15 Years Ago

Digital Domain was born.. Here's the article in Variety which describes the birth of the company I now work for, and who backed it at the time.. Here's a choice quote.

Despite a wealth of competitors, there could be plenty of business. Cameron envisions filmmaking that increasingly embraces the computer. "It will all be done at a workstation," said the director. "Your film will now be in the digital domain." It doesn't mean non-digital tools, from miniature models to duct tape, won't be used when appropriate. However, Cameron said, "the term 'optical' will be obsolete."

I did not know that IBM had a stake in Digital Domain at the beginning! I do remember when it actually started making effects for movies though. Ah, True Lies.. I don't know if that's the first movie that the company was credited for, but it's one of the first couple for sure.

A more pressing question is, did Variety have an online edition 15 years ago? A quick who-is turns up the following.

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