Directed by
Rob Cohen

Visual Effects Supervisor Scott Squires Visual Effects Producer Judith Weaver Visual Effects Art Director Mark Moore Visual Effects Liason John Swallow Dragon Design Phil Tippett Visual Effects Preproduction Supervisor Alex Seiden Digital Effects Supervisors Euan MaDonald Kevin Rafferty

Digital Modelers Paul Giacoppo Paul Hunt Bruce Buckley Dan Taylor Wayne Kennedy Digital Artists Carolyn Rendu Robert Stromberg Jean-Claude Langer Mike Wassel Additional Artwork Rebecca Marie Animators Linda Bel Chris Armstrong Fumi Mashimo Doug Smith Tony Plett

Technical Director Barry Armour Compositing by David Williams Erik Mattson Mike Bauer Richard Patterson Rotoscoping Supervisor Sandy Houston Rotoscopers Kevin Barnhill Joanne Hafner Flying Animation Cycles by Dennis Turner Lip Sync Software Developed by Cary Phillips Character Animation Supervisor James Straus

Test Animation by James Straus Jim Mitchell Physical Effects by Kit West ILM Creature Shop Department Manager Jeff Olson Creature Shop Supervisor Jean Bolte Mechanical Engineers Mike Steffe Eben Stromquist Consultant Bob Kiefer Sculptor Richard Miller

Visual Effects Produced by: INDUSTRIAL LIGHT & MAGIC ILLUSION ARTS Nominee, 1996 Academy Award / Best Visual Effects One of ILM's big 1996 productions, DRAGONHEART represents another huge step in computer generated characters in motion pictures. First was THE ABYSS, then T2 and JURASSIC PARK. Then came 1995's CASPER, with Dennis Muren's ILM team creating terrific CG thespians. For DRAGONHEART, Director Rob Cohen rounded up a team of some of the biggest names in effects: Scott Squires (THE MASK), Phil Tippett (THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK) and physical effects supervisor Kit West (STARGATE). Shooting wrapped in Eastern Europe in early 1995, and with Tippett's animatics as reference, the ILM team went to work. A marvelous success of CG modelling, animation and compositing, DRAGONHEART, along with TWISTER, cements ILM's status as the revolutionary effects house. The tracking shot of Draco being chased down a river by angry and hungry villagers includes some of the most extensive rotoscoping I've ever seen. What surprised me after seeing DRAGONHEART was my newfound respect for Dennis Muren's JURASSIC PARK team at ILM. They accomplished many of the same techniques seen in DRAGONHEART three years ago, although DRAGONHEART takes the CG dinos many steps further. Certain shots in the film run nearly thirty seconds--under enormous scrutiny, each shot was near perfection. Check out Cinefex 66, American Cinematographer June '96 and Sept. '97.