Joe Letteri

Joe Letteri
Born	1957 (age 58–59) Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, United States
Occupation	Visual effects supervisor
Years active	1989-present

Joe Letteri, ONZM (born 1957) is a senior visual effects artist, winner of four Academy awards, four BAFTA awards and four VES awards. He is the current Director of the Academy Award-winning Weta Digital, having joined the company in 2001. He has received several awards and nominations as visual effects supervisor, the latest (as of January 2015) being Dawn of the Planet of the Apes.^[1] 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 December 19, 2010.

Filmography

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)
Man of Steel (2013) (visual effects supervisor: Weta Digital)^[2]
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) (senior visual effects supervisor: Weta Digital)^[3]
Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011) (visual effects supervisor: Weta Digital)
The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn (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)
X-Men: The Last Stand (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)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) (visual effects supervisor: Weta Digital)
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (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)
Mission: Impossible (1996) (associate visual effects supervisor)
Casper (1995) (CG supervisor)
The Flintstones (1994) (computer graphics artist)
The Meteor Man (1993) (CG animator)
Jurassic Park (1993) (computer graphics artist)
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991) (CG animator)
The Abyss (1989) (computer graphics technical director: ILM) (special edition)

Awards and nominations

Academy Award

2015 Oscar - nomination for Best Visual Effects - Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)
2014 Oscar - nomination for Best Visual Effects - The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)
2013 Oscar - nomination for Best Visual Effects - The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
2012 Oscar - nomination for Best Visual Effects - Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)
2010 Oscar - winner for Best Visual Effects - Avatar (2009)
2006 Oscar - winner for Best Visual Effects - King Kong (2005)
2005 Oscar - nomination for Best Visual Effects - I, Robot (2004)
2004 Oscar - winner for Best Visual Effects - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
2003 Oscar - winner for Best Visual Effects - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

BAFTA

2011 BAFTA Film Award - nomination for best Special Visual Effects - Rise of the Planet of the Apes and 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)

References

↑ Donovan, Sandra Fischione (March 12, 2010). "Beaver County native wins fourth Oscar for visual effects". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Retrieved April 7, 2010.
↑ Gilchrist, Todd (December 17, 2011). "Effects Supremo Joe Letteri Says Zack Snyder is Placing Emphasis on In-Camera Effects in 'Man of Steel". The Playlist. Retrieved January 9, 2012.
↑ "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey".

External links

Joe Letteri at the Internet Movie Database
Awards for Joe Letteri at the Internet Movie Database

Academy Award for Best Visual Effects

1963-1980	Emil Kosa, Jr. (1963) Peter Ellenshaw, Eustace Lycett, and Hamilton Luske (1964) John Stears (1965) Art Cruickshank (1966) L. B. Abbott (1967) Stanley Kubrick (1968) Robbie Robertson (1969) L. B. Abbott and A. D. Flowers (1970) Alan Maley, Eustace Lycett, Danny Lee (1971) L. B. Abbott and A. D. Flowers (1972) no award given (1973) Frank Brendel, Glen Robinson, and Albert Whitlock (1974) Glen Robinson and Albert Whitlock (1975) Carlo Rambaldi, Glen Robinson, and Frank Van der Veer (1976) John Stears, John Dykstra, Richard Edlund, Grant McCune, and Robert Blalack (1977) Les Bowie, Colin Chilvers, Denys Coop, Roy Field, Derek Meddings, and Zoran Perisic (1978) H. R. Giger, Carlo Rambaldi, Brian Johnson, Nick Allder, and Dennis Ayling (1979) Brian Johnson, Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren, Bruce Nicholson (1980)

