For Jumanji - in which jungle animals emerge from a magical board game to wreak havoc on a small town - director Joe Johnston enlisted Industrial Light & Magic and Amalgamated Dynamics to provide computer generated and animatronic effects.

Article by Janine Pourroy

A landmark collaboration between Walt Disney Studios and Pixar has produced Toy Story - the first fully computer animated feature-length film - a comic confluence of artistry and high technology directed by John Lasseter.

Article by Rita Street

Production design and physical effects merged to create the vast floating sets and ships needed for Waterworld.  Voluminous visual effects - overseen by Micheal J. McAlister - kept more than a dozen effects companies swimming.

Article by Jeff Odien