---
name: "Dan DeLeeuw"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/dan-deleeuw"
fi1m_id: "dan-deleeuw"
imdb_id: "nm0216699"
tmdb_id: 1590413
wikidata_id: "Q18921635"
roles: ["Second unit director","Director"]
born: "1 January 2000"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 55
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-22T21:37:06.733784+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Dan DeLeeuw

## Identity

Dan DeLeeuw

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/dan-deleeuw
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** dan-deleeuw
- **IMDb ID:** nm0216699
- **TMDB ID:** 1590413
- **Wikidata ID:** Q18921635
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_DeLeeuw, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18921635, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0216699/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1590413

Second unit director and director. Born 1 January 2000.

## Details

- **Work:** Second unit director, Director
- **Born:** 1 January 2000
- **Active:** 1996–present
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 5: 1 directing, 4 crew
- **Academy Awards:** 3 Oscar nominations
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 78 (1), 2010s 31 (1), 2020s 61 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 55 to 52 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 3 under 60
- **Genres:** Action 3, Adventure 3, Science Fiction 2, Comedy 1, Family 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,363m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_DeLeeuw, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18921635, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0216699/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1590413

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Loki*](https://film.one/tv/loki.md) (71)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Dan DeLeeuw is a visual effects supervisor and second unit director. He began working in visual effects in the 1990s on films including *The Mask* (1994) and *Armageddon* (1998).

He is known for his work as visual effects supervisor on several Marvel Cinematic Universe productions, including *Iron Man 3* (2013), *Captain America: The Winter Soldier* (2014), *Captain America: Civil War* (2016), *Avengers: Infinity War* (2018) and *Avengers: Endgame* (2019). He also served as second unit director on *Eternals* (2021) and *Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania* (2023).

DeLeeuw directed the episode 'Breaking Brad' of the Disney+ series *Loki* (2023). He received Academy Award nominations for Best Visual Effects for his work on *Captain America: The Winter Soldier* and *Avengers: Infinity War*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

### Directed (1)

- *Loki* (2021), Fi1m 71, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/loki.md)

### Crew (4) — the average rests on these

- *Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania* (2023), Fi1m 54, Second Unit Director — [page](https://film.one/film/ant-man-and-the-wasp-quantumania.md)
- *Eternals* (2021), Fi1m 57, Second Unit Director — [page](https://film.one/film/eternals.md)
- *Jack and Jill* (2011), Fi1m 31, Visual Effects Supervisor — [page](https://film.one/film/jack-and-jill.md)
- *The Rock* (1996), Fi1m 78, Digital Effects Supervisor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-rock.md)

## Complete filmography (25)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania* (2023), Second Unit Director — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/ant-man-and-the-wasp-quantumania.md)
- *Eternals* (2021), Second Unit Director — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/film/eternals.md)
- *Loki* (2021), series, Visual Effects Supervisor, Director — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/tv/loki.md)
- *Avengers: Endgame* (2019), Visual Effects Supervisor — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/avengers-endgame.md)
- *Avengers: Infinity War* (2018), Visual Effects Supervisor — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/avengers-infinity-war.md)
- *Captain America: Civil War* (2016), Visual Effects Supervisor — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/captain-america-civil-war.md)
- *Captain America: The Winter Soldier* (2014), Visual Effects Supervisor — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/captain-america-the-winter-soldier.md)
- *Iron Man 3* (2013), Visual Effects Supervisor — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/iron-man-3.md)
- *That's My Boy* (2012), Visual Effects Supervisor
- *Jack and Jill* (2011), Visual Effects Supervisor — Fi1m 31, [page](https://film.one/film/jack-and-jill.md)
- *Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian* (2009), Visual Effects Supervisor
- *Night at the Museum* (2006), Visual Effects Supervisor
- *Serenity* (2005), Visual Effects Supervisor — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/serenity.md)
- *The Skeleton Key* (2005), Visual Effects Supervisor
- *Elektra* (2005), Visual Effects Supervisor
- *Garfield: Bringing the Cat to Life* (2004), Thanks
- *Garfield* (2004), Visual Effects Supervisor
- *Reign of Fire* (2002), Visual Effects Supervisor
- *102 Dalmatians* (2000), Visual Effects Supervisor
- *Bicentennial Man* (1999), Digital Effects Supervisor
- *Armageddon* (1998), Digital Effects Supervisor — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/armageddon.md)
- *Deep Rising* (1998), Digital Effects Supervisor
- *The Rock* (1996), Digital Effects Supervisor — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/the-rock.md)
- *Dracula: Dead and Loving It* (1995), Digital Effects Supervisor
- *Crimson Tide* (1995), Digital Effects Supervisor

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 3 nominated

- 2020: Best Visual Effects (nominated), for *Avengers: Endgame*
- 2019: Best Visual Effects (nominated), for *Avengers: Infinity War*
- 2015: Best Visual Effects (nominated), for *Captain America: The Winter Soldier*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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