Lucasfilm Leadership

Rob Bredow runs Industrial Light & Magic with a focus on the overall creative strategy and innovative global strategy for the storied Visual Effects company.

Most recently Bredow was the Oscar Nominated Visual Effects Supervisor and Co-Producer on Solo: A Star Wars Story. He served as a creative partner to the filmmakers throughout the production, from the earliest story meetings to the final frames of visual effects. He leveraged his background in innovative technology to help tell the story of the film, creating grounded images with a unique shooting style designed for the movie.

In his former role as Lucasfilm Chief Technology Officer, Bredow oversaw all technology development for Lucasfilm and ILM. Bredow joined Lucasfilm in 2014 as Vice President of New Media and Head of Lucasfilm’s Advanced Development Group. He helped launch ILMxLAB in 2015 and co-wrote and directed Trials on Tatooine, a story-based virtual reality experiment created in collaboration with Lucasfilm’s Story Group, ILMxLAB and Skywalker Sound.

Previously, Bredow was CTO and Visual Effects Supervisor at Sony Pictures Imageworks. He has contributed as a supervisor on films such as Independence Day, Godzilla, Stuart Little, Cast Away, Surf’s Up, Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs, and others.

Bredow is a member of the VFX Branch of Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences and the AMPAS Science and Technology Council.

Filmography:

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, The Mandalorian, Aladdin, Avengers: Endgame, Aquaman, Solo: A Star Wars Story, Ready Player One, Edge of Tomorrow, Amazing Spiderman 2, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2, The Smurfs 2, Oz the Great and Powerful, MIB3, The Amazing Spiderman, Arthur Christmas, The Smurfs, Green Lantern, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Surf’s Up, Polar Express, Anger Management, Stuart Little 2, Megiddo, Castaway, Stuart Little, Virus, Godzilla, Independence Day, Storm Rider, Star Trek First Contact, and MIB.