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Ian Failes

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ILM's John Knoll reveals one of the toughest VFX sequences he's ever worked on
08/07/2026 | 26 mins.
Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to ILM Executive Creative Director John Knoll about the advent of digital VFX tech at ILM, and then goes in-depth on the maelstrom in the third Pirates of the Caribbean film.
ILM's David Vickery on combining practical and digital
03/07/2026 | 24 mins.
Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to ILM creative director David Vickery about his experience combining practical and digital dinos on recent Jurassic World films.
ILM's Cary Phillips on the development of Cari for 'Dragonheart'
26/06/2026 | 33 mins.
Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to Cary Phillips, who is Director, R&D Engineering Architect at ILM, about the development of Cari for 'Dragonheart.'
Crafting that killer oner for season 2 of Daredevil: Born Again
16/06/2026 | 25 mins.
Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to 'Daredevil: Born Again' visual effects supervisor Gong Myung Lee and visual effects producer Fahed "Freddy" Alhabib, to break down the oner, the ship VFX, and the other invisible effects this season.
Fire, explosions, water and deer: the visual effects of season 3 of 'The Night Agent'
12/06/2026 | 34 mins.
Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to visual effects supervisor Chad Wanstreet about the visual effects of season 3 of 'The Night Agent'.