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Between Saving Private Ryan and Ready Player One—the critically acclaimed adaptation of Ernest Cline's 2011 novel—VFX supervisor Roger Guyett has been along for the ride on two of the most demanding projects of Steven Spielberg's career. An entirely different animal than the former picture—a 1998 war drama which won…

Oscar nominated for their labors on Marvel’s Doctor Strange, visual effects supervisors Stephane Ceretti and Richard Bluff are emblematic of the magic their craft can bring to big screen endeavors. Injecting magic into the Marvel Cinematic Universe with the Benedict Cumberbatch-starring film, the pair had an important…

A six-time Oscar nominee and winner for Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Man's Chest, John Knoll has been with the George-Lucas founded visual effects company Industrial Light & Magic for decades, eventually climbing to the company's zenith, as ILM's Visual Effects Supervisor and Chief Creative Officer. Working in some…

London Mayor Sadiq Khan is eyeing the possibility of a new film and TV studio being built in the capital. He’s teamed with Film London, the London Local Enterprise Panel and the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham to commission a feasibility study into creating the city's first new studio in 25 years. A new…

Rob Bredow, a VFX supervisor at Industrial Light & Magic since 2014, has been promoted to Chief Technology Officer of its parent company Lucasfilm.  He initially joined the company as VP New Media and as the head of Lucasfilm's Advanced Development Group, which develops tools and techniques for real-time…