For more than half a century, ILM — now headquartered in San Francisco, California, with studios in five countries — continues to raise the bar for visual effects. Winner of 17 BAFTA Awards, 16 Academy Awards®, and eight Emmy® Awards (among other accolades), ILM gradually evolved beyond practical visual effects to become an artistic and technical leader in the fields of feature animation, immersive entertainment, virtual production, and beyond.
In the video above, ILM leadership — including Lewin; John Knoll, Executive Creative Director; and Lucasfilm’s Doug Chiang, SVP, Executive Design Director — share the company’s story.