, smaller inset geometry, and layered panel work. Given...
