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Industrial Light & Magic: 50 Years of Innovation

Name: Industrial Light & Magic: 50 Years of Innovation
Brand: Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd
SKU: 9781419784019
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By Ian Failes

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A celebration of the first 50 years of Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), the award-winning visual effects house behind the Star Wars saga, Indiana Jones, E.T., Terminator 2, and Jurassic Park Industrial Light & Magic: 50 Years of Innovation is the official decade-by-decade visual retrospective of... Read More

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Industrial Light & Magic: 50 Years of Innovation

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Industrial Light & Magic: 50 Years of Innovation

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A celebration of the first 50 years of Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), the award-winning visual effects house behind the Star Wars saga, Indiana Jones, E.T., Terminator 2, and Jurassic Park

Industrial Light & Magic: 50 Years of Innovation is the official decade-by-decade visual retrospective of the legendary visual effects house. Founded by Star Wars creator George Lucas in 1975, ILM has won 16 Academy Awards for Best Visual Effects and pushed the boundaries of what can be visually realised in storytelling, from the big screen to emerging technologies such as streaming television, 3D immersive adventures, and more.

Breaking down ILM’s evolution in visual effects decade-by-decade, 50 Years of Innovation features stunning visuals and analysis of the creative and technical processes from concept to execution, and highlights 50 of their key projects that have helped shape the visual effects industry.

Concluding with a look at both the future of ILM and the visual effects industry at large, the key creative forces at ILM speculate about what the next 50 years may have in store for the innovators that transformed entertainment forever.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781419784019

Publisher: Abrams

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 19 February 2026

Country: United States

Imprint: Abrams

Illustration: Full-color illustrations throughout

Audience: General / adult

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Width: 286.0mm

Height: 273.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 368

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About the Author

Ian Failes is a Sydney-based journalist focusing on visual effects and animation. He writes for several industry publications, including Cartoon Brew, VFX Voice, 3D Artist, and 3D World, and is the editor and founder of VFX animation publication befores & afters. Failes has authored Masters of FX, a profile of 16 of the world’s leading special and visual effects supervisors. He holds the world’s largest collection of memorabilia from the film Speed.