Richard Baneham

Biography

Career Overview

Richard Baneham has 17 screen credits in a career dating back to 1996. Their work spans 5 cinematic universes — most prominently Avatar with 3 titles. Signature works include Avatar: Fire and Ash, Avatar: The Way of Water, Avatar. 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

17

Birth Date

1970-01-01 00:00:00

Birth Place

Tallaght, Ireland

Known For

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  Avatar: Fire and Ash
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  Avatar: The Way of Water
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  Avatar
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  The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
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  The Iron Giant
• 

  Space Jam

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 5 universes

• Avatar (3 titles)
• The Chronicles of Narnia (1 titles)
• Scooby-Doo Live Action (1 titles)
• Scooby-Doo Collection (1 titles)
• Space Jam (1 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

• Sam Worthington (3 collaborations)
• Zoe Saldaña (3 collaborations)
• Sigourney Weaver (3 collaborations)
• Stephen Lang (3 collaborations)
• Joel David Moore (3 collaborations)
• CCH Pounder (3 collaborations)
• Giovanni Ribisi (3 collaborations)
• Matt Gerald (3 collaborations)
• Dileep Rao (3 collaborations)
• Kevin Dorman (3 collaborations)

Credits

• directing (2 credits)

  • Avatar: Fire and Ash

    second unit director

    directing
    2025
  • Avatar: The Way of Water

    second unit director

    directing
    2022

• production (2 credits)

  • Avatar: Fire and Ash

    executive producer

    production
    2025
  • Avatar: The Way of Water

    executive producer

    production
    2022

• visual effects (9 credits)

  • Avatar: Fire and Ash

    visual effects supervisor

    visual effects
    2025
  • Avatar: The Way of Water

    visual effects supervisor

    visual effects
    2022
  • Avatar

    animation supervisor

    visual effects
    2009
  • The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

    animation supervisor

    visual effects
    2005
  • Scooby-Doo

    animation supervisor

    visual effects
    2002
  • Osmosis Jones

    animation

    visual effects
    2001
  • The Iron Giant

    cg animator

    visual effects
    1999
  • Quest for Camelot

    animation

    visual effects
    1998
  • Space Jam

    animation

    visual effects
    1996

• crew (1 credits)

  • WAR IS OVER! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko

    thanks

    crew
    2023

• actors (3 credits)

  • Fire and Water: Making the Avatar Films

    - Episode 1 (2025) ... Self - Executive Producer / Lightstorm Visual Effects Supervisor actor actors
    2025
  • Avatar: Creating the World of Pandora

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2010
  • The Oscars

    - 95th Academy Awards (2023) ... Self actor actors
    1953