Chrissie England was appointed President of Industrial Light & Magic on November 18, 2004. As President, England is responsible for all production and business aspects of the company. Before her promotion, she served as Senior Vice President of Production, responsible for oversight of ILM's traditional feature effects production. Previously, England was Vice President of Feature Production where she was responsible for managing all of ILM's traditional feature effects and animation production, as well as overseeing all feature film marketing efforts.
Since joining ILM in October of 1977, she has worked in virtually every area of visual effects production helping create the groundbreaking Academy Award-winning visual effects seen in Jurassic Park, Death Becomes Her and Forrest Gump. Additional projects she has played a key role in are: Schindler's List, Mission: Impossible, Twister, Star Wars Trilogy Special Edition, Saving Private Ryan, Star Wars: Episode I and II, Pearl Harbor, the Harry Potter films, Minority Report, Gangs of New York and Pirates of the Caribbean.
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