General Info

Based in San Rafael, Calif., Industrial Light & Magic, also known as ILM, is a Lucasfilm company and serves the digital needs of the entertainment industry for visual effects. ILM has won more than 10 Academy Awards for best visual effects and over 15 scientific and technical achievement awards. Established in 1975, ILM provides postproduction visual effects services to the entertainment industry. ILM offers model making, matte painting, computer-generated imagery, digital animation and a variety of related processes required in the production of visual effects for motion pictures, commercials, trailers, music videos and special venue projects. Its projects include Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Mission: Impossible III, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Lady in the Water, and Poseidon. Lucasfilm is a film and entertainment company that develops and publishes interactive entertainment software for video game console systems, manages the global merchandising activities and creates Internet-based content for businesses.