Joe Letteri
Joe Letteri
- Date of birth
- Age
- 69
- Place of birth
- Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, USA
- Citizenship
- United States
- Occupations
- artist
- Официальный сайт
- www.wetafx.co.nz
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.
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Education
- University of California, Berkeley
Awards
- Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit
- Academy Award for Best Visual Effects2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
- Academy Award for Best Visual Effects2004 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
- Academy Award for Best Visual Effects2006 King Kong
- Academy Award for Best Visual Effects2010 Avatar
- Academy Award for Best Visual Effects2023 Avatar: The Way of Water
- Wellingtonian of the Year (category award)2010
Nominations
- Academy Award for Best Visual Effects2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
- Academy Award for Best Visual Effects2004 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
- Academy Award for Best Visual Effects2005 I, Robot
- Academy Award for Best Visual Effects2006 King Kong
- Academy Award for Best Visual Effects2010 Avatar
- Academy Award for Best Visual Effects2012 Rise of the Planet of the Apes
- Academy Award for Best Visual Effects2013 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
- Academy Award for Best Visual Effects2014 The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
- Academy Award for Best Visual Effects2015 Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
- Academy Award for Best Visual Effects2023 Avatar: The Way of Water
- Academy Award for Best Visual Effects2018 War for the Planet of the Apes
- Academy Award for Best Visual Effects2026 Avatar: Fire and Ash
Education and awards: Wikidata information may be incomplete. Wikidata · Updated: 2026-10-27
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