JEAN BOLTE - Viewpaint Supervisor - INDUSTRIAL LIGHT + MAGIC 

Owner:  JEAN BOLTE - Industrial Light + Magic / Medium: Colored Pencil and Marker Pen on heavy, acid free paper / Year: 2004 / © Copyright: Mark Raats

Jean Bolte joined Industrial Light + Magic in 1987 to work as a  modelmaker on the ‘transformation sequence’  in Willow, known  as the first use of ILM’s groundbreaking

‘morph’ technology. Previously she headed a small effects company in London, where she had been living and working for ten years. During this time, she established a

reputation for creating realistic animal models, costumes and make-up for both American and British television and film. Bolte has also worked at Jim Henson Productions,

where she created creatures and make-up for Labyrinth, The Storyteller and Witches & The Bear. Other projects she has worked on include The Lion, The Witch & The

Wardrobe; Greystoke and The Princess Bride. In 1992, Bolte became Model Project Supervisor for ILM’s model & creature shop, and in 1994 she moved to the computer

graphics department to work as a Viewpainter, utilizing ILM’s proprietary digital painting software. Bolte also occasionally supervises projects in the model & creature shop.

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