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.
Lucas wanted his 1977 film Star Wars to include visual effects that had never been seen on film before. After discovering that the in-house effects department at 20th Century Fox was no longer operational, Lucas approached Douglas Trumbull, famous for the effects on 2001: A Space Odyssey. Trumbull declined as he was already committed to working on Steven Spielberg's film Close Encounters of the Third Kind, but suggested his assistant John Dykstra to Lucas. Dykstra brought together a small team of college students, artists and engineers, and set them up in a warehouse in Van Nuys, California. Lucas named the group Industrial Light & Magic, who became the Special Visual Effects department on Star Wars. Alongside Dykstra, other leading members of the original ILM team were Ken Ralston, Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren, Joe Johnston, Phil Tippett, Steve Gawley, Lorne Peterson and Paul Huston.
by The Centurion December 28, 2014
Get the Industrial Light & Magicmug. by Thehardcunt November 7, 2017
Get the magic pipemug. Where one item is swapped with another different one without anyone noticing anything different. Specially useful when replacing mongo nodes
by Dhakkan April 2, 2015
Get the magic swapmug. Unlike a magic carpet ride, the magic office ride sucks. It is a sarcastic term for being called into your boss' office and repremanded.
Kate: GDI this is the third time this week I took the magic office ride. I'm about to quit this job >:(
by h8 the magic office ride February 7, 2010
Get the magic office ridemug. Juan's Magic Trick is when you and your partner (preferable male) shove a whole jar of Ragu into your asshole. After 2 1/2 minutes the jar will evaporate. Make sure to plug up your asshole so none of the Ragu falls out then get your partner and open up his foreskin. You need to pull out the butt plug and let the Ragu pour into his foreskin. After that tie up your partners foreskin for 3 weeks and then once you untie it the Ragu will be gone
by Ragu God October 16, 2022
Get the Juan's Magic Trickmug. Magical Fantasy is a made up world that my friends and I made up. It it full of make believe and might even be a book.
by MidRaven October 8, 2022
Get the Magical Fantasymug. IM BOUTA FINNA USE MY MAGICAL WHIP THAT HAS A BUCKLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
by PencilBuzz June 14, 2022
Get the Magical Whip that has a Bucklemug.