Joe Letteri
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Joe Letteri

Jan 1, 1957 - Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, USA

Joseph Bruce Letteri ONZM (born 1957) is a senior visual effects artist who has won six 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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TV Show2011RT LifeSelf1
TV Show1953The OscarsSelf1
TV Show2022LIGHT & MAGICSelf - Visual Effects Supervisor1
TV Show2022LIGHT & MAGICSelf - ILM VFX Supervisor, 1991-2001 / Visual Effects Supervisor1
TV Show2025Fire and Water: Making the Avatar FilmsSelf - Senior Visual Effects Supervisor1

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Movie1999MagnoliaVisual Effects SupervisorVisual Effects
Movie2015Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road ChipSenior Visual Effects SupervisorVisual Effects
Movie2011Rise of the Planet of the ApesSenior Visual Effects SupervisorVisual Effects
Movie2003The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the KingVisual Effects SupervisorVisual Effects
Movie2002The Lord of the Rings: The Two TowersVisual Effects SupervisorVisual Effects
Movie2005King KongSenior Visual Effects SupervisorVisual Effects
Movie2009AvatarSenior Visual Effects SupervisorVisual Effects
Movie2011The Adventures of TintinSenior Visual Effects SupervisorVisual Effects
Movie2004I, RobotVisual Effects SupervisorVisual Effects
Movie2016Batman v Superman: Dawn of JusticeSenior Visual Effects SupervisorVisual Effects
Movie2022Avatar: The Way of WaterSenior Visual Effects SupervisorVisual Effects
Movie2025Avatar: Fire and AshSenior Visual Effects SupervisorVisual Effects
Movie2029Avatar 4Senior Visual Effects SupervisorVisual Effects
Movie2019Alita: Battle AngelSenior Visual Effects SupervisorVisual Effects
Movie2017War for the Planet of the ApesSenior Visual Effects SupervisorVisual Effects
Movie2016The BFGSenior Visual Effects SupervisorVisual Effects
Movie2015Furious 7Senior Visual Effects SupervisorVisual Effects
Movie2012The Hobbit: An Unexpected JourneySenior Visual Effects SupervisorVisual Effects
Movie2014Dawn of the Planet of the ApesSenior Visual Effects SupervisorVisual Effects
Movie2013The Hobbit: The Desolation of SmaugSenior Visual Effects SupervisorVisual Effects
Movie2008RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World”Senior Visual Effects SupervisorVisual Effects
Movie2014The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five ArmiesSenior Visual Effects SupervisorVisual Effects
Movie2019Avengers: EndgameSenior Visual Effects SupervisorVisual Effects