LORNE PETERSON Model Project Supervisor - KERNER OPTICAL

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

Lorne Peterson is one of the original members of Industrial Light & Magic, having been hired by George Lucas to create the models for Star Wars. In 1978, Peterson

was invited by Lucas to move to northern California to oversee the production of models for The Empire Strikes Back. Since that time, he has worked on most of

 Lucas' films, as well as those of Steven Spielberg Lorne Peterson holds a Bachelor's Degree in Art from California State University at Long Beach. Aside from

the work he has done for ILM, he has done industrial design modelmaking for McDonaldland, JBL Speakers, Kikkoman, Yamaha Snowmobiles and the feature film

The China Syndrome. Peterson was honored with an Academy Award & a British Academy Award for the special effects work in Indiana Jones & the Temple of Doom

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