1981-2000	Richard Edlund, Kit West, Bruce Nicholson, and Joe Johnston (1981) Carlo Rambaldi, Dennis Muren, and Kenneth F. Smith (1982) Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren, Ken Ralston, and Phil Tippett (1983) Dennis Muren, Michael J. McAlister, Lorne Peterson, and George Gibbs (1984) Ken Ralston, Ralph McQuarrie, Scott Farrar, and David Berry (1985) Robert Skotak, Stan Winston, John Richardson, and Suzanne Benson (1986) Dennis Muren, William George, Harley Jessup, and Kenneth F. Smith (1987) Ken Ralston, Richard Williams, Edward Jones, and George Gibbs (1988) John Bruno, Dennis Muren, Hoyt Yeatman, and Dennis Skotak (1989) Eric Brevig, Rob Bottin, Tim McGovern, and Alex Funke (1990) Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Gene Warren, Jr., and Robert Skotak (1991) Ken Ralston, Doug Chiang, Doug Smythe, and Tom Woodruff, Jr. (1992) Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Phil Tippett, and Michael Lantieri (1993) Ken Ralston, George Murphy, Stephen Rosenbaum, and Allen Rall (1994) Scott E. Anderson, Charles Gibson, Neal Scanlan, and John Cox (1995) Volker Engel, Douglas Smith, Clay Pinney, and Joe Viskocil (1996) Robert Legato, Mark Lasoff, Thomas L. Fisher, Michael Kanfer (1997) Joel Hynek, Nicholas Brooks, Stuart Robinson, and Kevin Mack (1998) John Gaeta, Janek Sirrs, Steve Courtley, and Jon Thum (1999) John Nelson, Neil Corbould, Tim Burke, and Rob Harvey (2000)

2001-present	Jim Rygiel, Randall William Cook, Richard Taylor, Mark Stetson (2001) Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook, and Alex Funke (2002) Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook, and Alex Funke (2003) John Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk, Anthony LaMolinara, and John Frazier (2004) Joe Letteri, Brian Van't Hul, Christian Rivers, and Richard Taylor (2005) John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson, and Allen Hall (2006) Michael Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris, and Trevor Wood (2007) Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton, and Craig Barron (2008) Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham, and Andrew R. Jones (2009) Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley, and Peter Bebb (2010) Robert Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossmann, and Alex Henning (2011) Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan de Boer, and Donald R. Elliott (2012) Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk, and Neil Corbould (2013) Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Ian Hunter, and Scott R. Fisher (2014) Mark Williams Ardington, Sara Bennett, Paul Norris, and Andrew Whitehurst (2015)

Saturn Award for Best Special Effects

Marcel Vercoutere (1977) Joe Dante and Mark Goldblatt (1973) Douglas Knapp, Bill Taylor, John Carpenter, and Dan O'Bannon (1974/75) L. B. Abbott (1976) John Dykstra and John Stears (1977) Colin Chilvers (1978) Douglas Trumbull, John Dykstra, and Richard Yuricich (1979) Brian Johnson and Richard Edlund (1980) Richard Edlund (1981) Carlo Rambaldi and Dennis Muren (1982) Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren, and Ken Ralston (1983) Chris Walas (1984) Kevin Pike (1985) Stan Winston, Robert Skotak and Dennis Skotak (1986) Peter Kuran, Phil Tippett, Rob Bottin, and Rocco Gioffre (1987) George Gibbs, Ken Ralston, and Richard Williams (1988) Ken Ralston (1989/90) Stan Winston (1991) Ken Ralston, Tom Woodruff Jr., and Alec Gillis (1992) Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Phil Tippett, and Michael Lantieri (1993) John Bruno (1994) Stan Parks (1995) Volker Engel, Clay Pinney, Douglas Smith, and Joe Viskocil (1996) Phil Tippett, Scott E. Anderson, Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff Jr., John Richardson (1997) Volker Engel, Patrick Tatopoulos, Karen E. Goulekas, and Clay Pinney (1998) Rob Coleman, John Knoll, Dennis Muren, and Scott Squires (1999) Scott E. Anderson, Craig Hayes, Scott Stokdyk, and Stan Parks (2000) Dennis Muren, Scott Farrar, Stan Winston, Michael Lantieri (2001) Rob Coleman, Pablo Helman, John Knoll, and Ben Snow (2002) Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook, and Alex Funke (2003) John Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk, Anthony LaMolinara, and John Frazier (2004) Joe Letteri, Richard Taylor, Christian Rivers, and Brian Van't Hul (2005) John Knoll, Hal T. Hickel, Charles Gibson, and Allen Hall (2006) Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Russell Earl, and John Frazier (2007) Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Timothy Webber, and Paul J. Franklin (2008) Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham, and Andrew R. Jones (2009) Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley, Paul J. Franklin, and Peter Bebb (2010) Dan Lemmon, Joe Letteri, R. Christopher White, and Daniel Barrett (2011) Janek Sirrs, Jeff White, Guy Williams, and Dan Sudick (2012) Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk, and Neil Corbould (2013) Paul J. Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Ian Hunter, and Scott R. Fisher (2014) Roger Guyett, Patrick Tubach, Neal Scanlan, and Chris Corbould (2015)

Note: The years are listed as per convention, usually the year of film release; the ceremonies are usually held the next year.

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 164328528 LCCN: no2010109524

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