---
name: "Rob Duncan"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/rob-duncan"
fi1m_id: "rob-duncan"
imdb_id: "nm0242078"
tmdb_id: 1837304
roles: ["Visual effects supervisor","Director"]
born: "13 November 1970"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-23T12:09:43.217155+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."
---

# Rob Duncan

## Identity

Rob Duncan

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/rob-duncan
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** rob-duncan
- **IMDb ID:** nm0242078
- **TMDB ID:** 1837304
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0242078/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1837304

Visual effects supervisor and director. Born 13 November 1970 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

## Details

- **Work:** Visual effects supervisor, Director
- **Born:** 13 November 1970, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- **Active:** 2011–present
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 directing, 1 crew
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 65 (1), 2020s 50 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0242078/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1837304

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Once Upon a Time*](https://film.one/tv/once-upon-a-time.md) (65)

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

## Biography

Rob Duncan is a Canadian assistant director and director. He was born on 13 November 1970 in Calgary, Alberta.

Duncan has worked extensively in television as a first assistant director, including on 64 episodes of the series *Once Upon a Time* (2011–2017). He directed one episode of *Once Upon a Time* in 2016 and two episodes of *Batwoman* in 2021. His feature film assistant director credits include *House of the Dead* (2003), *Pathfinder* (2007) and *The A-Team* (2010).

*Sources: imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Directed (1)

- *Once Upon a Time* (2011), Fi1m 65, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/once-upon-a-time.md)

### Crew (1) — the average rests on these

- *Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore* (2022), Fi1m 50, Visual Effects Supervisor — [page](https://film.one/film/fantastic-beasts-the-secrets-of-dumbledore.md)

## Complete filmography (7)

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

- *The Irrational* (2023), series, First Assistant Director
- *Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore* (2022), Visual Effects Supervisor — Fi1m 50, [page](https://film.one/film/fantastic-beasts-the-secrets-of-dumbledore.md)
- *Batwoman* (2019), series, Director, First Assistant Director
- *Once Upon a Time* (2011), series, Director — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/tv/once-upon-a-time.md)
- *Underdog* (2007), Visual Effects Supervisor
- *Judicial Indiscretion* (2007), First Assistant Director
- *House of the Dead* (2003), Second Assistant Director

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