Joe Letteri

Won 4 Oscars. Another 46 wins & 56 nominations. See more awards »

Known For

Rise of the Planet of the Apes Visual Effects

(2011)

War for the Planet of the Apes Visual Effects

(2017)

King Kong Visual Effects

(2005)

Avatar Visual Effects

(2009)

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Visual effects (38 credits)

2025 Avatar 4 (Senior Visual Effects Supervisor: Weta Digital) (pre-production)

2023 Avatar 3 (Senior Visual Effects Supervisor: Weta Digital) (post-production)

2021 Avatar 2 (Senior Visual Effects Supervisor: Weta Digital) (post-production)

2019 Alita: Battle Angel (Senior Visual Effects Supervisor: Weta Digital)

2017 Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (senior visual effects supervisor: weta digital)

2017 War for the Planet of the Apes (senior visual effects supervisor)

2016 Pete's Dragon (senior visual effects supervisor)

2016 The BFG (visual effects supervisor)

2016 The Jungle Book (Senior Visual Effects Supervisor: Weta Digital)

2016 Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (senior visual effects supervisor - weta digital)

2015/I Krampus (senior visual effects supervisor)

2014 The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (visual effects supervisor)

2014 Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (visual effects supervisor)

2013 The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (visual effects supervisor)

2013 Man of Steel (visual effects supervisor: Weta Digital - uncredited)

2012 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (senior visual effects supervisor)

2011 The Adventures of Tintin (senior visual effects supervisor)

2011 Rise of the Planet of the Apes (senior visual effects supervisor)

2009 Avatar (senior visual effects supervisor) / (visual effects supervisor: Weta Digital - uncredited)

2009 The Lovely Bones (senior visual effects supervisor)

2007 The Water Horse (Senior Visual Effects Supervisor: Weta Digital)

2006 X-Men: The Last Stand (senior visual effects supervisor: Weta Digital)

2005 King Kong (senior visual effects supervisor)

2004 I, Robot (visual effects supervisor: Weta Digital)

2004 Van Helsing (visual effects supervisor: Weta Digital)

2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (visual effects supervisor: Weta Digital)

2002 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (visual effects supervisor: Weta Digital)

1999 Magnolia (visual effects supervisor)

1998 Jack Frost (visual effects supervisor)

1996 Daylight (co-visual effects supervisor)

1996 Mission: Impossible (associate visual effects supervisor)

1995 Casper (CG supervisor)

1994 The Flintstones (computer graphics artist)

1993 The Meteor Man (CG animator)

1993 Jurassic Park (computer graphics artist)

1991 Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (CG animator)

1989 The Abyss (computer graphics technical director: ILM - special version)

1977 Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (visual effects supervisor: ILM - 1997 special version, as Joseph Letteri)

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Thanks (2 credits)

2019 E-penser (TV Series documentary) (thanks - 2 episodes)

- Interviews Alita: Battle Angel chez Weta Digital (2019) ... (thanks)

- Je teste la performance capture (2019) ... (thanks)

2018/I June (Short) (special thanks)

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Self (38 credits)

2019 Made in Hollywood: Teen Edition (TV Series)
Himself

- Creative Team Behind "Alita: Battle Angel" (2019) ... Himself

2019 E-penser (TV Series documentary)
Himself

- Interviews Alita: Battle Angel chez Weta Digital (2019) ... Himself

2019 The IMDb Show (TV Series)
Himself - Guest

- "The IMDb Show" on Location: 'Alita: Battle Angel' (2019) ... Himself - Guest

2016 Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers Centennial Gala (Video)
Himself

2015 The Oscars (TV Special)
Himself - Nominee

2014 Dawn of the Planet of the Apes: Move Like an Ape: An Artist (Video short)
Himself

2014 Dawn of the Planet of the Apes: The Fight for a New Dawn (Video short)
Himself

2014 Dawn of the Planet of the Apes: Weta and Dawn (Video short)
Himself

2014 The Oscars (TV Special)
Himself - Nominee

2013 The Oscars (TV Special)
Himself - Nominee

2012 Rencontres de cinéma (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode dated 30 December 2012 (2012) ... Himself

2012 Last Call with Carson Daly (TV Series)
Himself - Guest

- Episode dated 19 December 2012 (2012) ... Himself - Guest

2012 Animating Tintin (Video documentary short)
Himself

2011 A New Generation of Apes (Video documentary short)
Himself

2011 Breaking Motion Capture Boundaries (Video documentary short)
Himself

2011 The Genius of Andy Serkis (Video documentary short)
Himself

2011 HBO First Look (TV Series documentary short)
Himself

- Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011) ... Himself

2010 Capturing Avatar (Video documentary)
Himself - Senior Visual Effects Supervisor

2010 The Making of King Kong 360 3D (TV Movie documentary)
Himself

2010 The 82nd Annual Academy Awards (TV Special)
Himself - Winner

2010 Avatar: Creating the World of Pandora (TV Movie documentary)
Himself

2009 The Day the Earth Stood Still: Unleashing Gort (Video documentary short)
Himself

2006 Recreating the Eighth Wonder: The Making of 'King Kong' (Video documentary)
Himself

2006 Beyond Tomorrow (TV Series documentary)
Himself

- Episode #2.16 (2006) ... Himself

2006 Mission: Catching the Train (Video short)
Himself

2006 Kong's New York, 1933 (Video documentary short)
Himself

2006 The 78th Annual Academy Awards (TV Special)
Himself - Winner

2005 It's All Gone King Kong (TV Movie documentary)
Himself

2005 The Making of a Shot: The T-Rex Fight in King Kong (Video short)
Himself

2005 Compositing Breakdowns: Visual Effects How of 'I, Robot' (Video short)
Himself

2004 The End of All Things (Video documentary short)
Himself

2004 Weta Digital (Video documentary short)
Himself

2004 From Len Lye to Gollum: New Zealand Animators (TV Movie documentary)
Himself

2004 The 76th Annual Academy Awards (TV Special)
Himself - Winner

2003 The Taming of Sméagol (Video documentary short)
Himself

2003 Weta Digital (Video documentary short)
Himself

2003 The 75th Annual Academy Awards (TV Special)
Himself - Winner

1997 Tæt på troldmanden George Lucas (TV Movie documentary)
Himself - Visual Effects Supervisor (as Joseph Letteri)

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Graduated from Center High School (Pennsylvania) in 1975 and of the University of California-Berkeley in 1981. See more »

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