Jeff Olson, ILM VFX Producer on ‘Star Wars: The Phantom Menace,’ Dies at 77

Jeff Olson, a pioneering visual effects producer at Industrial Light and Magic, has died at seventy-seven. According to Variety, Olson was instrumental in the visual effects for Star Wars: Episode One – The Phantom Menace and many other landmark films. ILM confirmed his death and credited his work as central to the studio's legacy in visual effects.

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