Joe Letteri

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Joe Letteri

Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, United States
OccupationVisual effects supervisor
Years active1989–present

Joseph Bruce Letteri

BAFTA awards and four VES awards. He is the current Senior Visual Effects Supervisor of the Academy Award-winning Wētā FX having joined the company in 2001.[1] He has received several awards and nominations as visual effects supervisor, the latest (as of March 2023) being Avatar: The Way of Water, and previously for War for the Planet of the Apes.[2] 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

Awards and nominations

Academy Award

BAFTA

  • The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn
    (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

  1. ^ Goldman, Naomi (2 January 2018). "Master Creature Creator Joe Letteri: 2018 VES GEORGES MÉLIÈS Award Winner". VFX Voice. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
  2. ^ Donovan, Sandra Fischione (12 March 2010). "Beaver County native wins fourth Oscar for visual effects". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Retrieved 7 April 2010.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ Gilchrist, Todd (17 December 2011). "Effects Supremo Joe Letteri Says Zack Snyder is Placing Emphasis on In-Camera Effects in 'Man of Steel". The Playlist. Archived from the original on 8 January 2012. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
  4. ^ "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey".

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