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Rob Bredow

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Rob Bredow
Rob Bredow is a strategic and visionary leader with a unique understanding of how media and innovation can join forces to tell great stories and create groundbreaking experiences. As SVP, Chief Creative Officer of Industrial Light & Magic, Bredow is responsible for the company's overall creative strategy, technology roadmap, PR, and Marketing.

Most recently Bredow was the 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 the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences and the AMPAS Science and Technology Council.
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Woody Harrelson, Paul Bettany, Thandiwe Newton, Donald Glover, Alden Ehrenreich, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Emilia Clarke, Charlotte Louise, and Joonas Suotamo in Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)
Solo: A Star Wars Story
6.9
  • Visual Effects
  • 2018
Independence Day (1996)
Independence Day
7.0
  • Visual Effects(VisionArt)
  • 1996
Neil Patrick Harris, Anna Faris, and Bill Hader in Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009)
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
6.9
  • Visual Effects
  • 2009
Don Cheadle, Robert Downey Jr., Josh Brolin, Bradley Cooper, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Brie Larson, Jeremy Renner, Paul Rudd, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Danai Gurira, and Karen Gillan in Avengers: Endgame (2019)
Avengers: Endgame
8.4
  • Visual Effects(ILM)
  • 2019

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Visual Effects

  • Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christensen in Obi-Wan Kenobi (2022)
    Obi-Wan Kenobi
  • ABBA Voyage (2022)
    ABBA Voyage
  • Bob Bergen, Jeff Bergman, Gabriel Iglesias, Fred Tatasciore, Eric Bauza, LeBron James, and Zendaya in Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021)
    Space Jam: A New Legacy
  • Pedro Pascal in The Mandalorian (2019)
    The Mandalorian
  • Anthony Daniels, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams, Keri Russell, J.J. Abrams, Lynn Robertson Bruce, Hassan Taj, Oscar Isaac, Brian Herring, Jimmy Vee, Dave Chapman, Adam Driver, John Boyega, Kelly Marie Tran, Robin Guiver, Daisy Ridley, Lee Towersey, Joonas Suotamo, and Naomi Ackie in Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
    Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker
  • Will Smith, Alan Tudyk, Navid Negahban, Numan Acar, Marwan Kenzari, Naomi Scott, Mena Massoud, Adam Alzoubi, and Nathaniel Ellul in Aladdin (2019)
    Aladdin
  • Don Cheadle, Robert Downey Jr., Josh Brolin, Bradley Cooper, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Brie Larson, Jeremy Renner, Paul Rudd, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Danai Gurira, and Karen Gillan in Avengers: Endgame (2019)
    Avengers: Endgame
  • Jason Momoa and Amber Heard in Aquaman (2018)
    Aquaman
  • Woody Harrelson, Paul Bettany, Thandiwe Newton, Donald Glover, Alden Ehrenreich, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Emilia Clarke, Charlotte Louise, and Joonas Suotamo in Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)
    Solo: A Star Wars Story
  • Steven Spielberg, Ben Mendelsohn, George Michael, Simon Pegg, Mark Rylance, Perdita Weeks, Kamara Benjamin Barnett, Mandy June Turpin, T.J. Miller, Lena Waithe, Stephen Mitchell, Neet Mohan, Win Morisaki, Elliot Barnes-Worrell, Kae Alexander, Sarah Sharman, Robert Gilbert, Raed Abbas, Letitia Wright, Tye Sheridan, Asan N'Jie, Hannah John-Kamen, Cara Theobold, Olivia Cooke, Alphonso Austin, Amy Clare Beales, Jane Leaney, Kathryn Wilder, and Philip Zhao in Ready Player One (2018)
    Ready Player One
  • Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013)
    Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
  • The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)
    The Amazing Spider-Man
  • Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, and Josh Brolin in Men in Black 3 (2012)
    Men in Black 3
  • Arthur Christmas (2011)
    Arthur Christmas
  • Alan Cumming, Fred Armisen, George Lopez, Anton Yelchin, and Katy Perry in The Smurfs (2011)
    The Smurfs

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  • Willow (2022)
    Willow
  • Woody Harrelson, Paul Bettany, Thandiwe Newton, Donald Glover, Alden Ehrenreich, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Emilia Clarke, Charlotte Louise, and Joonas Suotamo in Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)
    Solo: A Star Wars Story

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