ILM VFX make strong showing at the VES Awards 2024

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21st February will see the handing out of the Visual Effects Society Awards for 2023, and Industrial Light & Magic are well represented with a number of high profile projects in the running for the major awards including Ahsoka, Willow, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny and one of the Oscar favourites, The Creator which heads the field with seven nominations.

Congratulations to ILM’s Richard Bluff, Paul Kavanagh, and Enrico Damm, alongside Jakris Smittant and Scott Fisher on their #VES Awards nomination for #Ahsoka: Season 1: “Dreams and Madness“. pic.twitter.com/PNqMqBtJrU

— Industrial Light & Magic (@ILMVFX) January 20, 2024

We are incredibly proud of our visual effects team on #Willow for getting not one, but two #VES Awards nominations. We’ve been a part of Willow for 36 years, and it was a honor for us at ILM to bring it to life once more. pic.twitter.com/PI65LAE33E

— Industrial Light & Magic (@ILMVFX) January 18, 2024

We might hate snakes, but we love nominations when it comes to the work of our artists! Congratulations to our team at ILM alongside our VFX partners for their well-deserved #VES Awards nominations on @Mang0ld’s #IndianaJones and the Dial of Destiny! #ForYourConsideration pic.twitter.com/YMTYzmhYu7

— Industrial Light & Magic (@ILMVFX) January 18, 2024

Join us in congratulating the talented visual effects artists behind Gareth Edwards’ #TheCreator for leading the VES Awards feature competition with 7 nominations in total! The work speaks for itself, and we could not be more proud of you all. #ForYourConsideration pic.twitter.com/qfBbwplFMb

— Industrial Light & Magic (@ILMVFX) January 17, 2024

The best of luck to all involved.

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Mark Newbold

Exploring the galaxy since 1978, Mark wrote his first fan fiction in '81 and been a presence online since webpage Fanta War in 1996. He currently contributes to ILM.com, SkywalkerSound.com and Starburst Magazine, having previously written for magazines and sites including Star Wars Insider, StarWars.com, Star Wars Encyclopedia, Lightsabre.co.uk, Jedi News, Jedi.net, Build The Millennium Falcon, Geeky Monkey, TV Film Memorabilia, Model and Collectors Mart, Star Trek The Official Magazine, Star Trek: TNZ and StarTrek.com. He is the only podcaster to have appeared on every Celebration podcast stage since it began in 2015, hosting it four times, the EiC and Daily Content Manager of Fantha Tracks and the co-host of Making Tracks, Canon Fodder and Start Your Engines on Fantha Tracks Radio.

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