Joe Letteri

Joe Letteri
Biographical Information
Birth Name	Joe Letteri
Born	1957
Nationality	American
Gender	Male
Career
Avatar Role	Visual Effects Artist

Joe Letteri is a five-time Oscar winner – for his visual effects work on the last two “Lord of the Rings” films and “King Kong.” He was nominated for “I, Robot.” Letteri is a partner in the New Zealand-based digital effects house Weta Digital. Prior to joining Weta, he worked at ILM. Letteri’s other credits include “X-Men: The Last Stand,” “The Day the Earth Stood Still,” “Van Helsing” and “The Water Horse.”

Filmography

• The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn (2011) (in post-production) (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 (1977) (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)