Rob Bredow
Most Recent Affiliation(s):
- Industrial Light & Magic, Senior Vice President, Executive Creative Director and Head of ILM
Other / Past Affiliation(s):
- Sony Pictures Imageworks
Location:
- California, United States of America
Bio:
SIGGRAPH 2018
Bredow joined Lucasfilm in 2014 as Vice President of New Media and Head of Lucasfilm’s Advanced Development Group. As Lucasfilm Chief Technology Officer, Bredow oversaw all technology development for Lucasfilm and ILM. In 2015, he helped launch ILMxLAB, combining the talent at Lucasfilm, ILM, and Skywalker Sound to develop, create, and release story-based immersive entertainment.
Course Organizer:
- SIGGRAPH 2005, "From Mocap to Movie: The Making of "The Polar Express""
- SIGGRAPH 2007, ""Surf's Up": The Making of an Animated Documentary"
- SIGGRAPH 2009, "Keeping a Job in CG for Entertainment: Visual Effects, Animation, and Games"
Animation/Video(s):
Experience(s):
Learning Category: Presentation(s):
Type: [Diversity]
Inclusion At Industrial Light & Magic Presenter(s): [Teach] [Bredow] [Powell] [Nakabayashi]
[SIGGRAPH 2020]
Type: [Production Sessions]
Generations of Houdini in Film Presenter(s): [Failes] [Bredow] [Estela] [Hodgkins] [Kaschalk] [Hayes]
[SIGGRAPH 2018]
Type: [Production Sessions]
Making the Kessel Run in Less Than 12 Parsecs – The VFX of “Solo: A Star Wars Story” Presenter(s): [Bredow] [Tubach] [Kegel] [Kasparian]
[SIGGRAPH 2018]
Type: [Production Sessions]
The Open Source Swimming Hole; C’mon In The Water’s Fine^h^h^h^h Murky Presenter(s): [Bredow] [Pearce] [Polson] [Roosendaal] [Gambrel]
[SIGGRAPH 2013]
Type: [Panels]
Large Steps Toward Open Source Presenter(s): [Bredow] [Hendrickson] [Kainz] [Polson]
Entry No.: [06]
[SIGGRAPH 2010]
Type: [Panels]
Deconstructing “Watchmen” Presenter(s): [Molnar] [Hirota] [Cole] [Bredow]
[SIGGRAPH 2009]
Type: [Production Sessions]
“Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs”: Making Mouthwatering 3D Presenter(s): [Bredow] [Herbst] [Dimian]
[SIGGRAPH 2009]
Type: [Talks (Sketches)]
Making waves for Surf's Up Presenter(s): [Miller] [Bredow] [Kramer] [Hausman] [Shinners] [Carlson] [Clark]
[SIGGRAPH 2007]
Type: [Courses]
RenderMan in Production Organizer(s): [Gritz]
Presenter(s): [Gritz] [Apodaca] [Quaroni] [Bredow] [Goldman] [Landis] [Pharr]
Entry No.: [16]
[SIGGRAPH 2002]
Learning Category: Moderator:
Type: [Production Sessions]
Great Failed Ideas in Production Presenter(s): [Dykstra] [Knoll] [Shah] [Westenhofer]
[SIGGRAPH 2008]
Role(s):
- Animation Director
- Birds of Feather Presenter
- Course Organizer
- Course Presenter
- Diversity Equity Inclusion Presenter
- Keynote Speaker
- Panel Presenter
- Production Session Presenter
- Talk (Sketch) Presenter
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