Joe Letteri
Visual Effects
Born January 1, 1957 · Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, USA
Also known as Joseph Bruce Letteri
Biography
Joseph Bruce Letteri ONZM (born 1957) is a senior visual effects artist who has won six Academy Awards, four BAFTA awards, and four VES awards. He is the current Senior Visual Effects Supervisor of the Academy Award-winning Wētā FX, joining the company in 2001. 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. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joe Letteri, licensed under CC-BY-SA, a complete list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Visual Effects · 2023
- Academy Award — Best Visual Effects · 2010
- Wellingtonian of the Year (category award) · 2010
- Academy Award — Best Visual Effects · 2006
- Academy Award — Best Visual Effects · 2004
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- Academy Award — Best Visual Effects · 2003
- Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit
- Academy Award — Best Visual Effects · 2023 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Visual Effects · 2018 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Visual Effects · 2015 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Visual Effects · 2014 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Visual Effects · 2013 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Visual Effects · 2012 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Visual Effects · 2010 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Visual Effects · 2006 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Visual Effects · 2005 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Visual Effects · 2004 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Visual Effects · 2003 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Visual Effects · nominated
Filmography23 titles
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Avengers: Endgame
Light & Magic
Magnolia
Avatar: Fire and Ash
Avatar: The Way of Water
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Avatar
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Alita: Battle Angel
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
War for the Planet of the Apes
Furious 7
I, Robot
The Adventures of Tintin
King Kong
Fire and Water: Making the Avatar Films
The BFG
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip