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Stephen W. Pugh

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Stephen W. Pugh
Stephen Pugh is a Visual Effects Supervisor with over 30 years of experience in television and feature film VFX. Initially hailing from the Makeup FX realm, Steve joined VFX pioneers Foundation Imaging in 1992 as an artist and engineer., where he contributed to the groundbreaking digital effects of Babylon 5 and Star Trek: Voyager and Enterprise.

He continued to work as a VFX Producer and Supervisor on such projects as Hellboy, The Day of the Jackal, Community (six seasons and a movie, it's finally happening!), and The Amazing Spiderman before going freelance as VFX Supervisor for Kevin (Probably) Saves The World (2017).

Steve's most recently worked as the Overall VFX Supervisor on seasons 4-6 of FX's acclaimed vampire mockumentary, "What We Do In The Shadows".
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    Known for

    John Hurt, Ron Perlman, Selma Blair, Ladislav Beran, Doug Jones, Karel Roden, Brian Steele, and Rupert Evans in Hellboy (2004)
    Hellboy
    6.9
    • Visual Effects(Eden FX)
    • 2004
    Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine, Woody Harrelson, Lizzy Caplan, Jesse Eisenberg, Daniel Radcliffe, Mark Ruffalo, Jay Chou, and Dave Franco in Now You See Me 2 (2016)
    Now You See Me 2
    6.4
    • Visual Effects(Synaptic VFX)
    • 2016
    Bruce Willis and Jai Courtney in A Good Day to Die Hard (2013)
    A Good Day to Die Hard
    5.2
    • Visual Effects(Pixomondo)
    • 2013
    Monica Bellucci, Paul Giamatti, and Clive Owen in Shoot 'Em Up (2007)
    Shoot 'Em Up
    6.6
    • Visual Effects(Eden FX)
    • 2007

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    • What We Do in the Shadows (2019)
      What We Do in the Shadows
      8.6
      TV Series
      • visual effects supervisor
      • 2022–2024
    • Kristen Bell and Adam Brody in Nobody Wants This (2024)
      Nobody Wants This
      7.8
      TV Series
      • visual effects compositor (as Stephen Pugh)
      • 2024
    • Asa Germann, Derek Luh, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Jaz Sinclair, Lizze Broadway, London Thor, Maddie Phillips, and Chance Perdomo in Gen V (2023)
      Gen V
      7.7
      TV Series
      • visual effects supervisor
      • overall vfx supervisor
      • 2023
    • Y: The Last Man (2021)
      Y: The Last Man
      6.0
      TV Series
      • visual effects supervisor
      • 2021
    • Allison Tolman and Alexa Swinton in Emergence (2019)
      Emergence
      7.2
      TV Series
      • visual effects supervisor
      • 2019–2020
    • Kevin (Probably) Saves the World (2017)
      Kevin (Probably) Saves the World
      7.7
      TV Series
      • visual effects producer (uncredited)
      • 2017–2018
    • Midnight, Texas (2017)
      Midnight, Texas
      7.3
      TV Series
      • visual effects producer: Synaptic VFX (uncredited)
      • 2017
    • Marlon Wayans in Marlon (2017)
      Marlon
      6.9
      TV Series
      • visual effects producer: Synaptic VFX
      • 2017
    • Chelsea Lopez in Phoenix Forgotten (2017)
      Phoenix Forgotten
      5.4
      • visual effects producer: Synaptic VFX
      • 2017
    • Shannen Doherty, Tom Green, Zack Ward, Stefanie Estes, and James Cullen Bressack in Bethany (2017)
      Bethany
      4.1
      • visual effects producer
      • 2017
    • Kate del Castillo in Ingobernable (2017)
      Ingobernable
      7.0
      TV Series
      • visual effects supervisor
      • 2017
    • Hayley Atwell in Conviction (2016)
      Conviction
      7.1
      TV Series
      • visual effects producer (uncredited)
      • 2016
    • Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine, Woody Harrelson, Lizzy Caplan, Jesse Eisenberg, Daniel Radcliffe, Mark Ruffalo, Jay Chou, and Dave Franco in Now You See Me 2 (2016)
      Now You See Me 2
      6.4
      • visual effects producer: Synaptic VFX
      • 2016
    • Priyanka Chopra Jonas in Quantico (2015)
      Quantico
      6.7
      TV Series
      • visual effects producer
      • 2016
    • Zack Ward in Restoration (2016)
      Restoration
      4.0
      • visual effects producer
      • 2016

    Additional Crew



    • Hypernauts (1996)
      Hypernauts
      7.5
      TV Series
      • effects systems engineer (as Steve Pugh)
      • 1996
    • Bruce Boxleitner, Mira Furlan, Richard Biggs, Jerry Doyle, and Andreas Katsulas in Babylon 5 (1993)
      Babylon 5
      8.4
      TV Series
      • effects systems engineer (uncredited)
      • 1993

    Makeup Department



    • Kissing Time
      Short
      • prosthetic applier
      • prosthetic designer (as Steve Pugh)
      • 1993

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