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Industrial Light & Magic Founded by George Lucas in 1975, ILM creates iconic moments that inspire the imagination. Watch all episodes of Light & Magic on Disney+.

Founded by George Lucas in 1975 to create the special effects for Star Wars, ILM is now the leading effects facility in the world, with studios located in San Francisco, Singapore, Vancouver, London, and Sydney. The company serves the motion picture, television, streaming, commercial production, and attraction industries. ILM has created visual effects for over 350 feature films. With so many technical and creative innovations, ILM has been a constant force propelling the evolution of visual effects. Beginning with a mastery of the traditional arts of blue-screen photography, matte painting and model and miniature construction, ILM advanced the art of optical compositing and pioneered the development of motion control photography, digital compositing, and numerous other advances in effects technology. Since the 1980s, ILM has led the way in the use of computer graphics and digital imaging in feature films, developing breakthrough techniques such as morphing, enveloping and film input scanning technology. Most recently ILM unveiled its StageCraft real-time virtual production platform and StageCraft LED Stages which allow storytellers the ultimate flexibility in how they plan, develop and capture their vision.

Spidey vibes 🕷️
09/15/2026

Spidey vibes 🕷️

"My favorite feature of this environment is the use of bioluminescent underlighting to reinforce depth in the scene. Tak...
09/14/2026

"My favorite feature of this environment is the use of bioluminescent underlighting to reinforce depth in the scene. Taking cues from the underglow of city streetlights at night, this technique establishes scale across vast distances where ambient light is scarce, offering a clever solution that maintains an eerie, unsettling atmosphere that provides distant visibility," said Senior art director Cody Gramstad about his work on Disney's new production of Moana.

Learn more about the work: https://www.ilm.com/inside-the-ilm-art-department-moana/

THE MOSQUITO BOWL. In theaters October 30, with Visual Effects and Animation by ILM.
09/13/2026

THE MOSQUITO BOWL. In theaters October 30, with Visual Effects and Animation by ILM.

Star Wars was made for the biggest screen possible.In 2027, Star Wars (1977) and Star Wars: Starfighter will release in ...
09/12/2026

Star Wars was made for the biggest screen possible.

In 2027, Star Wars (1977) and Star Wars: Starfighter will release in IMAX and IMAX 70MM.

09/11/2026

What are you going to do? Just accept your fate?

Brian Duffield's arrives only in theaters October 16, with Visual Effects and Animation by Industrial Light & Magic.

Our epic voyage through more than 40 years of shared history between ILM and Star Trek concludes with our latest story o...
09/10/2026

Our epic voyage through more than 40 years of shared history between ILM and Star Trek concludes with our latest story on ILM.com. Writer Jay Stobie talks with past and present ILMers John Knoll, Kim Smith, Roger Guyett, and Ken Ralston, as well as longtime Star Trek visual effects supervisor Dan Curry, about everything from Generations to Into Darkness.

Read here: https://www.ilm.com/ilm-celebrates-60-years-star-trek-part-two/

Unmasked archives 🕸️
09/09/2026

Unmasked archives 🕸️

Live long and prosper! Star Trek first premiered on television 60 years ago today in 1966. Over at ILM.com, we're celebr...
09/08/2026

Live long and prosper! Star Trek first premiered on television 60 years ago today in 1966. Over at ILM.com, we're celebrating the occasion with a two-part deep dive into our decades of work on the iconic franchise. In Part 1, writer Jay Stobie talks with Ken Ralston and Kirk Thatcher about ILM's contributions to The Wrath of Khan, The Search for Spock, and The Voyage Home.

Read now: https://www.ilm.com/ilm-celebrates-60-years-star-trek-part-one/

Ecstatic! Elated! Euphoric! Delighted! A round of applause for our Emmy® Award winners Cameron Neilson and Bill Georgiou...
09/08/2026

Ecstatic! Elated! Euphoric! Delighted! A round of applause for our Emmy® Award winners Cameron Neilson and Bill Georgiou! 🏆

ILM’s Grant McCune and Douglas Smith set up the Star Destroyer miniature for the opening sequence of Star Wars: A New Ho...
09/07/2026

ILM’s Grant McCune and Douglas Smith set up the Star Destroyer miniature for the opening sequence of Star Wars: A New Hope (1977).

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