Joseph Bruce Letteri (born 1957) is a senior visual effects artist, winner of five

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, four

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s and four VES awards. He is the current Senior Visual Effects Supervisor of the Academy Award-winning Wētā FX having joined the company in 2001. He has received several awards and nominations as visual effects supervisor, the latest () 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

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in 1981. He gave the keynote address at UC Berkeley's December Convocation on 19 December 2010.

Filmography

*'' Peter Pan & Wendy'' (2023) (senior visual effects supervisor) *'' Avatar: The Way of Water'' (2022) (production senior visual effects supervisor) *'' Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness'' (2022) (senior visual effects supervisor: Weta Visual Effects NZ) *'' The Batman'' (2022) (senior visual effects supervisor: Weta Digital) *'' Eternals'' (2021) (senior visual effects supervisor: Weta Digital) *'' The Suicide Squad'' (2021) (senior visual effects supervisor: Weta Digital) *'' Gemini Man'' (2019) (senior visual effects supervisor: Weta Digital) *'' Alita: Battle Angel'' (2019) *'' War for the Planet of the Apes'' (2017) *'' The BFG'' (2016) *'' Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice'' (2016) (senior visual effects supervisor: Weta Digital) *'' The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies'' (2014) *'' Dawn of the Planet of the Apes'' (2014) *'' The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug'' (2013) *'' Man of Steel'' (2013) (visual effects supervisor: Weta Digital) * '' The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey'' (2012) (senior visual effects supervisor: Weta Digital) * ''

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'' (2011) (visual effects supervisor: Weta Digital) * '' The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn'' (2011) (visual effects supervisor: Weta Digital) * ''

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'' (2009) (senior visual effects supervisor) (visual effects supervisor: Weta Digital) * '' The Lovely Bones'' (2009) (senior visual effects supervisor) * '' The Water Horse'' (2007) (visual effects supervisor) * '' X-Men: The Last Stand'' (2006) (senior visual effects supervisor: Weta Digital) * ''

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'' (2005) (senior visual effects supervisor) * '' I, Robot'' (2004) (visual effects supervisor: Weta Digital) * '' Van Helsing'' (2004) (visual effects supervisor: Weta Digital) * '' The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King'' (2003) (visual effects supervisor: Weta Digital) * '' The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers'' (2002) (visual effects supervisor: Weta Digital) * ''

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'' (1999) (visual effects supervisor) * '' Jack Frost'' (1998) (visual effects supervisor) * ''

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'' (1997) (visual effects supervisor: ILM) (1997 special edition) (as Joseph Letteri) * ''

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'' (1996) (co-visual effects supervisor) * '' Mission: Impossible'' (1996) (associate visual effects supervisor) * '' Casper'' (1995) (CG supervisor) * ''

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'' (1994) (computer graphics artist) * '' The Meteor Man'' (1993) (CG animator) * ''

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'' (1993) (computer graphics artist) * '' Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country'' (1991) (CG animator) * '' The Abyss'' (1989) (computer graphics technical director: ILM) (special edition)

Awards and nominations

Academy Award

* 2023 Oscar – winner for Best Visual Effects – '' Avatar: The Way of Water'' (2022) * 2018 Oscar – nomination for Best Visual Effects – '' War for the Planet of the Apes'' (2017) * 2015 Oscar – nomination for Best Visual Effects – '' Dawn of the Planet of the Apes'' (2014) * 2014 Oscar – nomination for Best Visual Effects – '' The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug'' (2013) * 2013 Oscar – nomination for Best Visual Effects – '' The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey'' (2012) * 2012 Oscar – nomination for Best Visual Effects – ''

'' (2011) * 2010 Oscar – winner for Best Visual Effects – ''

'' (2009) * 2006 Oscar – winner for Best Visual Effects – ''

'' (2005) * 2005 Oscar – nomination for Best Visual Effects – '' I, Robot'' (2004) * 2004 Oscar – winner for Best Visual Effects – '' The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King'' (2003) * 2003 Oscar – winner for Best Visual Effects – '' The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers'' (2002)

BAFTA

* 2011 BAFTA Film Award – nomination for best Special Visual Effects – ''

'' and '' The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn'' (2011) * 2010 BAFTA Film Award – winner for best Special Visual Effects – ''Avatar'' (2009) * 2006 BAFTA Film Award – winner for best Achievement in Special Visual Effects – ''King Kong'' (2005) * 2004 BAFTA Film Award – winner for best Achievement in Special Visual Effects – ''The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King'' (2003) * 2003 BAFTA Film Award – winner for best Achievement in Special Visual Effects – ''The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers'' (2002)

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