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Extended Q&A: The Visual Effects and Virtual Production of ‘The Mandalorian’

Extended Q&A: The Visual Effects and Virtual Production of ‘The Mandalorian’

Lucasfilm's "The Mandalorian", season two, exclusively on Disney+ © 2020Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM. All Rights Reserved. On Friday, 13 August, the SIGGRAPH 2021 conference hosted a team from ILM for the Production Session “ILM Presents: The Visual Effects & Virtual...

Epic Games and ILMxLAB on ‘Reflections’

Epic Games and ILMxLAB on ‘Reflections’

"Reflections" © 2018 Epic Games, Inc. All rights reserved. Real-Time Live! is the highly anticipated showcase of real-time graphics — live and on stage at SIGGRAPH 2018! One of the projects that will be presented and deconstructed by its creators in Vancouver is...

Rob Bredow: ‘Everything we do is creative.’

Rob Bredow: ‘Everything we do is creative.’

SIGGRAPH 2018 Keynote Rob Bredow (SVP, Executive Creative Director, and Head of Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) is a long-standing industry visionary who will take the stage in August to share how media and technological innovation come together to form both...

Star Wars: A Look Back with ILM Veteran Jeff Light

Star Wars: A Look Back with ILM Veteran Jeff Light

Photo credit / source: www.movpins.com It had been a long time since the last Star Wars movie when George Lucas came back to Industrial Light & Magic (ILM). He came back after "Jurassic Park" showed him what could be done in terms of the environment in the...

Are Computer Graphics Always the Answer?

Are Computer Graphics Always the Answer?

Photo credit: Industrial Light & Magic workers stage the Battle of Hoth for "Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back." Courtesy of ILM This post was originally published on the ACM SIGGRAPH News blog in January 2015. With the highly anticipated release of...