---
name: "Ross Stewart"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ross-stewart"
fi1m_id: "ross-stewart"
imdb_id: "nm2075487"
tmdb_id: 1782644
wikidata_id: "Q105887811"
roles: ["Art direction","Director"]
born: "1 January 1976"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-30T20:17:32.459130+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."
---

# Ross Stewart

## Identity

Ross Stewart

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ross-stewart
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ross-stewart
- **IMDb ID:** nm2075487
- **TMDB ID:** 1782644
- **Wikidata ID:** Q105887811
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q105887811, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2075487/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1782644

Art direction and director. Born 1 January 1976 in Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Ireland.

## Details

- **Work:** Art direction, Director
- **Born:** 1 January 1976, Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Ireland
- **Active:** 2009–present
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 4: 1 directing, 3 crew
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 76 (1), 2010s 79 (2), 2020s 84 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 78 to 77 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Animation 3, Family 3, Fantasy 2, Adventure 1, Comedy 1
- **Screen time:** 4 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $110m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q105887811, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2075487/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1782644

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Wolfwalkers*](https://film.one/film/wolfwalkers.md) (84)

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

## Biography

Ross Stewart is an Irish production designer, art director and director. He is a long-term collaborator at Cartoon Saloon in Kilkenny, where he has worked on several of the studio’s feature films.

Stewart co-directed *Wolfwalkers* (2020) with Tomm Moore, and also contributed to the story and production design. Earlier credits include art direction on *The Secret of Kells* (2009) and *Song of the Sea* (2014), and art department roles on *ParaNorman* (2012).

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, ie.linkedin.com, rossstewart.net.*

## On Fi1m (4)

### Directed (1)

- *Wolfwalkers* (2020), Fi1m 84, Director, Art Direction, Production design, Story, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/wolfwalkers.md)

### Crew (3) — the average rests on these

- *Song of the Sea* (2014), Fi1m 82, Art Department Coordinator — [page](https://film.one/film/song-of-the-sea.md)
- *ParaNorman* (2012), Fi1m 76, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/paranorman.md)
- *The Secret of Kells* (2009), Fi1m 76, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/the-secret-of-kells.md)

## Complete filmography (7)

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

- *My Father's Dragon* (2022), Conceptual Design, Visual Development
- *Belle* (2021), Background Designer
- *Wolfwalkers* (2020), Production Design, Director, Story, Art Direction — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/wolfwalkers.md)
- *Song of the Sea* (2014), Art Department Coordinator — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/song-of-the-sea.md)
- *ParaNorman* (2012), as Art Direction — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/paranorman.md)
- *The Secret of Kells* (2009), as Art Direction — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/the-secret-of-kells.md)
- *Cúilín Dualach* (2004), as Art Direction

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2021: Best Animated Feature (nominated), for *Wolfwalkers*

### Other awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- European Film Academy Young Audience Award 2021: European Film Academy Young Audience Award (nominated), for *Wolfwalkers*

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

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