Redefining the Grid – ILM’s Vancouver Team Talks ‘Tron: Ares’
Visual effects supervisors Vincent Papaix and Abishek Nair join animation supervisor Mike Beaulieu to discuss bringing the Grid to the streets of their very own city of Vancouver.
Inside the ILM Art Department: ‘Stranger Things’ Season 5
Artists from the London and Sydney studios discuss some of their favorite work from the Netflix production.
ILM Journeys Into the Upside Down: The Visual Effects of ‘Stranger Things’ Season 5
Visual effects supervisor Bill Georgiou and associate visual effects supervisors Stephen Tong, George Kuruvilla, and Arnab Sanyal discuss ILM’s visual effects contributions to the final season of Netflix’s hit series.
Fin Argus Suits Up as Volo Bolus in ‘Star Wars: Beyond Victory’
The actor who voiced and supplied the motion capture performance for Volo Bolus discusses their collaboration with ILM for the mixed reality playset.
Kill, Kill, Kill: Bringing the Rampaging Boar to Life in Sam Raimi’s ‘Send Help’
Industrial Light & Magic artists Marc Whitelaw and Maia Kayser discuss the studio’s work on director Sam Raimi’s Send Help, and how its rampaging boar sequence evolved into something bloodier and funnier.
ILM Wins BAFTA TV Craft Award for ‘Andor’
The team joins their Lucasfilm counterparts in the win for Special, Visual and Graphic Effects.
Honoring Lucasfilm’s 55th Anniversary
In the spring of 1971, George Lucas quietly established a new company to carry his future projects.
Inside the ILM Art Department: ‘Wicked: For Good’
Three artists from the San Francisco and Sydney studios share insights about their work on the 2025 Universal production.
Never ‘OUTATIME’: Remembering ‘Back to the Future’ with Cinematographer Dean Cundey
The acclaimed director of photography discusses collaborating with the visual effects artists at Industrial Light & Magic.
Breaking the Ice and Bringing Creatures to Life: ILM’s Ivan Busquets on the BAFTA-Nominated Visual Effects of Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Frankenstein’
The ILM visual effects supervisor discusses helping craft the world…and the Creature…of Frankenstein for the Netflix production.
Mirrors on the Walls: Reflecting on ‘Wicked: For Good’s’ ‘The Girl in the Bubble’
Visual effects supervisors Pablo Helman and Anthony Smith dive deep into one of ILM’s most challenging shots for the magical sequel.
‘Preparation is the key to success’: Pablo Helman on the complexity of making ‘Wicked: For Good’
The production visual effects supervisor discusses the Emerald City, Elphaba in flight, and collaborating with Jon M. Chu.
‘Young Sherlock Holmes’: Milestones and Memories from an ILM classic with Dennis Muren
One of ILM’s first visual effects supervisors looks back at the film’s mix of practical methods and revolutionary digital effects 40 years later.
Behind the Innovation of ‘Lama’: ILM’s Latest Sci-Tech Academy Award Winner
Tha layered shading system has been the standard at ILM for many years as it continues to impact the wider visual effects and animation industries.
ILM Vancouver: People, Place, and Culture on the Pacific Coast
Drawing on perspectives from animation, production, training, and talent management, this article explores how everyday behavior, collaboration, and care shape life inside ILM’s Vancouver studio.
A New Kind of World-Building: Behind ILM’s Award-Winning Partnership with Nerfstudio
ILM visual effects supervisor Vincent Papaix and Nerfstudio creator Matt Tancik discuss their innovative approach to visual effects shot design.
ILM Wins for ‘Skeleton Crew’ and ‘Ultraman: Rising’ at Children’s & Family Emmy Awards
Visual effects artists from across Industrial Light & Magic are recognized for their work.
“The idea was for every frame to be a stunning picture”: ILM Supervisors Talk ‘Jurassic World Rebirth’
Visual effects supervisors Charmaine Chan, Andrew Roberts, and Simone Coco share their experiences working together on the Oscar-nominated Jurassic World Rebirth.
ILM Earns 3 Wins at the 24th VES Awards
Teams from Andor, Sinners, and Avatar: Fire and Ash were recognized at the ceremony in Los Angeles.
ILM Innovates New StageCraft Techniques for 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics: Part 2
ILM artists Ian Milham and Shannon Thomas take us behind the scenes of in the second of a two-part story about the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris and 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan.