We were in an atmosphere in the household that you could accomplish anything you set your mind to. If you were willing… — John Knoll Family 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
I've been lucky enough in my career to have opportunities to revisit things that meant a lot to me in childhood. — John Knoll Career Copy Share Image
When you are shooting traditional motion capture, it's a big footprint on set. There are, like, 16 cameras that are needed and… — John Knoll Big Copy Share Image
Life's too short to be spending all your waking hours doing something you're not excited about. And when people are that excited,… — John Knoll Life Copy Share Image
I have three daughters who grew up while I was working on the special editions and the prequels. They got to be… — John Knoll Big 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 Better 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
Almost everything I've been paid to do was something that was largely self-taught. — John Knoll Been 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 Big 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 Details 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 Best 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
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 Movies Copy Share Image
Having been a cameraman, I think about, 'Well, if this was real, how would this be shot?' I try to inject as… — John Knoll I think Copy Share Image
You have to do what the story demands, but inside of those constraints, I try to inject as much realistic physics as… — John Knoll Allowed Copy Share Image
I don't have any particular loyalties to one technique or another. I'm just trying to use the best for the job. — John Knoll Another Copy Share Image
I just have this very simple idea about the rebel spies in the opening crawl of A 'New Hope' who steal the… — John Knoll Death Copy Share Image
I've always lived by the principle of find what you really enjoy doing and make it your career. — John Knoll Always Copy Share Image
As soon as you take your hobby and make it into your profession, it sort of kills it as a hobby. — John Knoll Career Copy Share Image
In animation, you can often defer decisions or make changes later. — John Knoll Animation Copy Share Image
You can hardly turn around and not see something that was done in Photoshop. — John Knoll Around Copy Share Image
It's definitely an issue if the actor has passed away without stating any intention or desire about how his or her likeness… — John Knoll Desire Copy Share Image
Something we often struggle with on pictures is the right way to shoot live-action elements that are for an environment that's very… — John Knoll Complicated Copy Share Image
