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Revision as of 11:29, 6 October 2009
Kerner Optical was the 'ghost name' for George Lucas's special effects company Industrial Light & Magic. Rather than hide behind security fences, walls and heavy security, ILM simply operated as the "Kerner Optical Company", hiding in plain sight.
History
The Kerner started when George Lucas discovered that 20th Century Fox had closed down their special effects department after Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope was green lit for production. Lucas, then started his own special effects company, Industrial Light & Magic
Later, in 2006, the practical effects department was, like Pixar, spun-off from Industrial Light & Magic. When George Lucas moved the computer graphics team to The Presidio in 2006 he sold five physical effects divisions of ILM in a management-led buyout that resulted in the creation of a new company that took on the name Kerner as a tribute to the long history shared with ILM. Kerner still operates in the same property, in San Rafael, that they have operated from for over 30 years and the original "Kerner Co." sign is still displayed in front of the building.
In the three years since leaving the LucasFilm family, Kerner has continued to provide practical special effects to major movie productions.
Kerner has also continued several years of significant reseach and development in the areas of 3D camera rigs and consumer products.
Milestones
As ILM
- 1976: Resurrected the use of VistaVision; first use of a motion control camera (Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope)
- 1981: Richard Edlund developed the Empire Camera, so named by Gary Kurtz because of its first use in (Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back)
Selected filmography (as ILM)
Selected filmography (as Kerner Optical)
2006 | |
2007 |
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End |
2008 |
Iron Man |
Recent films
Kerner worked on Transformers II providing practical effects for memorable elements including the air craft carrier crash, bridge destruction and building collapse sequences.
Kerner worked on Terminator Salvation providing practical effects and pyrotechnics including building collapse, plane explosions, the climatic Serena's Tower explosion and a number of super realistic nuclear explosion and mushroom cloud sequences.
Kerner has also recently worked on the recent Star Trek movie and the soon to be released Ashton Kutcher film, Five Killers.
Trivia
Adam Savage, Grant Imahara and Tory Belleci of Mythbusters fame have all worked at Industrial Light & Magic at Kerner's facility in San Rafael.
Kerner's 'creature shop' also manufactures extremely life-like servo-controlled dummies with simulated injuries used for training military medics.
See also
- KernerFX – the actual Kerner company