{"id":3266,"date":"2019-07-15T11:45:13","date_gmt":"2019-07-15T11:45:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=3266"},"modified":"2019-07-15T11:45:13","modified_gmt":"2019-07-15T11:45:13","slug":"star-wars-comes-to-sydney-as-ilm-commits-to-permanent-studio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2019\/07\/15\/star-wars-comes-to-sydney-as-ilm-commits-to-permanent-studio\/","title":{"rendered":"STAR WARS COMES TO SYDNEY AS ILM COMMITS TO PERMANENT STUDIO"},"content":{"rendered":"

More than 500 local jobs will be created when Disney-owned visual effects company Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) sets up a new studio in Sydney, establishing NSW as a global destination for post, digital and visual effects (PDV).
\nPremier Gladys Berejiklian joined Executive Creative Director and Head of ILM Rob Bredow and ILM Executive Luke Hetherington at Fox Studios Australia today to make the announcement.
\nMs Berejiklian said ILM\u2019s decision to choose NSW as its Australian base is a big win for the State.
\n\u201cILM is responsible for the visual effects of more than 350 feature films, including Star Wars, Aladdin, Pirates of the Caribbean and The Avengers,\u201d Ms Berejiklian said.
\n\u201cHaving the world\u2019s leading visual effects company now agreeing to set up here permanently and commit to teaching invaluable skills to hundreds of people in NSW is a big coup for our State. This is only the third studio ILM has opened outside of North America.
\n\u201cThe digital skills taught by the best in the world will also benefit many other industries in NSW, including software development, robotics, engineering and defence.\u201d
\nMr Bredow and Mr Hetherington confirmed that recruitment will begin immediately to complete post, digital and visual effects for\u00a0Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker<\/em>.
\nMr Bredow said Sydney is an ideal location for ILM\u2019s fifth studio.
\n\u201cThere is abundant artistic and technical talent in the region which are both keys to ILM\u2019s culture of innovation. It\u2019s particularly exciting that the first film our new studio will contribute to will be\u00a0Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker,<\/em>\u201d Mr Bredow said.
\nThe announcement follows the NSW Government\u2019s recent move to offer a 10 per cent tax incentive for PDV firms investing over $500,000 in NSW. This is on top of Federal incentives, making NSW an even more attractive location for film production.
\nThe new incentive brings NSW in line with global locations such as the US, UK and Canada, in addition to competing States.
\nAs part of today\u2019s announcement, the NSW Government will also provide a $6 million contribution which will be matched by ILM to establish training programs to build specialised PDV skills for local workers.
\nMinister for Jobs and Investment Stuart Ayres said PDV is a $15 billion global industry and one that offers highly skilled jobs for NSW.
\n\u201cWe have a shortage of skilled PDV workers in NSW and today\u2019s announcement will help us attract crew who have relocated, as well as drive new teams that will go through ILM\u2019s exciting\u00a0JEDI Academy\u00a0<\/em>program amongst other learning opportunities,\u201d Mr Ayres said.
\nMinister for the Arts Don Harwin welcomed ILM to Sydney and said he was excited about all of the opportunities that this will open up for NSW.
\n\u201cSecuring ILM\u2019s setup in Sydney will deliver an estimated $333 million in post-production business in the first five years and an expected $100 million each year after,\u201d Mr Harwin said. \u201cWe are thrilled to be the home of their new studio.\u201d
\nMr Hetherington will see his role expand to include the new ILM studio, which will set up initially at Fox Studios Australia as the company researches options for their permanent Sydney studio.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

More than 500 local jobs will be created when Disney-owned visual effects company Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) sets up a new studio in Sydney, establishing NSW as a global destination for post, digital and visual effects (PDV). Premier Gladys Berejiklian joined Executive Creative Director and Head of ILM Rob Bredow and ILM Executive Luke … Continue reading “STAR WARS COMES TO SYDNEY AS ILM COMMITS TO PERMANENT STUDIO”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3266"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3266\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}