ILM has veterans, lifers who have been with the company for numerous years and as the various sites around the world expand due to increased work volume and a plethora of projects, fresh blood comes in and that new wave of ILM staff includes Junior Compositor Cordell Briggs who brings an eclectic mix of prior roles to his current position as he explains why his job at ILM is the perfect one for him.
When were you actually hired at ILM Vancouver?
I was hired in February of 2021 to work on Loki, and since then I’ve been on a few other shows. I’ve been working remotely, but as soon as I started, I felt like family. It feels like we’re working towards a common goal together. Lucasfilm has been great to me, and I feel like they do a really good job at vetting the type of people that they let into the company, that we’ve all kind of got a similar vibe. And we jive really well. The VFX industry is pretty good that way. Most people who are in the industry are super awesome and super, super nice.
You mentioned Loki. Had you worked on a series before coming to ILM?
I’ve had the opportunity to work on both streaming series and features before working at ILM. I did a four- or five-month contract at Image Engine and actually got to work on The Mandalorian before I worked at ILM. So that was really cool. That was the first Star Wars project that I had ever touched. It was a dream come true because, when you’re a student or budding VFX artist, it’s usually the be-all-end-all to work on a Star Wars project, or a Marvel project. And so for me, Star Wars was up there on my list of must do’s career-wise!
