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 films of 2014 and took place on February 22, 2015, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles beginning at 5:30 p ...

in the category of

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. He was nominated for an Academy Award, along with Daniel Barrett,

Dan Lemmon Dan Lemmon is a New Zealand visual effects supervisor. In 2012, he was nominated for an Academy Award for the movie '' Rise of the Planet of the Apes''. This was in the category of Academy Award for Best Visual Effects, his nomination was shared w ...

and Joe Letteri, for the film ''

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''. 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