Jeroen Lapre' joined Industrial Light & Magic in 1996 as a Technical Director.

He studied Graphic Design Finished Art at Hornsby College, NSW Australia, and Computer Graphics & Animation at VisLab, Sydney University.

Prior to ILM, Jeroen accrued over 10 years of experience in the film & television effects industry. This included free-lance and full time employment at Spectrum Films, Flying Colors, Picture Start, Foxtel, and Digital Pictures in Sydney Australia.

As a Technical Director at ILM, he is responsible for the assembly and rendering of visual effects in feature films. His daily work revolves around working with CG "Match Movers", modelers, model painters, animators, and compositors. Jeroen collects the data from all these people and assembles them into a shot. He is also responsible for the CG lighting of the 3D elements, and integrating them with the actors, sets, props, and locations.

2003 HULK (Currently in production) - Lead Technical Director
2002 T3 - Match Mover
2002 STAR WARS: EPISODE II "Attack of the Clones" - Lead Technical Director
2001 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE - Lead Technical Director
2000 THE TIME MACHINE - Lead Technical Director
2000 E.T. RERELEASE - Technical Director
1999 PERFECT STORM - Technical Director
1998 MISSION 2 MARS - Technical Director
1997 ROCKY & BULLWINKLE - Match mover
1997 STAR WARS: EPISODE I "The Phantom Menace" - Technical Director/Compositor
1997 MIGHTY JOE YOUNG - Technical Director
1996 STARSHIP TROOPERS - Technical Director

2003 MAELSTROM II - Producer/Director
1996 THE FACE - Technical Director/Compositor

As well as film production, Jeroen is passionate about science, technology, and science fiction. He feels privileged to have worked on the Star Wars prequels and Artificial Intelligence by Stanley Kubrick and Steven Speilberg. He looks forward to the opportunity to work on Star Wars Episode III.

Jeroen corresponds with his scientist friends at NASA Ames, and his favorite science fiction authors, including Arthur C. Clarke, Greg Bear and Larry Niven.