Jim Mitchell
Visual Effects
Biography
Jim Mitchell is a visual effects artist. He studied electrical engineering in college. He worked for Interface Video for six years as director of animation and special effects. In 1990, he joined Industrial Light & Magic in the computer graphics department.
Known For

Cars fly, trees fight back, and a mysterious house-elf comes to warn Harry Potter at the start of his second year at Hogwarts. Adventure and danger await when bloody writing on a wall announces: The Chamber Of Secrets Has Been Opened. To save Hogwarts will require all of Harry, Ron and Hermione's magical abilities and courage.
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

When his name emerges from the Goblet of Fire, Harry Potter becomes a competitor in a grueling battle for glory among three wizarding schools. Signs of Voldemort's return emerge as Harry's friends help him prepare for the Triwizard Tournament.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

In a universe where human genetic material is the most precious commodity, an impoverished young Earth woman becomes the key to strategic maneuvers and internal strife within a powerful dynasty…
Jupiter Ascending

Skeptical young detective Ichabod Crane gets transferred to the hamlet of Sleepy Hollow, New York, where he is tasked with investigating the decapitations of three people – murders the townsfolk attribute to a legendary specter, The Headless Horseman.
Sleepy Hollow

A prehistoric epic that follows a young mammoth hunter's journey through uncharted territory to secure the future of his tribe.
10,000 BC

The true story of Homer Hickam, a coal miner's son who was inspired by the first Sputnik launch to take up rocketry against his father's wishes.
October Sky

As a child living in Africa, Jill Young saw her mother killed while protecting wild gorillas from poachers led by Andrei Strasser. Now an adult, Jill cares for an orphaned gorilla named Joe -- who, due to a genetic anomaly, is 15 feet tall. When Gregg O'Hara arrives from California and sees the animal, he convinces Jill that Joe would be safest at his wildlife refuge. But Strasser follows them to the U.S., intent on capturing Joe for himself.
Mighty Joe Young

A behind the scenes look at the making of Sleepy Hollow.
Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend
A look at the wizardry of ILM in creating the visual effects of JP III featuring interviews with the VFX artists explaining their techniques. Consisting of 4 parts, Concepts, Process, Muscle Simulation and Composting.