I love theme-driven design and creative teamwork. Geek.
How can Theme be used to inspire, manage, and optimize the creative process? Rob has talked about creativity at TED, SIGGRAPH, FMX, VIEW and others.
Watch Keynote
This book is an embarrassment of riches as far as the amount of photos included here. The images included here are special because - which along with their fly-on-the-wall descriptions have the power to inspire people to become storytellers.
Global Marketing
This is an excellent addition to my collection. Takes a step back and tells the story of how movies are made. The location scouting, how effects are slipped into real locations, casting, and other processes that are relatable to any big movie. And finally, the pictures are spectacular. It is just like National Geographic!
Amazon Review
Rob Bredow has created a book that well and truly gives you the feeling that it was created by someone from inside the production, not by other looking in. The stills used are at times very candid, humorous and others very serious, but it captures the passion and love that the creative teams and actors poured into the movie.
Jedi News Network
There have been a lot of “making of” books for Star Wars movies, but none have ever felt this intimate. Bredow’s photos are as behind the scenes as it gets, raw and completely in the moment. He captures the essence of what it is like to be on set. His daughter’s interview with DP Bradford Young for a school project illustrates how Star Wars truly is a family affair, even for those behind the camera.
Trek.fm Podcast Host
Yes! We are almost always hiring at ILM. Check ILM.com/careers for the latest info and browse the posted positions in our studios around the world.
Unfortunately no. As an employee of Lucasfilm I cannot receive unsolicated pitches.
Check out Get In the Door for interviews with a number of people in a wide variety of positions at Lucasfilm and Industrial Light & Magic. I think you may find someone there who inspires you.
The Academy Software Foundation is an open source, non-profit organization dedicated to getting people involved in a healthy software ecosytem for filmmaking, many of our projects focus on visual-effects and animation. I recommend checking out ASWF.io to learn more and get involved as it's a great way to meet people working in the industry and find a passion project to contribute to.
Excerpted from a Q&A with ACM Siggraph 2018 SIGGRAPH: As former Chief Technology Officer and current SVP, Executive Creative Director, and Head of ILM, you clearly have a deep understanding of the ways technology and creativity can come together …
Lucasfilm has released the teaser trailer for Episode 7 today. I’m loving the new job at Industrial Light and Magic and happy to see this trailer being enjoyed in the wild.
For the past few years I’ve been the CTO of a division of Sony Pictures heading up Imageworks, Animation, and more recently Colorworks and Post Production. Before this time, I’d had opportunities to lead large teams on movies, but had never served in …
