April 20, 2012, Filed Under: Film"What you are about to see is unrehearsed and uncensored" “Whether you agree or disagree with what you will hear, we feel that none will deny the right of these views to be broadcast.” -Mike Wallace Mike Wallace rose to prominence in 1956 with the New York City television interview program Night Beat, which soon developed into the nationally televised… read more
March 29, 2012, Filed Under: FilmQ and A with Tom Smith The archive of visual effects producer Thomas Smith has been donated to the Ransom Center. Smith worked on the special effects for such films as Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), E.T. (1982), Star Trek: The Search for Spock (1983), Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (1983), Indiana Jones and… read more
March 29, 2012, Filed Under: Film"Empire Strikes Back" and "Raiders of the Lost Ark" Visual Effects Producer Thomas Smith donates collection Thomas Smith (b. 1938), visual effect producer for such films as Star Wars: Empire Strikes Back (1980) and E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial (1982), has donated his archive to the Ransom Center. Smith was hired by George Lucas as the first head of Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) and worked on… read more
