Steve Gawley has enjoyed making models since his early youth. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Design from California State University at Long Beach and started his professional modelmaking career with ILM in 1975 as one of the first 15 original visual effects crew members to work with George Lucas on the production of Star Wars.

Since that time, he has supervised and participated in the budgeting and construction of the high quality work in many of ILM's projects. He has built models for 10 of ILM's 14 Academy Award-winning film projects and received a 1989 Academy Award nomination for Best Achievement in Visual Effects on the feature film Back To The Future, Part II. He was honored with the British Academy Award that year for the same film. Gawley is currently a member of the visual effects branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

In 1987, ILM produced the visual effects for the innovative amusement park simulator ride Star Tours for the Walt Disney Company. Star Tours is located in four sites around the globe and Gawley appears as "Red Leader" in the ride, which is seen every minute of the day somewhere in the world.

ILM CREDITS
Feature Films
2004 LEMONY SNICKET (currently in production) - Model Supervisor
2003 VAN HELSING - Modelmaker
2003 HULK - Model Supervisor
2003 DREAMCATCHER - Model Supervisor
2002 GANGS OF NEW YORK- Model Supervisor
2002 STAR WARS: EPISODE II "The Attack of the Clones" - Modelmaker
2001 A.I. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE - Model Supervisor
2001 PEARL HARBOR - Modelmaker
2000 SPACE COWBOYS - Model Supervisor
1999 STAR WARS: EPISODE I "The Phantom Menace"- Model Supervisor
1997 STARSHIP TROOPERS - Modelmaker
1997 MEN IN BLACK - Supervising Modelmaker
1997 STAR WARS: EPISODE 6 "Return of the Jedi" (Special Edition) - Supervising Modelmaker/ Modelshop Foreman
1997 STAR WARS: EPISODE 5 "The Empire Strikes Back" (Special Edition) - Modelshop Foreman
1997 STAR WARS: EPISODE 4 "A New Hope" (Special Edition) - Modelmaker
1996 MARS ATTACKS! - Chief Modelmaker
1996 MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - Supervising Modelmaker
1995 CASPER (Movie Trailer) - Modelmaker
1994 STAR TREK GENERATIONS - Chief Modelmaker
1994 BABY'S DAY OUT - Chief Modelmaker
1993 FIRE IN THE SKY - Modelmaker
1993 OFF THE GROUND (Paul McCartney Music Video) - Modelmaker
1992 JURASSIC PARK - Supervising Modelmaker
1992 MEMOIRS OF AN INVISIBLE MAN - Chief Modelmaker
1992 DEATH BECOMES HER - Supervising Modelmaker
1991 BACKDRAFT - Modelmaker
1991 THE ROCKETEER - Supervising Modelmaker
1990 THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER - Modelmaker
1990 BACK TO THE FUTURE, PART III - Supervising Modelmaker
1989 INDIANA JONES & THE LAST CRUSADE - Modelmaker
1989 BACK TO THE FUTURE, PART II - Supervising Modelmaker
1989 BODY WARS (Simulator Ride for Disneyworld's EPCOT Center) - Modelmaker
1988 WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT? - Supervising Modelmaker
1988 TUCKER: A MAN AND HIS DREAM - Modelmaker
1988 STAR TREK ATTRACTION (Universal Studios Tour) - Modelmaker
1987 THE WITCHES OF EASTWICK - Modelmaker
1987 STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION (television pilot) - Modelmaker
1987 INNERSPACE - Modelmaker
1987 BATTERIES NOT INCLUDED - Modelmaker
1987 EMPIRE OF THE SUN - Modelmaker
1987 STAR TOURS (Simulator Ride for Disneyland) - Supervising Modelmaker
1986 THE GOLDEN CHILD - Supervising Modelmaker
1986 CAPTAIN EO (3-D film for Disneyland) - Supervising Modelmaker
1985 BACK TO THE FUTURE - Supervising Modelmaker
1985 OUT OF AFRICA - Modelmaker
1985 ENEMY MINE - Modelmaker
1985 COCOON - Supervising Modelmaker
1984 STAR TREK III: THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK - Supervising Modelmaker
1983 RETURN OF THE JEDI - Supervising Modelmaker
1982 POLTERGEIST - Modelmaker
1982 STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN - Supervising Modelmaker
1981 RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK - Modelmaker
1980 THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK - Modelshop Foreman
1977 STAR WARS - Modelmaker

Commercials
1996 AT&T "Kabuki" - Senior Modelmaker
1995 INTEL "Dolphins," "Samba" - Senior Modelmaker
1995 PEPSI "Casper Stuck" - Senior Modelmaker
1995 TGIFRIDAY'S "Special Effects," "Chicken," "Sensitivity," "New Spokesperson," "Prefer Running," "Muffled," "Actual Size" - Senior Modelmaker
1995 FORD CITIBANK CREDIT CARD "Do More, Get More" -- Senior Modelmaker
1995 FORD MOTORS "This is Escort" - Senior Modelmaker
1995 FORD CONTOUR "Reflections" - Senior Modelmaker
1994 LINCOLN MERCURY "Perfect Balance" -- Senior Modelmaker
1994 ILLINOIS LOTTERY "Bats" - Senior Modelmaker
1994 SPRINT WORLDWIDE "Pin Orbit" - Senior Modelmaker
1994 GMAC FINANCING "Burdens," "Financial Squeeze" - Senior Modelmaker
1993 MALAYSIA AIRLINES "Odyssey" - Senior Modelmaker
1993 HEWLETT PACKARD "Laser Jet Knievel" - Senior Modelmaker
1992 INTEL "Power Source," "Library" - Senior Modelmaker
1993 PAUL McCARTNEY "Off the Ground" (Music Video) - Senior Modelmaker
1992 NIKE "Godzilla Vs. Barkley" - Senior Modelmaker
1991 DODGE DAYTONA "Starting Price" - Senior Modelmaker
1990 PANASONIC "Broadcast System" - Senior Modelmaker