Jean Bolte

"You're an active participant in caring about these creatures. If everything is so detailed and the camera can fly right into the eye, it can cause you to sit back and not be so engaged in what you're seeing. I'm not saying we shouldn't be pursuing everything we are in CG, especially with humans. To keep making strides is important, but I also think there's a reason why Grogu was so popular."
―Jean Bolte on the importance of co-existence between practical and computer-generated effects[1]

Jean Bolte is an American[2] visual effects artist and former employee of Industrial Light & Magic who served in various roles over her long career with the company from 1987 to 2023.[4] For Star Wars, she was most notably the supervisor of the Viewpaint technology during the productions of the prequel trilogy films Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace[3] and Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones.[5] She later worked on the Disney+ television series Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett, her final large-scale project with ILM.[6] Bolte was interviewed for Season 1 of the Disney+ documentary series Light & Magic and returned for Season 2.[7]

Filmography

Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lucasfilm The Digital Road to The Phantom Menace: ILM Artist Jean Bolte Talks Viewpaint on Lucasfilm's official website (backup link)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Premium-Era-real Jean Bolte on Women in Visual Effects (backup link archived on April 27, 2025)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace
  4. ↑ Lucasfilm Celebrating Jean Bolte’s 35 Years at ILM on Lucasfilm's official website (backup link)
  5. ↑ Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones
  6. ↑ Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett
  7. ↑ Light & Magic

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