Visual Concept Engineering (VCE for short) was a visual effects studio established by ILM employee Peter Kuran after the release of The Empire Strikes Back. The first film worked on by the company was a rather unknown film called Witches' Brew and would make their career working on mostly low-budget films.
See also Apogee Productions, Boss Film Studios, Tippett Studio & Matte World Digital; other offshoots of ILM.
Not to be confused with Visual Concepts
, a video game company.
Other projects worked on by VCE include:
- The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
- Airplane!
- Alias
- Beetlejuice
- Cliffhanger
- Courage Under Fire
- Critters 2
- Conan the Barbarian (1982)
- Darkman
- Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story
- Dragonslayer
- Ghostbusters II
- Gremlins (1984)
- Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (several DTV movies)
- The Howling
- Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
- Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
- Lake Placid
- The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
- Last Action Hero
- Love & Other Drugs (Last known project)
- Men in Black
- Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers
- Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie
- A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child
- Nixon
- Return of the Jedi
- The RoboCop films
- Robot Jox
- Something Wicked This Way Comes (Film)
- Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
- Starship Troopers
- Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
- Tango and Cash
- The Thing (1982) (and the "Behind The Scenes" special, Terror Takes Shape)
- Thirteen Days
- Toys
- Twilight Zone: The Movie (Nightmare at 20,000 Feet segment)
- Willow
- The Wraith
- Zu Warriors of The Magic Mountain (With Wang Film Productions)
