Industrial Light & Magic milestones and innovations (1975-1995)

1. Industrial Light & Magic is formally established

   May 28, 1975Labels: George Lucas, Industrial Light, Van Nuys

   • ILM
   • ILM Wiki

2. Dykstraflex motion-control camera system is developed

   Jan 1, 1976Labels: Dykstraflex, Motion control, ILM

   • Dykstraflex
   • Lucasfilm

3. Star Wars demonstrates ILM’s miniatures pipeline

   May 25, 1977Labels: Star Wars, Miniatures, Blue-screen

   • Star Wars
   • ILM Wiki

4. ILM relocates from Van Nuys to San Rafael

   Jan 1, 1978Labels: ILM, San Rafael, Van Nuys

   • ILM Wiki

5. Special Achievement Oscar recognizes Star Wars effects

   Apr 3, 1978Labels: Star Wars, Academy Awards, Special Achievement

   • Oscars
   • ILM Wiki

6. Dragonslayer debuts Go-Motion animation technique

   Jun 19, 1981Labels: Dragonslayer, Go-Motion, ILM

   • ILM
   • Dragonslayer

7. Genesis Sequence becomes a landmark all-CG feature segment

   Jun 4, 1982Labels: Genesis Sequence, Star Trek, Computer graphics

   • ILM
   • Wrath of Khan

8. Young Sherlock Holmes features first fully CG character

   Dec 4, 1985Labels: Young Sherlock, CG character, Stained-glass knight

   • Young Sherlock
   • Turnock Book

9. The Abyss advances digital water and digital compositing

   Aug 9, 1989Labels: The Abyss, Digital water, Digital compositing

   • The Abyss
   • ILM Wiki

10. Terminator 2 makes CG a central character effect

    Jul 3, 1991Labels: Terminator 2, T-1000, CG character

    • ILM
    • T2 Wiki

11. Jurassic Park proves realistic CG animals at scale

    Jun 11, 1993Labels: Jurassic Park, Digital dinosaurs, ILM

    • Jurassic Park
    • WIRED 1993

12. Forrest Gump popularizes invisible digital history editing

    Jul 6, 1994Labels: Forrest Gump, Digital compositing, Invisible effects

    • ILM
    • Oscars 1995