Linux Journal: GFX: Industrial Light & Magic

“Star Wars, Episode II: Attack of the Clones, released
in May 2002, is Industrial Light & Magic’s (ILM) first movie
produced after converting its workstations and renderfarm to Linux
last year. Located north of San Francisco in San Rafael,
California, ILM was founded in 1975 to produce the visual effects
for Star Wars. Although owned by George Lucas, ILM produces visual
effects for more than Lucasfilm productions, such as the Star Wars
and Indiana Jones films. Many other studios seeking that bit of
something extra on the cutting edge of special effects use ILM. ILM
has received 14 Academy Awards, including ones for its work on
Forrest Gump, Jurassic Park, Terminator
2, Who Framed Roger Rabbit? and E.T.

“‘Linux is increasing the quality of our work, not the
quantity,’ says Andy Hendrickson, director of research and
development. Large amounts of processing power enable more user
control…”

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