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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1957-01-01 (68 years old)

Place of Birth

Pennsylvania, USA

Joe Letteri

Biography:

Joseph Bruce Letteri ONZM (born 1957) is a senior visual effects artist who has won 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, 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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Known For

Acting

2011

RT Life as Self

1953

The Oscars as Self

Visual Effects

2029

Avatar 4 as Visual Effects Supervisor

2025

Avatar: Fire and Ash as Visual Effects Supervisor

2022

Avatar: The Way of Water as Visual Effects Supervisor

2019

Alita: Battle Angel as Visual Effects Supervisor

2017

War for the Planet of the Apes as Visual Effects Supervisor

2016

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice as Senior Visual Effects Supervisor
The BFG as Visual Effects Supervisor

2015

Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip as Senior Visual Effects Supervisor
Furious 7 as Visual Effects Supervisor

2014

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes as Visual Effects Supervisor
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies as Visual Effects Supervisor

2013

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug as Visual Effects Supervisor

2012

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey as Visual Effects Supervisor
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter as Visual Effects Supervisor

2011

Rise of the Planet of the Apes as Senior Visual Effects Supervisor
The Adventures of Tintin as Senior Visual Effects Supervisor

2009

Avatar as Senior Visual Effects Supervisor

2005

King Kong as Senior Visual Effects Supervisor

2004

I, Robot as Visual Effects Supervisor

2003

2002

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers as Visual Effects Supervisor

1999

Magnolia as Visual Effects Supervisor