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 The 87th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best 2014 in film, films of 2014 and took place on February 22, 2015, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, Hollywood, ...

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 ''Dawn of the Planet of the Apes'' is a 2014 American science fiction film directed by Matt Reeves from a screenplay by Mark Bomback, Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver. It is the sequel to ''Rise of the Planet of the Apes'' (2011), and the second ins ...

''. 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 ''

'' in the same year.

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* *http://www.thelandofshadow.com/visual-effects-supervisor-erik-winquist-at-weta-digital-talks-the-creation-of-furry-apes/ Living people 1975 births Special effects people People from Evanston, Illinois {{US-film-bio-stub