Stefen Markus Fangmeier (born 9 December 1960 in
El Paso, Texas,
USA) is an American
visual effects supervisor of numerous major feature
films, including
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events,
Saving Private Ryan,
Terminator 2: Judgment Day,
Twister,
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) 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 and was a critical disappointment that upset many fans of the series, but was a modest financial success