Stephen James is an Emmy Award-winning VFX Supervisor at DNEG Vancouver. Stephen previously worked with Denis Villeneuve as a VFX Supervisor on the Academy Award®-winning "Dune: Part One." Stephen continued to work with Villeneuve on the highly regarded sequel, "Dune: Part Two," where he oversaw a worldwide VFX team spanning 1000 shots. Stephen was also recently overseeing part of DNEG's work on "Furiosa," a play by George Miller.
Stephen oversaw the visual effects work on "The Last of Us: Season 1," for which he won an Emmy for "Outstanding Special Visual Effects in a Season or a Movie" and a VES Award for "Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode."
He previously served as an on-set and DFX supervisor for "Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw" and as a VFX supervisor for David Leitch's action movie "Bullet Train."Born in Vancouver, Canada, Stephen began working at DNEG London in 2005. He has a foundation in composition and has dedicated his professional life to developing and teaching the craft. His most recent position was composing supervisor for Blade Runner 2049, which won an Academy Award®.