Van Ling is a visual effects supervisor, film producer and creator of DVD menus for many popular movies, including the Star Wars DVDs.

Van Ling was born in 1963. He is known for Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), The Abyss (1989) and Men in Black (1997).

Van Ling started in Hollywood as an associate of director James Cameron, having worked as his creative and technical assistant on The Abyss and Terminator 2: Judgment Day among other projects. He later moved from Lightstorm to Banned From the Ranch Entertainment and has since worked as a graphics and special effects supervisor on a host of film ...

2019年2月25日 · Ling spoke about helming his first feature film and the ageless themes sewed into “Cliffs of Freedom,” namely home, love and sacrifice, as well as the timely narrative about a young woman’s struggle to overcome male-dominant oppression and having the courage to forge her own destiny.

2019年4月18日 · Van Ling realizes that he's not the likeliest person to bring a story about the 19th century Greek War of Independence to the screen. An American of mostly Chinese descent, he says, "I'm about as removed from the Greek experience as anyone could be."

Cliffs of Freedom: Directed by Van Ling. With Tania Raymonde, Jan Uddin, Raza Jaffrey, Patti LuPone. Inspired by historical events, CLIFFS OF FREEDOM is a timeless and romantic story of bravery and faith between a Greek village girl and a Turkish Ottoman Colonel during the dawn of the Greek War for Independence.

So for this episode I spoke with Van Ling. A name you may recognise. Perhaps for his work on laserdisc, DVD and blu ray, perhaps for his collaborations with James Cameron on The Abyss and Terminator 2 (you’ll love the story of how he got started with Cameron), or maybe for his time working on VFX at Banned From The Ranch Entertainment on ...

Van Ling is the artist who created the menus for the DVDs of George Lucas' six Star Wars saga films and the DVDs for the Star Wars: Clone Wars animated series. He also gathered behind-the-scenes imagery to produce the DVD included with the Limited Edition of Sculpting a Galaxy: Inside the Star Wars Model Shop .

Van Ling is known as an Visual Effects Supervisor, Director, Producer, Actor, Executive Producer, Editor, Visual Effects Coordinator, Sound Designer, and Screenplay. Some of their work includes Titanic, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Starship Troopers, Doctor Dolittle, Not Another Teen Movie, Stir of Echoes, Soldier, and Deep Rising.

You may not have heard Van Ling's name before, but if you're a DVD fan, you've definitely seen his work. Van started in Hollywood as an associate of director James Cameron, having worked as his creative and technical assistant on The Abyss and Terminator 2 among other projects.