Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) is an American Academy Award-winning motion picture visual effects company that was founded in May 1975 by George Lucas. It is a division of the film production company, Lucasfilm, which Lucas founded, and was created when Lucas began production of the film Star Wars. ILM originated in Van Nuys, California, then later moved to San Rafael in 1978, and since 2005 it has been based at the Letterman Digital Arts Center in the Presidio of San Francisco. Lynwen Brennan, who joined the company in 1999, currently serves as ILM's President and General Manager. In 2012, The Walt Disney Company acquired ILM as part of its purchase of Lucasfilm.
The company's name inspired a joke in the episode Space Mutiny - "Industrial Light & Morons!"
List of VFX Credits
- Star Wars
- Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
- Raiders of the Lost Ark
- Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
- Poltergeist
- Star Wars: Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
- Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
- Jurassic Park
- Star Trek: Generations
- Starship Troopers
- Titanic
- Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
- Jurassic Park III
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
- Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
- The Bourne Identity
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
- Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
- Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
- The Day After Tomorrow
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
- Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- Eragon
- Transformers
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- Iron Man
- Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
- The Happening
- Star Trek (2009 film)
- Terminator: Salvation
- Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
- Avatar
- The Last Airbender
- Transformers: Dark of the Moon
- The Avengers
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
