Joe Letteri Explained

Joe Letteri
Birth Place:	Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, United States
Occupation:	Visual effects supervisor
Yearsactive:	1989–present

Joseph Bruce Letteri (born 1957) is a senior visual effects artist, winner of five Academy Awards, four 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 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

• 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)^[3]
• (2012) (senior visual effects supervisor: Weta Digital)^[4]
• 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)
• 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)
• (1991) (CG animator)
• The Abyss (1989) (computer graphics technical director: ILM) (special edition)

Awards and nominations

Academy Award

• 2023 Oscar – winner for Best Visual Effects – (2022)
• 2018 Oscar – nomination for Best Visual Effects – War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)
• 2015 Oscar – nomination for Best Visual Effects – Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)
• 2014 Oscar – nomination for Best Visual Effects – (2013)
• 2013 Oscar – nomination for Best Visual Effects – (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 – (2003)
• 2003 Oscar – winner for Best Visual Effects – (2002)

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

• Visual effects
• Weta Digital
• Industrial Light & Magic

Notes and References

1. News: Master Creature Creator Joe Letteri: 2018 VES GEORGES MÉLIÈS Award Winner. Goldman. Naomi. 2 January 2018. VFX Voice. 20 March 2018.
2. News: Beaver County native wins fourth Oscar for visual effects. Donovan. Sandra Fischione. 12 March 2010. Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. 7 April 2010.
3. News: Effects Supremo Joe Letteri Says Zack Snyder is Placing Emphasis on In-Camera Effects in 'Man of Steel. Gilchrist. Todd. 17 December 2011. The Playlist. 9 January 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120108004845/http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/effects-supremo-joe-letteri-says-zack-snyder-is-placing-emphasis-on-in-camera-effects-in-man-of-steel. 8 January 2012. dead. dmy-all.
4. Web site: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.