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Industrial Light & Magic

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, 2015


Industrial angus

Someone who is bipolar, breaks someone’s heart for someone else, is a complete idiot, or is a Kool Kat

Carlos is an industrial angus because he dumped Tina for Jennifer.

by nicekittys January 4, 2019


Industry Leader

A stunningly attractive woman, usually with very large breasts

Wow look at that industry leader in the blue swimsuit

by Industrytitan9 July 7, 2021


Industrialization

the act of making capitalism not just capitalism, but a beautiful life of lies and criticism.

I used industrialization to make my ex-wife realize what it's like to be lied to

by Robert Bakewell April 23, 2020


Industrial Belly Tickler

a machine that uses humanpower to tickle the living shit out of your fucking fat belly so you feel some comfort while being a discord mod

Him: bro check out this new machine i bought from ikea

Me: What in the fucking world is that shit?

Him: It is the brand new Industrial Belly Tickler

by Undead Shiteson May 15, 2022


Industrial Debutante

No Shi-Shi-Foo-Foo coming out parties for these girls. Big Hair, a tad too much makeup and maybe a bit rough around the edges, industrial debs (plural) can still be found in most major metropolitan areas. They just try a little harder than their competitors, the “well-heeled” debutant variety.

Wow, look at that, an entire table full of industrial debutantes, are we back in the 1980s?

by yo_yo_mah September 10, 2023


Swirl Industrial Complex

when two people of different races get together and it is seen as a bridge to end discrimination. Usually, between a white person and a black person or another person of color.

See also interracial love

All of Amma Assante's films center around the swirl industrial complex ending all the prejuidice in the world.

by Toni Knowles January 19, 2019