Visual Effects

Steve Aplin

Steve Aplin is a British animation director at Industrial Light & Magic (ILM). Educated at Bournemouth & Poole College of Art & Design, he began his professional career at ILM in 1996 as a modeller. His early work included digital modeling and model development on Men in Black, Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, Sleepy Hollow, The Mummy Returns, A.I. Artificial Intelligence, the 2002 Special Edition of E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Aplin joined Double Negative in London in 2009 as an Animation Supervisor before becoming Creative Head of Animation in 2011. During his time at the studio, he supervised animation on John Carter (2012), Jupiter Ascending (2015), and Captain America: Civil War (2016). In 2016, Aplin returned to Industrial Light & Magic, joining the company's London studio as Animation Director.