---
name: "Van Ling"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/van-ling"
fi1m_id: "van-ling"
imdb_id: "nm0512746"
tmdb_id: 30148
wikidata_id: "Q3554420"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "1 January 1963"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-05T01:11:11.838008+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."
---

# Van Ling

## Identity

Van Ling

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/van-ling
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** van-ling
- **IMDb ID:** nm0512746
- **TMDB ID:** 30148
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3554420
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Ling, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3554420, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0512746/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/30148

Producer. Born 1 January 1963.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 1 January 1963
- **Active:** 1989–1998
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 1 acting, 1 producing, 1 crew
- **Frequently works with:** [James Cameron](https://film.one/person/james-cameron.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 71 (1), 1990s 69 (2)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Ling, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3554420, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0512746/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/30148

## Streaming the US now

- **Hulu:** [*Terminator 2: Judgment Day*](https://film.one/film/terminator-2-judgment-day.md) (88)
- **Disney+:** [*The Abyss*](https://film.one/film/the-abyss.md) (71)

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

## Biography

Van Ling is an American visual effects supervisor, film producer and director. He graduated summa cum laude from the USC School of Cinema-Television. He began his career working on visual effects for *The Abyss* (1989) and served as visual effects coordinator and creative supervisor on *Terminator 2: Judgment Day* (1991).

Ling has supervised visual effects on films including *Titanic* (1997), *Starship Troopers* (1997), *Doctor Dolittle* (1998) and *Not Another Teen Movie* (2001). He has also produced special editions and created DVD menus for several titles. In 2019 he wrote and directed the historical drama *Cliffs of Freedom*. He is a member of the Visual Effects Society, where he has served on the board of directors, as well as the Producers Guild of America and the Visual Effects Branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

### Performed in (1)

- *Terminator 2: Judgment Day* (1991), Fi1m 88, as Cyberdyne Tech — [page](https://film.one/film/terminator-2-judgment-day.md)

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

- *The Abyss* (1989), Fi1m 71, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-abyss.md)

### Crew (1)

- *Doctor Dolittle* (1998), Fi1m 50, Visual Effects Supervisor — [page](https://film.one/film/doctor-dolittle-1998.md)

## Complete filmography (17)

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

- *Cliffs of Freedom* (2019), Director, Screenplay
- *Last Man Standing* (2011), Visual Effects Supervisor
- *No Feat But What We Make: 'Terminator 2' and the Rise of Digital Effects* (2003), Director, Producer
- *Not Another Teen Movie* (2001), Visual Effects Supervisor
- *Other Voices: Creating 'The Terminator'* (2001), Director, Producer, Editor, Title Graphics
- *Stir of Echoes* (1999), Visual Effects Supervisor
- *Soldier* (1998), Visual Effects Supervisor
- *Doctor Dolittle* (1998), Visual Effects Supervisor — Fi1m 50, [page](https://film.one/film/doctor-dolittle-1998.md)
- *Deep Rising* (1998), Visual Effects Supervisor
- *Titanic* (1997), as Chinese Man · Visual Effects Supervisor — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/titanic.md)
- *Starship Troopers* (1997), Visual Effects Supervisor — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/starship-troopers.md)
- *Men in Black* (1997), Sound Designer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/men-in-black.md)
- *Under Pressure: Making 'The Abyss'* (1993), Executive Producer
- *T2: More Than Meets the Eye* (1993), Director
- *Terminator 2: Judgment Day* (1991), as Cyberdyne Tech · Visual Effects Coordinator, Producer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/terminator-2-judgment-day.md)
- *The Abyss* (1989), Producer — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/the-abyss.md)
- *The Man Who Loved Fat Dancing* (1986), Sound

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/van-ling