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]] Industrial Light & Magic ('''ILM''') is a Motion Picture Special Visual Effects company, founded in July 1975 by George Lucas and owned by Lucasfilm Ltd . Lucas created the company when he discovered that the special effects department at Twentieth Century Fox was shut down after he was given the green light for his production of Star Wars . The studio originated in San Rafael, California but is now based in The Presidio Of San Francisco in California . ILM continues to maintain and use its large film studio building in San Rafael, which was built in 1991 specifically for ILM, for principal photography. Lucas wanted his 1977 film ''''. Trumbull declined, but suggested his assistant John Dykstra . Dykstra brought together a small team of college students, artists and engineers who became the Special Visual Effects department on ''A New Hope''. Alongside Dykstra other leading members of the original ILM team were Dennis Muren , Richard Edlund , Joe Johnston and Phil Tippett . When making '''', Lucas reformed most of the team into Industrial Light & Magic in Marin County, California . They have since gone on to produce special effects for over two hundred films, including the '' Indiana Jones '' films, the '' Harry Potter '' films, the '' Jurassic Park '' films, many of the '' Star Trek '' films, as well as less dramatic effects in films such as '' Schindler's List '', '' Snow Falling On Cedars '', '' Magnolia '', and several Woody Allen films. ILM also frequently collaborates with Steven Spielberg, with Dennis Muren acting as Visual Effects Supervisor. ILM established their use of Computer Generated Imagery when they hired Edwin Catmull from NYIT in 1979. John Lasseter worked for ILM in the early 1980s as a computer animator. The computer graphics department, now known as Pixar , was eventually sold to Steve Jobs , which went on to create the first CG animated feature with Toy Story . As Of 2005 , ILM has received 14 Best Visual Effects Oscars and 20 additional nominations. It had also received 22 technical Oscars. EARLY ACCOMPLISHMENTS
RECENT FILMS ILM worked on two major 2005 releases, George Lucas's '''', and are planned to animate CG models in the up-coming film, '' The Transformers ''. EXTERNAL LINKS AND SOURCES
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