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Steven Messing

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Steven Messing
Steven Messing is known for Avatar: The Way of Water (2022), Avengers: Endgame (2019) and Prometheus (2012).
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    • Won 1 Primetime Emmy
      • 3 wins & 7 nominations total

    Known for

    Zoe Saldana, Sam Worthington, Bailey Bass, and Jamie Flatters in Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)
    Avatar: The Way of Water
    7.5
    • Visual Effects
    • 2022
    Don Cheadle, Robert Downey Jr., Josh Brolin, Bradley Cooper, Chris Evans, Sean Gunn, Scarlett Johansson, Brie Larson, Jeremy Renner, Paul Rudd, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Danai Gurira, and Karen Gillan in Avengers: Endgame (2019)
    Avengers: Endgame
    8.4
    • Visual Effects
    • 2019
    Prometheus (2012)
    Prometheus
    7.0
    • Visual Effects
    • 2012
    Winona Ryder, Tom Wlaschiha, David Harbour, Brett Gelman, Maya Hawke, Jamie Campbell Bower, Natalia Dyer, Joseph Quinn, Caleb McLaughlin, Sadie Sink, Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, Charlie Heaton, Joe Keery, Noah Schnapp, Gaten Matarazzo, Priah Ferguson, and Eduardo Franco in Stranger Things (2016)
    Stranger Things
    8.7
    TV Series
    • Visual Effects

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    Visual Effects

    • Mufasa: The Lion King
      • visual effects art director
      • Completed
      • 2024
    • Avatar: Fire and Ash
      • concept art director
      • Post-production
      • 2025
    • Daniel Dae Kim, Matthew Yang King, Paul Sun-Hyung Lee, Kiawentiio, Gordon Cormier, Elizabeth Yu, Dallas Liu, and Ian Ousley in Avatar: The Last Airbender (2024)
      Avatar: The Last Airbender
      7.2
      TV Series
      • matte painter
      • 2024
    • Chris Hemsworth, Mariami Kovziashvili, and Marta Kovziashvili in Extraction II (2023)
      Extraction II
      7.0
      • Lead Environment
      • 2023
    • Zoe Saldana, Sam Worthington, Bailey Bass, and Jamie Flatters in Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)
      Avatar: The Way of Water
      7.5
      • concept art director
      • 2022
    • Christian Bale, John David Washington, and Margot Robbie in Amsterdam (2022)
      Amsterdam
      6.1
      • visual effects art director
      • 2022
    • Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Jodie Comer, and Adam Driver in The Last Duel (2021)
      The Last Duel
      7.3
      • visual effects art director
      • 2021
    • Ryan Reynolds, Taika Waititi, Dwayne Johnson, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Lil Rel Howery, Jodie Comer, Owen Burke, and Joe Keery in Free Guy (2021)
      Free Guy
      7.1
      • matte painter: Digital Domain (uncredited)
      • 2021
    • Olivia Scott Welch in Fear Street: Part Three - 1666 (2021)
      Fear Street: Part Three - 1666
      6.6
      • matte painter: Digital Matter
      • 2021
    • Sadie Sink in Fear Street: Part Two - 1978 (2021)
      Fear Street: Part Two - 1978
      6.7
      • matte painter: Digital Matter
      • 2021
    • Kiana Madeira, Lloyd Pitts, and Noah Bain Garret in Fear Street: Part One - 1994 (2021)
      Fear Street: Part One - 1994
      6.2
      • matte painter: Digital Matter
      • 2021
    • Amanda Collin, Abubakar Salim, and Winta McGrath in Raised by Wolves (2020)
      Raised by Wolves
      7.4
      TV Series
      • digital matte painter
      • 2020
    • Brad Pitt in Ad Astra (2019)
      Ad Astra
      6.5
      • visual effects art director
      • 2019
    • Winona Ryder, Tom Wlaschiha, David Harbour, Brett Gelman, Maya Hawke, Jamie Campbell Bower, Natalia Dyer, Joseph Quinn, Caleb McLaughlin, Sadie Sink, Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, Charlie Heaton, Joe Keery, Noah Schnapp, Gaten Matarazzo, Priah Ferguson, and Eduardo Franco in Stranger Things (2016)
      Stranger Things
      8.7
      TV Series
      • digital matte painter
      • digital matte painter & concept artist
      • 2017–2019
    • Don Cheadle, Robert Downey Jr., Josh Brolin, Bradley Cooper, Chris Evans, Sean Gunn, Scarlett Johansson, Brie Larson, Jeremy Renner, Paul Rudd, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Danai Gurira, and Karen Gillan in Avengers: Endgame (2019)
      Avengers: Endgame
      8.4
      • digital matte painter
      • 2019
    • Jennifer Connelly, Christoph Waltz, Mahershala Ali, Eiza González, Rosa Salazar, Ed Skrein, and Keean Johnson in Alita: Battle Angel (2019)
      Alita: Battle Angel
      7.3
      • lead concept designer: Lightstorm Entertainment
      • 2019
    • Michael Douglas, Michelle Pfeiffer, Laurence Fishburne, Walton Goggins, Michael Peña, Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, and Hannah John-Kamen in Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)
      Ant-Man and the Wasp
      7.0
      • concept designer
      • 2018

