Eddie AI is the assistant video editor for pros (think ChatGPT for video editing: logging, rough cuts, all seamless with your NLE) and they've been documenting the incredible people who sought to push forward the production and post production industries.Previously they wrote about Jim Jannard's digital cinematic camera revolution with RED and Bill Warner taking on the entire post production industry with the founding of Avid.Today's story is about how a Bronx kid infiltrated Skywalker Ranch and remade the infamous Industrial Light & Magic.Hi everyone —Before CGI became Hollywood’s default language, Scott Ross was at the center of the revolution. He ran George Lucas’s Industrial Light & Magic (one of my favorite names for a company!!), co-founded Digital Domain with James Cameron and Stan Winston, and helped bring to life The Abyss, Terminator 2, Jurassic Park, and Titanic.But his story is more than Oscar-winning spectacle. It’s about rebellion and authority, art and commerce, the making—and unmaking—of movie magic.This is part one of his rise: from Lucas’s secretive dream factory to the renegade, rock ’n’ roll studio he built with Cameron.Comment. Reply. Message me on X or LinkedIn: let me know what you think of this article.—ShamirCEO & Co-founder, Eddie AIScott Ross ran Industrial Light & Magic at the dawn of the digital revolution, then co-founded Digital Domain with James Cameron and Stan Winston. Along the way, he helped shepherd films like Terminator 2, The Abyss, Jurassic Park, and Titanic projects that defined modern VFX.Much of what follows comes from conversations...
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