The Bearded Trio

Vet VFX master Dennis Muren will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2nd Digital Creation Genie Awards, and part of the Paris Images Digital Summit. Kudo will be awarded at a Jan. 28 ceremony held at Enghien-les-Bains’ Centre des Arts. Muren will deliver a Master Class on Saturday Jan. 30 during event’s Festival Day. Running Jan 28-30 and launched by the Ile de France Commission, the Paris Images Digital Summit is devoted to digital creation in its multiple manifestations, the latest trends and innovations in digital visual effects, CGI, motion-capture, 3-D and disruptive technologies in cinema, television, advertising, video games and transmedia. Read more at Variety The Bearded Trio - The Site For Steven Spielberg, George Lucas and John Williams THE BEARDED TRIO ON FACEBOOK THE BEARDED TRIO ON TWITTER THE BEARDED TRIO ON GOOGLE+ THE BEARDED TRIO ON PINTEREST CLICK HERE FOR FACTS ON STEVEN SPIELBERG CLICK HERE FOR FACTS ON GEORGE LUCAS CLICK HERE FOR FAC...

The ILM Special Effects master talks to CGS-TV about his creative journey and multi-award winning work on movies like Star Wars, Terminator 2, and Jurassic Park The Bearded Trio - The Site For Steven Spielberg, George Lucas and John Williams THE BEARDED TRIO ON FACEBOOK THE BEARDED TRIO ON TWITTER THE BEARDED TRIO ON GOOGLE+ THE BEARDED TRIO ON PINTEREST CLICK HERE FOR FACTS ON STEVEN SPIELBERG CLICK HERE FOR FACTS ON GEORGE LUCAS CLICK HERE FOR FACTS ON JOHN WILLIAMS

If you're looking for a new addition to your collection of behind the scenes books, then you may be interested in 'Masters of FX' by Ian Failes.  Not only does it boast a foreword by legendary director, James Cameron it also has interviews with 16 of the world's top FX artists.  They are: Dennis Muren (Star Wars: Episodes IV–VI; Terminator 2: Judgment Day; Jurassic Park; A.I. Artificial Intelligence; War of the Worlds) Bill Westenhofer (Babe: Pig in the City; Cats & Dogs; The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe; The Golden Compass; Life of Pi) Joe Letteri (The Lord of the Rings trilogy; King Kong; Avatar; Planet of the Apes; The Hobbit trilogy) John Knoll (Mission: Impossible; The Phantom Menace; Pirates of the Caribbean; Pacific Rim) Phil Tippett (Star Wars films; RoboCop; Starship Troopers, Twilight Saga) Douglas Trumbull (2001: A Space Odyssey, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Blade Runner) Rob Legato (Apollo...

From the official Star Wars Youtube channel. In this featurette from Lucasfilm, legend Dennis Muren of Industrial Light & Magic discusses creating the visual effects of Return of the Jedi. Muren says that the production schedule was tighter on Return of the Jedi and that it also had the most effects compared with the first two films in the series, as it was the most action oriented. While there was no mandate to make Return of the Jedi include faster starships or action, "it just came out that way." Muren is proud of the work in the film, saying that "we got a lot better," and that the effects were more refined than in previous efforts. ILM no longer had to "fight the technology," and could concentrate on creating stunning imagery. THE BEARDED TRIO ON FACEBOOK THE BEARDED TRIO ON TWITTER THE BEARDED TRIO ON GOOGLE+

George Lucas, Ron Howard and Dennis Muren Check Out An Enchanted Brazier From Willow THE BEARDED TRIO ON FACEBOOK THE BEARDED TRIO ON TWITTER THE BEARDED TRIO ON GOOGLE+

Dennis Muren is the man most people in the visual effects industry will name when asked who has been most influential in the industry.  From Star Wars to Indiana Jones to Jurassic Park, Muren has been there.  Now as Creative Director at ILM he talks to   Hollywood.com  and he reveals that "In some ways, I think special effects aren't special anymore." "If you're going to make a motion picture," he explains, "don't just throw computer graphics in to make everything bigger or more. Don't have an army of 20,000 centaurs or whatever it is, if the story is better with seven centaurs. They've lost sight, making things bigger and bigger. Less personal." " In some ways, I think special effects aren't special anymore.  We really were at that stage when we did  Willow ." Muren says that around 1988 and 1989, the entire effects industry was still "doing it the old fashioned way," working through effects-enhanced s...