Joe Letteri

Overview

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

Visual Effects
2029	Avatar 4	Visual Effects	Visual Effects Supervisor	N/A N/A
2025	Avatar: Fire and Ash	Visual Effects	Visual Effects Supervisor	N/A N/A
2022	Avatar: The Way of Water	Visual Effects	Visual Effects Supervisor	75 Good
2019	Alita: Battle Angel	Visual Effects	Visual Effects Supervisor	71 Good
2017	War for the Planet of the Apes	Visual Effects	Visual Effects Supervisor	71 Good
2016	The BFG	Visual Effects	Visual Effects Supervisor	62 Fair
2016	Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice	Visual Effects	Senior Visual Effects Supervisor	59 Average
2015	Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip	Visual Effects	Senior Visual Effects Supervisor	59 Average
2015	Furious 7	Visual Effects	Visual Effects Supervisor	71 Good
2014	The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies	Visual Effects	Animation Supervisor	72 Good
2014	The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies	Visual Effects	Visual Effects Supervisor	72 Good
2014	Dawn of the Planet of the Apes	Visual Effects	Visual Effects Supervisor	72 Good
2013	The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug	Visual Effects	Visual Effects Supervisor	75 Good
2012	The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey	Visual Effects	Visual Effects Supervisor	73 Good
2012	Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter	Visual Effects	Visual Effects Supervisor	57 Average
2011	The Adventures of Tintin	Visual Effects	Senior Visual Effects Supervisor	68 Fair
2011	Rise of the Planet of the Apes	Visual Effects	Senior Visual Effects Supervisor	72 Good
2009	Avatar	Visual Effects	Senior Visual Effects Supervisor	75 Good
2005	King Kong	Visual Effects	Senior Visual Effects Supervisor	68 Fair
2004	I, Robot	Visual Effects	Visual Effects Supervisor	69 Fair
2003	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Visual Effects	Visual Effects Supervisor	84 Very good
2002	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	Visual Effects	Visual Effects Supervisor	83 Very good
1999	Magnolia	Visual Effects	Visual Effects Supervisor	74 Good