Stefen Fangmeier
Birth Name:
Stefen Markus Fangmeier
Birth Place:
El Paso, Texas, United States
Profession
Visual effects, Director, Assistant director
Fast Facts
- Received the Golden Satellite Award for Best Visual Effects for his work on "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World․"
- Won the Best Special Effects award at the 1998 Sitges-Catalonian International Film Festival
- In 1983, he earned a degree in computer science from the California State University of Dominguez Hills
- Before working in films, he worked as a manager at the National Center for Supercomputing Application at the University of Illinois
- Often provides special effects for films that involve war or battles
- Did not read the "Eragon" book before creating the film based on the novel
- Once served as the Director of Production at the production company Mental Images
Awards
- 1997Oscar - Best Effects, Visual Effects:Nominated
- 1997Saturn Award - Best Special Effects:Nominated
- 1997BAFTA Film Award - Best Achievement in Special Visual Effects:Winner
- 1997OFTA Film Award - Best Visual Effects:Winner
- 1997Golden Satellite Award - Best Visual Effects:Nominated
- 1998Best Special EffectsWinner
- 1999Saturn Award - Best Special Effects:Nominated
- 1999BAFTA Film Award - Best Special Effects:Winner
- 1999OFTA Film Award - Best Visual Effects:Nominated
- 1999Golden Satellite Award - Best Visual Effects:Nominated
- 2000Sierra Award - Best Visual Effects:Nominated
- 2001Oscar - Best Effects, Visual Effects:Nominated
- 2001Saturn Award - Best Special Effects:Nominated
- 2001BAFTA Film Award - Best Achievement in Special Visual Effects:Winner
- 2001OFTA Film Award - Best Visual Effects:Nominated
- 2001PFCS Award - Best Visual Effects:Nominated
- 2004Oscar - Best Visual Effects:Nominated
- 2004BAFTA Film Award - Best Achievement in Special Visual Effects:Nominated
- 2004Gold Derby Film Award - Visual Effects:Nominated
- 2004INOCA - Best Visual Effects:Nominated
- 2004OFTA Film Award - Best Visual Effects:Nominated
- 2004Golden Satellite Award - Best Visual Effects:Winner
- 2004VES Award - Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Motion Picture:Nominated