Stefen Fangmeier
Visual effects supervisor · United States · On the map · Directors · Born 1960 · age 65
Stefen Markus Fangmeier 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.
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EragonFilm, Director1998Sitges Film Festival best special effects awardAward1960Born9 December 1960People around Stefen
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Rachel Weisz Stefen directed Eragon (2006)
Jeremy Irons Stefen directed Eragon (2006)
John Malkovich Stefen directed Eragon (2006)
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Wyck Godfrey Produced Eragon (2006)
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He also has been a second unit director for two films, Dreamcatcher (2003) and Galaxy Quest (1999). 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 but was a box office success.

