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{{short description|American film director}}
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| birth_name = Stefen Markus Fangmeier
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1960|12|9}}
| birth_place = {{flagicon|United States}} [[El Paso, Texas]], United States
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| occupation = [[Film director]]<br>[[Visual effects supervisor]]
| yearsactive = 1991 – present1991–present
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'''Stefen Markus Fangmeier''' (born 9 December 1960 in [[El Paso, Texas]], United States) is an American [[visual effects supervisor]] of numerous major feature [[film]]s, including ''[[Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events]]'', ''[[Saving Private Ryan]]'', ''[[Terminator 2: Judgment Day]]'', ''[[Twister (1996 film)|Twister]]'', ''[[The Perfect Storm (film)|The Perfect Storm]]'' and ''[[Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World]]''. He also has been a second unit director for two films, ''[[Dreamcatcher (2003 film)|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 (film)|Eragon]]'', which was released in 2006 to negative critic and audience reviews.
'''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 (1996 film)|Twister]]'', ''[[The Perfect Storm (film)|The Perfect Storm]]'' and ''[[Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World]]''.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/Fangmeier.Stefen/|title=Stefen Fangmeier|website=www.facebook.com|language=en|access-date=2020-04-29}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIqPPJF7TWM|title=YouTube|website=www.youtube.com|access-date=2020-04-29}}</ref> He also has been a second unit director for two films, ''[[Dreamcatcher (2003 film)|Dreamcatcher]]'' (2003) and ''[[Galaxy Quest]]'' (1999).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/pages/Stefen-Fangmeier/106053219426314|title=Stefen Fangmeier - Artist {{!}} Facebook|website=www.facebook.com|access-date=2020-04-29}}</ref> After more than 15 years of visual effects work, Fangmeier moved into feature film directing with his debut on ''[[Eragon (film)|Eragon]]'', which was released in 2006 to negative critic reviews<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wottaread.com/this-is-what-happened-to-the-eragon-film-series/|title=▷ This is what happened to the Eragon film series: will there be Eragon 2?|date=2019-09-06|website=Wottaread|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-29}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/eragon-movie-behind-scenes-details-making-trivia/|title=20 Wild Details Behind The Making Of Eragon|date=2018-11-19|website=ScreenRant|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-29}}</ref> but was a box office success.<ref name=bom>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=eragon.htm|title=Eragon (2006)|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=2020-04-20|archive-date=2009-02-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090215094727/http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=eragon.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
Since ''Eragon'', Fangmeier has largely focused on supervising and directing visual effects, including for the [[Game of Thrones (season 8)|eighth season]] of ''[[Game of Thrones]]'' and ''[[Sin City: A Dame to Kill For]]''.<ref name=":1">{{cite web|url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/stefen-fangmeier-0628a4a9|title=LinkedIn Profile - Stefen Fangmeier|website=LinkedIn|access-date=2020-04-28}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=View 2014 {{!}} Stefen Fangmeier|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIqPPJF7TWM|language=en|access-date=2020-04-29}}</ref> Fangmeier speaks German as well as English, and lives in Los Angeles.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Citation|title=VFX-Legende Stefen Fangmeier - HIZ250|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6wjYSnC3YQ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/B6wjYSnC3YQ |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|language=en|access-date=2020-04-29}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
 
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==External links==
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