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ILM’s David Vickery on combining practical and digital

July 4, 2026

A look back at some past Jurassic World films with the VFX supe.

You’re listening to another episode in our special ILM series, as part of the release of my book, Industrial Light & Magic: 50 Years of Innovation.

Today we’re chatting to David Vickery, who is a creative director and senior visual effects supervisor at ILM. We talk about his experience on the Jurassic World films, including Dominion and Fallen Kingdom. On these two movies, we jump into how practical effects and digital combined.

When we spoke, too, David was right at the tail end of finishing Jurassic World Rebirth, and of course received a VFX Oscar nom for that film. I started the conversation by asking David about ILM’s newest location, Mumbai, which he serves as creative director for. Listen in, above.


This podcast is sponsored by RE:Vision Effects.

Here’s a quick quiz: Name the company that made VFX for these movies?

E.T., Who Framed Roger Rabbit, The Abyss, Terminator 2,, Forest Gump, The Mask, Twister, Mission Impossible, Spawn, Speed II, Saving Private Ryan, The Perfect Storm, AI, Minority Report, Cowboys and Aliens, Lucy, Kong: Skull Island, The Revenant, The Batman, Alien: Romulus and Running Man?

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