Nigel Sumner

Nigel Sumner is a visual effects supervisor and creative leader at Industrial Light & Magic (ILM). Born in the UK, he earned a master's degree in Computer Animation from Bournemouth University, where he also taught animation techniques, software, and programming languages while lecturing undergraduates and postgraduates.

Sumner joined ILM in 1999 as a technical director in their commercials division and moved into the feature film division in 2000. In 2007, he relocated to Singapore to lead ILM's global team of di…