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'''Stefen Markus Fangmeier''' (born 9 December 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 {{Citation needed|date=October 2020}}. ▼

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|last=|first=|date=|website=LinkedIn|url-status=live|archive-url=|archivedate=|accessdate=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|language=en|access-date=2020-04-29}}</ref>▼