Release CalendarTop 250 MoviesMost Popular MoviesBrowse Movies by GenreTop Box OfficeShowtimes & TicketsMovie NewsIndia Movie Spotlight
    What's on TV & StreamingTop 250 TV ShowsMost Popular TV ShowsBrowse TV Shows by GenreTV NewsIndia TV Spotlight
    What to WatchLatest TrailersIMDb OriginalsIMDb PicksIMDb Podcasts
    OscarsBest Picture WinnersBest Picture WinnersIndependent Spirit AwardsWomen's History MonthSXSWSTARmeter AwardsAwards CentralFestival CentralAll Events
    Born TodayMost Popular CelebsMost Popular CelebsCelebrity News
    Help CenterContributor ZonePolls
For Industry Professionals
  • All
  • Titles
  • TV Episodes
  • Celebs
  • Companies
  • Keywords
  • Advanced Search
Watchlist
Sign In
Sign In
New Customer? Create account
  • Fully supported
  • English (United States)
    Partially supported
  • Français (Canada)
  • Français (France)
  • Deutsch (Deutschland)
  • हिंदी (भारत)
  • Italiano (Italia)
  • Português (Brasil)
  • Español (España)
  • Español (México)
  • Biography
  • Awards
  • Trivia
IMDbPro

Steve Tolin

  • Special Effects
  • Make-Up Department
  • Art Department
IMDbProStarmeterSee rank
Steve Tolin and Tolin FX Demo Reel featuring our work from It Came from Yesterday, Motivational Growth, A New York Heartbeat, Medium Popcorn, Supah Ninjas, Backwater, Jack Reacher, Sweeney Todd, The Lt. of Inishmore, Squidman, A Resurrection, Swarm of the Snakehead, The Kill Point, Warrior, Frogs, and Phipps Botanical Gardens. It illustrates our proficiency in creature effects, special make-up effects, special props, puppets, 3d modeling, digital animation, special costuming, blood effects, sculpture, design, and illustration.
Play demo reel2:22
Steve Tolin, Tolin FX Demo Reel
  • More at IMDbPro
    • Contact info
    • Agent info
Steve Tolin is the owner/operator of Tolin FX- an award winning Special Effects and Specialized Design & Fabrication studio. In serving the film, television, and theatre industries for more than a decade, Tolin FX has earned a reputation for outstanding professionalism, detail-oriented precision, and a passion for creation. From conceptualization to execution, Tolin FX provides superior solutions to your complex creative challenges.

Some of Tolin's most notable film credits include work on Batman: The Dark Knight Rises, Jack Reacher, Warrior, and Adventureland. Tolin recently produced a feature film It Came from Yesterday, for which he and his team created the creature effects and Production Design.

On stage Tolin's work has been seen internationally. Some of his most marked theatre credits include the world premiere of Stephen King and John Mellencamp's Ghost Brothers of Darkland County at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, GA and Sweeney Todd at the Opera Theatre of St. Louis. Tolin FX has become the go-to effects studio for more than fifteen productions of Martin McDonaugh's The Lt of Inishmore, winning a Joseph Jefferson Award for work on Northlight Theatre's Chicago production in 2009. Bullet hit stuff.

Steve is a graduate of the Art Institute of Pittsburgh, a member of IATSE Local 489, and a certified PADI scuba diver. Based in the Steel City of Pittsburgh, PA, Tolin FX utilizes numerous local and national artists and craftsmen to meet the special demands of entertainment businesses and artistic enterprises in the Southwestern Pennsylvania area, across the United States, and world-wide.
IMDbProStarmeterSee rank
Add photos, demo reels
  • Unlock contact info on IMDbPro
  • Awards
    • 4 wins

Known for

Tom Cruise in Jack Reacher (2012)
Jack Reacher
7.0
  • Special Effects
  • 2012
Adrian DiGiovanni in Motivational Growth (2013)
Motivational Growth
5.7
  • Special Effects
  • 2013
Damian Maffei, Justin Marxen, Terri Partyka, and Chaney Morrow in Haunt (2019)
Haunt
6.3
  • Special Effects
  • 2019
Briana Evigan, Rumer Willis, Leah Pipes, Jamie Chung, and Audrina Patridge in Sorority Row (2009)
Sorority Row
5.1
  • Art Department
  • 2009

Credits

Edit
IMDbPro

Special Effects

  • Restricted
    • special effects coordinator
    • In Production
  • Gray Sunshine
    • special effects coordinator
    • Post-production
  • Cyril H. Wecht in Cyril (2021)
    Cyril
    • special effects
    • 2021
  • Masking Threshold (2021)
    Masking Threshold
    • prosthetic effects
    • 2021
  • The Interrogation of Timmy H. (2021)
    The Interrogation of Timmy H.
    • special effects supervisor
    • Short
    • 2021
  • Red Woods (2021)
    Red Woods
    • fx makeup coordinator
    • 2021
  • Cyst (2020)
    Cyst
    • special effects
    • 2020
  • Adrienne Barbeau, Marc Blucas, Monica Wyche, P.J. Marshall, Allison McAtee, Rachel McKeon, and Brooke Sorenson in Unearth (2020)
    Unearth
    • special effects coordinator
    • 2020
  • Lwa: All Saints' Eve (2020)
    Lwa: All Saints' Eve
    • special effects coordinator
    • 2020
  • Damian Maffei, Justin Marxen, Terri Partyka, and Chaney Morrow in Haunt (2019)
    Haunt
    • special effects coordinator
    • 2019
  • South of Hell (2019)
    South of Hell
    • Squib Effects Supervisor
    • 2019
  • Patrick Cannon in Mulligan (2018)
    Mulligan
    • special effects
    • TV Movie
    • 2018
  • Tyrus, Daniel Gilchrist, and Michael Hutter in Beast of the Water (2017)
    Beast of the Water
    • special effects coordinator
    • 2017
  • Echo Torch (2016)
    Echo Torch
    • special effects coordinator
    • Short
    • 2016
  • It Came from Yesterday (2016)
    It Came from Yesterday
    • special effects supervisor
    • 2016
  • Traceroute (2016)
    Traceroute
    • pyrotechnician
    • special effects
    • 2016
  • Amy Rutledge, Rosebud Baker, Matt Riker, and Montana Marks in Eyes of the Dead (2015)
    Eyes of the Dead
    • special effects
    • special effects coordinator
    • 2015