    Art Department

    • Danny DeVito, Danny Elfman, Michael Keaton, Colin Farrell, Derek Frey, Rick Heinrichs, Ehren Kruger, Deobia Oparei, Roshan Seth, Ben Davis, Eva Green, Joseph Gatt, Frank Bourke, Sharon Rooney, Ragevan Vasan, Finley Hobbins, Nico Parker, and Zenaida Alcalde in Dumbo (2019)
      Dumbo
      6.3
      • concept artist (as Steve Messing)
      • 2019
    • Anthony Hopkins, Mark Wahlberg, Erik Aadahl, Jim Carter, Peter Cullen, Laura Haddock, and Isabela Merced in Transformers: The Last Knight (2017)
      Transformers: The Last Knight
      5.2
      • senior illustrator
      • 2017
    • Alien: Covenant (2017)
      Alien: Covenant
      6.4
      • concept artist (as Steve Messing)
      • 2017
    • Westworld (2016)
      Westworld
      8.5
      TV Series
      • illustrator
      • 2016
    • David Costabile, James Badge Dale, Max Martini, Pablo Schreiber, Dominic Fumusa, and Alexia Barlier in 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (2016)
      13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
      7.3
      • illustrator
      • 2016
    • Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014)
      Exodus: Gods and Kings
      6.0
      • senior illustrator
      • 2014
    • Mark Wahlberg, Peter Cullen, Nicola Peltz Beckham, and Jack Reynor in Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)
      Transformers: Age of Extinction
      5.6
      • concept designer
      • 2014
    • Halle Berry, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Nicholas Hoult, Hugh Jackman, James McAvoy, Elliot Page, Michael Fassbender, Daniel Cudmore, Bingbing Fan, and Jennifer Lawrence in X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
      X-Men: Days of Future Past
      7.9
      • concept designer
      • 2014
    • Harrison Ford, Ben Kingsley, Viola Davis, Abigail Breslin, Asa Butterfield, and Hailee Steinfeld in Ender's Game (2013)
      Ender's Game
      6.6
      • concept designer
      • 2013
    • Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)
      Star Trek Into Darkness
      7.7
      • illustrator
      • 2013
    • Nicholas Hoult and Bill Nighy in Jack the Giant Slayer (2013)
      Jack the Giant Slayer
      6.3
      • concept designer
      • 2013
    • Rachel Weisz, Mila Kunis, James Franco, and Michelle Williams in Oz the Great and Powerful (2013)
      Oz the Great and Powerful
      6.3
      • concept designer
      • 2013
    • Peter Cullen, Shia LaBeouf, and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley in Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)
      Transformers: Dark of the Moon
      6.2
      • concept artist (uncredited)
      • 2011
    • Sam Worthington in Clash of the Titans (2010)
      Clash of the Titans
      5.8
      • concept artist
      • 2010
    • Alice in Wonderland (2010)
      Alice in Wonderland
      6.4
      • illustrator
      • 2010

    Animation Department

    • Marshmello: Fly
      6.8
      Music Video
      • animator
      • 2018

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