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Joe Letteri

Joseph Bruce Letteri (born 1957) is a senior visual effects artist. He is the winner of six Academy Awards, four BAFTA Awards and four VES awards. As of 2018, he is the senior visual effects supervisor of the Academy Award-winning Wētā FX, having joined the company in 2001. He has received several awards and nominations as visual effects supervisor, the latest () being Avatar: The Way of Water, and previously for War for the Planet of the Apes. He attended Center High School (Pennsylvania) in 1975 and graduated from the University of California, Berkeley in 1981. He gave the keynote address at UC Berkeley's December Convocation on 19 December 2010.

Filmography

  • Peter Pan & Wendy (2023) (senior visual effects supervisor)
  • ' (2022) (production senior visual effects supervisor)
  • Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022) (senior visual effects supervisor: Weta Visual Effects NZ)
  • The Batman (2022) (senior visual effects supervisor: Weta Digital)
  • Eternals (2021) (senior visual effects supervisor: Weta Digital)
  • The Suicide Squad (2021) (senior visual effects supervisor: Weta Digital)
  • Gemini Man (2019) (senior visual effects supervisor: Weta Digital)
  • ' (2019)
  • War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)
  • The BFG (2016)
  • ' (2016) (senior visual effects supervisor: Weta Digital)
  • ' (2014)
  • Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)
  • ' (2013)
  • Man of Steel (2013) (visual effects supervisor: Weta Digital)
  • ' (2012) (senior visual effects supervisor: Weta Digital)
  • Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011) (visual effects supervisor: Weta Digital)
  • ' (2011) (visual effects supervisor: Weta Digital)
  • Avatar (2009) (senior visual effects supervisor) (visual effects supervisor: Weta Digital)
  • The Lovely Bones (2009) (senior visual effects supervisor)
  • The Water Horse (2007) (visual effects supervisor)
  • ' (2006) (senior visual effects supervisor: Weta Digital)
  • King Kong (2005) (senior visual effects supervisor)
  • I, Robot (2004) (visual effects supervisor: Weta Digital)
  • Van Helsing (2004) (visual effects supervisor: Weta Digital)
  • ' (2003) (visual effects supervisor: Weta Digital)
  • ' (2002) (visual effects supervisor: Weta Digital)
  • Magnolia (1999) (visual effects supervisor)
  • Jack Frost (1998) (visual effects supervisor)
  • Star Wars (1997) (visual effects supervisor: ILM) (1997 Special Edition) (as Joseph Letteri)
  • Daylight (1996) (co-visual effects supervisor)
  • ' (1996) (associate visual effects supervisor)
  • Casper (1995) (CGI supervisor)
  • The Flintstones (1994) (computer graphics artist)
  • The Meteor Man (1993) (CGI animator)
  • Jurassic Park (1993) (computer graphics artist)
  • ' (1991) (CGI animator)
  • The Abyss (1989) (computer graphics technical director: ILM) (special edition)

Awards and nominations

Academy Award

BAFTA

  • 2011 BAFTA Film Award – nomination for Best Special Visual Effects – Rise of the Planet of the Apes and ' (2011)
  • 2010 BAFTA Film Award – winner for Best Special Visual Effects – Avatar (2009)
  • 2006 BAFTA Film Award – winner for Best Achievement in Special Visual Effects – King Kong (2005)
  • 2004 BAFTA Film Award – winner for Best Achievement in Special Visual Effects – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
  • 2003 BAFTA Film Award – winner for Best Achievement in Special Visual Effects – The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

See also

References

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