I started off as a model maker, so the first part of my career was a model maker and then a motion… — John Knoll Camera Copy Share Image
I certainly have opinions about things, but we're a service organization. Our job is to try and realize the director's vision. — John Knoll Director Copy Share Image
There are things that I am nostalgic about from the 'good old days.' I loved motion control cameras, actually. I love the… — John Knoll Control Copy Share Image
Every film tries to advance the state of the art, at least a little bit. Brand new techniques? A lot of them… — John Knoll Art Copy Share Image
I think it's an important part of the visual effects supervisor's job to get really deeply embedded in production and keep us… — John Knoll Copy Share Image
If you were a new guy at ILM, they put you on the night crew - my shift was from 7 P.M.… — John Knoll Brother Copy Share Image
I came in during the era of models, motion control, and optical printers. ILM had just started its own computer graphics division,… — John Knoll Control Copy Share Image
There's a shot that I designed to try and illustrate the scale of the Death Star that's sort of framed in close… — John Knoll Death Copy Share Image
Imagine a 'Mission: Impossible'-style spy or infiltration mission into the core, the very heart of the Empire's military-industrial complex, the most secure… — John Knoll Amazing Copy Share Image
In high school and college, I'd set a bunch of goals for myself. I wanted to be the lead effects supervisor on… — John Knoll Academy award Copy Share Image
When I first started in the industry, there were - this is prior to the era of computer graphics and all these… — John Knoll Computers Copy Share Image
There's no reason to think Disney is going to stop wanting to make 'Star Wars' movies if there's quality and there's interest.… — John Knoll Disney Copy Share Image
There was a 3-foot-long model that was built for 'New Hope,' and then there was an 8-foot model that was built for… — John Knoll Copy Share Image
As Lucasfilm is developing IP and we're working on our projects, we should be using those films to advance the ball further… — John Knoll Copy Share Image
'Phantom Menace' was a huge project. It was the biggest visual effects production ever done at that point, and it was a… — John Knoll Copy Share Image
It's part of the culture at ILM and at Lucasfilm that the work is better when you collaborate, you know. There's this… — John Knoll Copy Share Image
