Stefen Markus Fangmeier (born December 9, 1960, in El Paso, Texas, United States) is an American visual effects supervisor and film director. He worked on numerous major feature films, including Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, Saving Private Ryan, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Twister, The Perfect Storm and Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World.[1][2] He also has been a second unit director for two films, Dreamcatcher (2003) and Galaxy Quest (1999).[3] After more than 15 years of visual effects work, Fangmeier moved into feature film directing with his debut on Eragon, which was released in 2006 to negative critic reviews[1][4][5] but was a box office success.[6]

Stefen Fangmeier
Born
Stefen Markus Fangmeier

(1960-12-09) December 9, 1960 (age 64)
El Paso, Texas, United States
Occupation(s)Film director
Visual effects supervisor
Years active1991–present

Since Eragon, Fangmeier has largely focused on supervising and directing visual effects, including for the eighth season of Game of Thrones and Sin City: A Dame to Kill For.[7][8] Fangmeier speaks German as well as English, and lives in Los Angeles.[7][9]

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  1. ^ a b "Stefen Fangmeier". www.facebook.com. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  2. ^ "YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  3. ^ "Stefen Fangmeier - Artist | Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  4. ^ "▷ This is what happened to the Eragon film series: will there be Eragon 2?". Wottaread. September 6, 2019. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  5. ^ "20 Wild Details Behind The Making Of Eragon". ScreenRant. November 19, 2018. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  6. ^ "Eragon (2006)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on February 15, 2009. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
  7. ^ a b "LinkedIn Profile - Stefen Fangmeier". LinkedIn. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
  8. ^ View 2014 | Stefen Fangmeier, retrieved April 29, 2020
  9. ^ VFX-Legende Stefen Fangmeier - HIZ250, archived from the original on December 21, 2021, retrieved April 29, 2020
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