by ggrusby | Mar 11, 2019 | San Francisco News, Vision & Craft
Today our guest writer is Todd Vaziri, Lead Artist at ILM who chronicles how the Blockade Runner engine shot from Rogue One: A Star Wars Story went from idea to reality: I was thrilled to get to work on this shot with my friend and frequent collaborator, ILM lighter...
by ggrusby | Feb 14, 2019 | San Francisco News, Vision & Craft
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...
by ggrusby | Jan 22, 2019 | Awards, London News, San Francisco News, Singapore News, Vancouver News, Vision & Craft
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...
by ggrusby | Jan 18, 2019 | San Francisco News, Vision & Craft
In today’s employee spotlight we’re highlighting Color & Imaging Scientist, Carol Payne from our San Francisco studio. What got you into filmmaking? I grew up watching Disney animated features, Star Trek, Star Wars, the normal stuff. I loved Legos,...
by ggrusby | Jan 15, 2019 | London News, San Francisco News, Singapore News, Vancouver News, Vision & Craft
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...
by ggrusby | Jan 9, 2019 | Awards, San Francisco News, Singapore News, Vancouver News, Vision & Craft
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),...
