Tag Archives: ILM
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Interview with John Knoll: Bonus Material
4 commentsRGTV Episode 44: Bonus Material – John Knoll on Realism in VFX In this bonus section of the John Knoll interview, John talks about his approach to realism in visual effects, and how that impacted his groundbreaking work on The Abyss and for his personal project turned gig: visual effects for Magnificent Desolation. Watch the [...]
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Interview with John Knoll: Part 2
No commentsIn this episode of Red Giant TV, Aharon Rabinowitz interviews ILM Visual Effects Supervisor, John Knoll. They’ll talk about the downsides of working in VFX, his history as a commercial software designer, the future of lens flare generation, what he looks for in a project, and what it takes to get a gig at ILM. [...]
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Interview with John Knoll: Part 1
1 commentIn this episode of Red Giant TV, Aharon Rabinowitz interviews ILM Visual Effects Supervisor, John Knoll. They’ll talk about John’s work, how he got into VFX, skills VFX artists need to create realism in their work, starting the Rebel Unit at ILM, and the daunting challenges faced in working on films like ‘Pirates of the [...]
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Interview with John Knoll in Production
14 commentsLast week I was given the opportunity of a lifetime – a chance to sit down with visual effects legend John Knoll. I expected that talking to a man who has defined visual effects for the last 20 years would be a revelation – and I wasn’t disappointed. During the interview, we talked about a [...]
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Interview with John Knoll – Need Your Help!
27 commentsHi Folks – Next week, I’ll be flying out to San Francisco to interview John Knoll, for Red Giant TV. Unless you’ve been living in a cave free of VFX news, you know that John Knoll was ILM’s Visual Effects Supervisor for Avatar, Star Wars, and many other films. He is one of Hollywood’s most [...]