by John Hannon | Feb 21, 2024 | Awards, London News, San Francisco News
Ever since George Lucas and John Dykstra sat down in 1975 to discuss the former’s vision of capturing dynamic aerial dogfights between miniature spaceships in Star Wars: A New Hope (1977), Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) has made an art of solving creative problems...
by John Hannon | Aug 28, 2015 | Vision & Craft
HOW LONG HAVE YOU WORKED FOR ILM? 19 years WHERE DID YOU GO TO SCHOOL AND WHAT DID YOU STUDY? Marquette University – I have a BA in Broadcasting and Electronic Communication with a minor in Criminology WHEN WAS THE MOMENT YOU DECIDED TO BE IN FILM? From the...
by John Hannon | Aug 27, 2015 | Vision & Craft
For 40 years, Industrial Light & Magic has set the standard for visual effects, creating some of the most memorable images in the history of modern cinema. From advances in the photo-chemical process, optical compositing, motion control, and models and miniatures,...
by John Hannon | Jul 9, 2015 | Vision & Craft
While the film may have been 65 million years in the making, the visual effects crew would have substantially less time to create what would later be recognized as a seminal moment in the annals of cinema history. Jurassic Park represented a massive leap forward...
by John Hannon | Jun 8, 2015 | Vision & Craft
ILM and Science Channel joined together to celebrate ILM’s 40th Anniversary at Comic-Con International in San Diego this year. Industrial Light & Magic Visual Effects Supervisor, Jeff White, legendary ILM model maker, Lorne Peterson, and model maker and...