LIGHT & MAGIC (2022)

LIGHT & MAGIC

Granted unparalleled access, Academy Award®-nominated filmmaker Lawrence Kasdan takes viewers on an adventure behind the curtains of Industrial Light & Magic, the special visual effects, animation and virtual production division of Lucasfilm. Learn what inspired some of the most legendary filmmakers in Hollywood history, and follow their stories from their earliest personal films to bringing George Lucas’ vision to life.

LIGHT & MAGIC

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Dennis Muren
Dennis Muren
as Self
Lorne Peterson
Lorne Peterson
as Self - Model Shop
George Lucas
George Lucas
as Self
Phil Tippett
Phil Tippett
as Self - Creatures and Stop Motion as Self - Model Shop as Self as Self - Creatures and Stop Motion (archive footage)
Ron Howard
Ron Howard
as Self as Self - Academy Award Winning Filmmaker as Self - Director, Cocoon as Self - Director, Willow
Ken Ralston
Ken Ralston
as Self - Camera Department as Self - Visual Effects Supervisor
Richard Edlund
Richard Edlund
as Self
Steven Spielberg
Steven Spielberg
as Self - Co-Writer, Producer as Self as Self (uncredited) as Self - Director, Jurassic Park
Patricia Rose Duignan
Patricia Rose Duignan
as Self - Production Supervisor as Self - Production Assistant as Self - Visual Effects Producer
Edwin Catmull
Edwin Catmull
as Self - Computer Graphics as Self - UC Berkeley, 1981 (archive footage)
Harrison Ellenshaw
Harrison Ellenshaw
as Self - Matte Painting
Chrissie England
Chrissie England
as Self - Production Department as Self - ILM President, 2006-2010
Joe Johnston
Joe Johnston
as Self - Art Department
Paul Hirsch
Paul Hirsch
as Self - Editor
James Cameron
James Cameron
as Self - Director as Self - Director, The Abyss / Director, Terminator 2
Mark A.Z. Dippé
Mark A.Z. Dippé
as Self - Computer Graphics
Steve Williams
Steve Williams
as Self - Computer Graphics
Kim Smith
Kim Smith
as Self - Model Shop
Jim Morris
Jim Morris
as Self - Visual Effects Producer / ILM General Manager, 1991 - 1993 as Self - ILM President, 1994-2005
Doug Chiang
Doug Chiang
as Self - Art Department
Ben Burtt
Ben Burtt
as Self - Editor as Self - Sound Designer and Editor
John Knoll
John Knoll
as Self - Visual Effects Supervisor as Self - Computer Graphics
John Goodson
John Goodson
as Self - Model Shop
Jean Bolte
Jean Bolte
as Self - Digital Artist as Self - Model Shop
Ralph McQuarrie
Ralph McQuarrie
as Self (archive footage) as Self - Art Department (archive footage)
John Dykstra
John Dykstra
as Self - Visual Effects Supervisor
Grant McCune
Grant McCune
as Self - Model Shop (archive footage)
Frank Marshall
Frank Marshall
as Self - Producer
Robert Zemeckis
Robert Zemeckis
as Self - Director, Back to the Future
Ellen Poon
Ellen Poon
as Self - Computer Graphics
Kathleen Kennedy
Kathleen Kennedy
as Self - Producer / President, Lucasfilm
Roger Guyett
Roger Guyett
as Self - Visual Effects Supervisor
Lynwen Brennan
Lynwen Brennan
as Self - General Manager, Lucasfilm
Barry Jenkins
Barry Jenkins
as Self - Director, The Underground Railroad
Jon Favreau
Jon Favreau
as Self - Director
Hal Hickel
Hal Hickel
as Self - Animation Supervisor, Iron Man
Rob Bredow
Rob Bredow
as Self - Chief Creative Officer, ILM
Rachel Rose
Rachel Rose
as Self - Research and Development, ILM
Deborah Chow
Deborah Chow
as Self - Director, The Mandalorian
Francis Ford Coppola
Francis Ford Coppola
as Self (archive footage)
Robert Patrick
Robert Patrick
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Janet Healy
Janet Healy
as Self - Effects Producer, Ghostbusters II (archive footage)
Jim Blinn
Jim Blinn
as Self - UC Berkeley, 1981 (archive footage)
Jay Riddle
Jay Riddle
as Self - Computer Graphics Supervisor (archive footage)
Carolyn Ensle Rendu
Carolyn Ensle Rendu
as Self - Digital Artist (archive footage)
Stefen Fangmeier
Stefen Fangmeier
as Self - Computer Graphics Supervisor (archive footage)
J.J. Abrams
J.J. Abrams
as Self
Ahmed Best
Ahmed Best
as Self
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Seasons

Season 1

Season 1

Season 2

Season 2

Episodes season 1

  • 1x1

    "gang of outsiders."

  • 1x2

    "on the bucking bronco."

  • 1x3

    "just think about it."

  • 1x4

    "i think i found my people."

  • 1x5

    "morfing."

  • 1x6

    "no more pretending you're dinosaurs."

Episodes season 2

  • 2x1

    Are we ready for this?

  • 2x2

    There must be a better way

  • 2x3

    There's no going back

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