Steve Ingram

Biography

Career Overview

Steve Ingram has 21 screen credits in a career dating back to 1988. Their work spans 4 cinematic universes — most prominently Middle-earth (Tolkien) with 5 titles. Signature works include Avatar: Fire and Ash, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Visual Effects

Gender

male

Known Credits

21

Known For

• 

  Avatar: Fire and Ash
• 

  The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
• 

  The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
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  District 9
• 

  Time Bandits
• 

  The Frighteners

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 4 universes

• Middle-earth (Tolkien) (5 titles)
• Avatar (2 titles)
• Neill Blomkamp Trilogy (1 titles)
• Mulan (1 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

• Peter Jackson (13 collaborations)
• Richard Taylor (8 collaborations)
• Fran Walsh (7 collaborations)
• James Cameron (6 collaborations)
• Michael Hedges (5 collaborations)
• Brent Burge (5 collaborations)
• Carolynne Cunningham (5 collaborations)
• Matt Aitken (5 collaborations)
• Richard Bluck (4 collaborations)
• Cameron McLean (4 collaborations)

Credits

• visual effects (9 credits)

  • Avatar: Fire and Ash

    special effects supervisor

    visual effects
    2025
  • Time Bandits

    special effects supervisor

    visual effects

    - Fortress of Darkness (2024) ... special effects supervisor visual effects

    - Pell-Mell (2024) ... special effects supervisor visual effects

    - Home Again (2024) ... special effects supervisor visual effects

    - Ice Age (2024) ... special effects supervisor visual effects

    - Mansa Musa (2024) ... special effects supervisor visual effects
    2024
  • Pete's Dragon

    special effects supervisor

    visual effects
    2016
  • Slow West

    special effects supervisor

    visual effects
    2015
  • The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

    special effects supervisor

    visual effects
    2013
  • The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

    special effects supervisor

    visual effects
    2012
  • District 9

    special effects supervisor

    visual effects
    2009
  • Jack Brown: Genius

    special effects supervisor

    visual effects
    1996
  • The Frighteners

    special effects supervisor

    visual effects
    1996

• crew (10 credits)

  • Mulan

    special effects coordinator

    crew
    2020
  • Avatar

    special effects coordinator

    crew
    2009
  • The Water Horse

    special effects coordinator

    crew
    2007
  • King Kong

    special effects coordinator

    crew
    2005
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

    special effects coordinator

    crew
    2003
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

    special effects coordinator

    crew
    2002
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

    special effects coordinator

    crew
    2001
  • The Frighteners

    special effects coordinator

    crew
    1996
  • The Grasscutter

    special effects

    crew
    1990
  • Never Say Die

    armorer

    crew
    1988

• actors (2 credits)

  • The Fellowship of the Ring: Cameras in Middle-earth

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2002
  • The Making of 'The Fellowship of the Ring'

    actor

    actors
    2002