Erik Winquist

Overview

Erik Winquist (born January 2, 1975) is an American-New Zealander visual effects supervisor. He is best known for his work on three prominent film franchises featuring large computer-generated animal effects: Peter Jackson's King Kong (2005), Planet of the Apes prequel films, and Rampage (2018).

Erik Winquist was nominated at the 87th Academy Awards in the category of Best Visual Effects. He was nominated for an Academy Award, along with Daniel Barrett, Dan Lemmon, and Joe Letteri, for the film Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. They led a team of roughly 850 people who designed and created all the apes, the digital set extensions, environments, and the effects for the film. Winquist handled pre-production and second-unit photography.

He also received a BAFTA nomination for Dawn of the Planet of the Apes in the same year.

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Known for

Visual Effects
2024	Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes	Visual Effects	Visual Effects Supervisor	69 Fair
2024	The Moon Is Upside Down	Visual Effects	Visual Effects	N/A N/A
2022	Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery	Visual Effects	Visual Effects Supervisor	69 Fair
2022	Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness	Visual Effects	Visual Effects Supervisor	72 Good
2018	Rampage	Visual Effects	Visual Effects Supervisor	64 Fair
2017	War for the Planet of the Apes	Visual Effects	Visual Effects Supervisor	71 Good
2016	Spectral	Visual Effects	Visual Effects Supervisor	63 Fair
2014	Dawn of the Planet of the Apes	Visual Effects	Visual Effects Supervisor	72 Good
2012	The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey	Visual Effects	Visual Effects Technical Director	73 Good
2011	Rise of the Planet of the Apes	Visual Effects	Visual Effects Supervisor	72 Good
2010	The A-Team	Visual Effects	Compositing Supervisor	63 Fair
2009	Avatar	Visual Effects	Visual Effects Supervisor	75 Good
2008	Jumper	Visual Effects	Visual Effects Supervisor	61 Fair
2007	The Water Horse	Visual Effects	Visual Effects Supervisor	63 Fair
2006	X-Men: The Last Stand	Visual Effects	Compositing Supervisor	63 Fair
2005	King Kong	Visual Effects	Compositing Supervisor	68 Fair
2004	I, Robot	Visual Effects	Compositing Supervisor	69 Fair
2003	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Visual Effects	2D Sequence Supervisor	84 Very good
2003	Hulk	Visual Effects	Compositing Artist	56 Average
2002	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	Visual Effects	Compositing Artist	83 Very good
2002	People I Know	Visual Effects	Compositing Artist	57 Average
2002	Minority Report	Visual Effects	Compositing Artist	73 Good
2001	A.I. Artificial Intelligence	Visual Effects	Compositing Artist	69 Fair
2001	Evolution	Visual Effects	Compositing Artist	60 Fair
2001	The Mexican	Visual Effects	Compositing Artist	58 Average
2000	The Legend of Bagger Vance	Visual Effects	Compositing Artist	63 Fair
2000	Mission: Impossible II	Visual Effects	Compositing Artist	61 Fair
1999	Forces of Nature	Visual Effects	Compositing Artist	56 Average