Makeup Department

  • Vampire Penance: The Atonement of John Wolf (2022)
    Vampire Penance: The Atonement of John Wolf
    • special makeup effects artist
    • 2022
  • Jeff Daniels and Maura Tierney in American Rust (2021)
    American Rust
    • fx make up artist
    • TV Series
    • 2021
  • Jameson Charles, Justin Charles, and Rachel Brosnahan in I'm Your Woman (2020)
    I'm Your Woman
    • special makeup effects artist (as Steven Tolin)
    • 2020
  • Adrienne Barbeau, Marc Blucas, Monica Wyche, P.J. Marshall, Allison McAtee, Rachel McKeon, and Brooke Sorenson in Unearth (2020)
    Unearth
    • special makeup effects coordinator: At TolinFX
    • 2020
  • Tyrus, Daniel Gilchrist, and Michael Hutter in Beast of the Water (2017)
    Beast of the Water
    • makeup supervisor
    • 2017
  • Traceroute (2016)
    Traceroute
    • special makeup effects artist
    • 2016
  • Breakage (2015)
    Breakage
    • special makeup effects artist
    • Short
    • 2015
  • Transylvanian Curse (2015)
    Transylvanian Curse
    • special makeup effects artist
    • 2015
  • Cut You Right Here
    • special makeup effects artist
    • Short
    • 2014
  • Squid Man (2013)
    Squid Man
    • special makeup effects artist
    • 2013
  • Devon Sawa, Michael Clarke Duncan, and Mischa Barton in A Resurrection (2013)
    A Resurrection
    • special makeup effects artist
    • 2013
  • Deadtime Stories: Volume 2 (2011)
    Deadtime Stories: Volume 2
    • special effects makeup supervisor
    • 2011
  • Mischa Barton, Matt Long, and Jessica Stroup in Homecoming (2009)
    Homecoming
    • special makeup effects artist
    • 2009
  • Dark Wake (2008)
    Dark Wake
    • special makeup effects artist
    • Video
    • 2008
  • Mrs. Stevens Hears the Mermaids Singing (2004)
    Mrs. Stevens Hears the Mermaids Singing
    • special makeup effects artist
    • 2004

Art Department

  • Joel Edgerton and Tom Hardy in Warrior (2011)
    Warrior
    • special prop fabricator (uncredited)
    • 2011
  • Anne Hathaway and Jake Gyllenhaal in Love & Other Drugs (2010)
    Love & Other Drugs
    • special prop fabricator (uncredited)
    • 2010
  • Jay Baruchel and Alice Eve in She's Out of My League (2010)
    She's Out of My League
    • special prop fabricator
    • 2010
  • Briana Evigan, Rumer Willis, Leah Pipes, Jamie Chung, and Audrina Patridge in Sorority Row (2009)
    Sorority Row
    • special prop fabricator
    • 2009
  • Ryan Reynolds, Jesse Eisenberg, Bill Hader, Kristen Stewart, Kristen Wiig, and Margarita Levieva in Adventureland (2009)
    Adventureland
    • special prop fabricator (uncredited)
    • 2009
  • Elizabeth Banks and Seth Rogen in Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008)
    Zack and Miri Make a Porno
    • special prop fabricator (uncredited)
    • 2008
  • Shower of Blood (2004)
    The Traveler
    • conceptual artist
    • Video
    • 2006
  • Scott Baio and Kristin Minter in The Bread, My Sweet (2001)
    The Bread, My Sweet
    • art department intern (as Stephen Tolin)
    • 2001

Videos1

Steve Tolin, Tolin FX Demo Reel
Demo Reel 2:22
Steve Tolin, Tolin FX Demo Reel

Personal details

Edit
  • Official site
    • TolinFX
  • Alternative names
    • Stephen Tolin
  • Other works
    "Macbeth" Mad Lab Productions FX Director for Theatre Production
  • Publicity listings
    • 2 Articles

Did you know

Edit
  • Trivia
    He was awarded the 2009 Joseph Jefferson Award for Special Effects for "The Lieutenant of Inishmore" at the Northlight Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.

Related news

Contribute to this page

Suggest an edit or add missing content
  • Learn more about contributing
Edit page

More to explore

Recently viewed

Please enable browser cookies to use this feature. Learn more.
Get the IMDb App
Sign in for more accessSign in for more access
  • Get the IMDb App
  • Help
  • Site Index
  • IMDbPro
  • Box Office Mojo
  • IMDb Developer
  • Press Room
  • Advertising
  • Jobs
  • Conditions of Use
  • Privacy Policy
  • Your Ads Privacy Choices
IMDb, an Amazon company

© 1990-2023 by IMDb.com, Inc.