Known for Visual Effects
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. As part of the visual effects team for Star Wars: The Last Jedi, he was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Achievement in Special Visual Effects alongside Neal Scanlan, Chris Corbould, and Ben Morris. His work on ABBA Voyage earned him the Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Visual Effects in a Special Venue Project, shared with Ben Morris, Edward Randolph, and Ian Comley. For Jurassic World: Rebirth, he received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects, the Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature, the Hawaii Film Critics Society Award for Best Visual Effects, and the Astra Creative Arts Award for Best Visual Effects.
Filmography
9 films, 1 show


Jurassic World Rebirth
2025 · 2h 14m
country: United States
Five years after the events of Jurassic World Dominion, covert operations expert Zora Bennett is contracted to lead a skilled team on a top-secret mission to secure genetic material from the world's three most massive dinosaurs. When Zora's operation intersects with a civilian family whose boating expedition was capsized, they all find themselves stranded on an island where they come face-to-face with a sinister, shocking discovery that's been hidden from the world for decades.


ABBA Voyage
2022 · 1h 30m
country: Unknown
ABBA Voyage is a virtual concert residency by the Swedish pop group ABBA. The concerts feature virtual avatars (dubbed 'ABBAtars'), depicting the group as they appeared in 1977. The concerts are held in a purpose-built venue at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London, officially called the ABBA Arena.


Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
2019 · 2h 22m
country: United States
The surviving Resistance faces the First Order once again as the journey of Rey, Finn and Poe Dameron continues. With the power and knowledge of generations behind them, the final battle begins.


Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
2018 · 2h 9m
country: United States
Three years after Jurassic World was destroyed, Isla Nublar now sits abandoned. When the island's dormant volcano begins roaring to life, Owen and Claire mount a campaign to rescue the remaining dinosaurs from this extinction-level event.


Star Wars: The Last Jedi
2017 · 2h 32m
country: United States
Rey develops her newly discovered abilities with the guidance of Luke Skywalker, who is unsettled by the strength of her powers. Meanwhile, the Resistance prepares to do battle with the First Order.


Jupiter Ascending
2015 · 2h 7m
country: United States
In a universe where human genetic material is the most precious commodity, an impoverished young Earth woman becomes the key to strategic maneuvers and internal strife within a powerful dynasty…


John Carter
2012 · 2h 12m
country: United States
John Carter is a war-weary, former military captain who's inexplicably transported to the mysterious and exotic planet of Barsoom (Mars) and reluctantly becomes embroiled in an epic conflict. It's a world on the brink of collapse, and Carter rediscovers his humanity when he realizes the survival of Barsoom and its people rests in his hands.