
jean bolte
Jean Bolte
DAY JOB: Model Maker | CG Texture Painter
PASSION PROJECTS: Painting | Drawing | Sculpture | Mixed Media
Before turning her attention to her own artwork, Jean Bolte spent more than 40 years working as a visual effects artist. Early in her career she worked with Jim Henson on the film “Labyrinth” in addition to other projects. In 1990 she was requested by the head of ILM’s model shop to work on the movie Willow. She remained at George Lucas’s company for the next 35 years, supervising aspects of Star Wars, The Avengers, and Indiana Jones films. Jean was featured in the Light and Magic 2021 documentary tv series.
Bolte serves as a board member of The Throckmorton Theatre in Mill Valley and is a member of the Executive Committee of the Visual Effects Branch of the Academy of Motion picture Arts and Sciences.
She currently is a full time artist working at Marinship studios in Sausalito.