Joe Letteri
January 1, 1957 (69 years)
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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Known For
Filmography
| 2025 | Fire and Water: Making the Avatar Films · as Self - Senior Visual Effects Supervisor |
| 2023 | The Oscars · as Self - Winner |
| 2023 | 2023 EE BAFTA Film Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 2022 | LIGHT & MAGIC · as Self - Ilm Vfx Supervisor, 1991-2001 / Visual Effects Supervisor |
| 2018 | The Oscars · as Self - Nominee |
| 2017 | The IMDb Show · as Self - Guest |
| 2015 | The Oscars · as Self - Nominee |
| 2014 | The Oscars · as Self - Nominee |
| 2013 | e-penser · as Self |
| 2013 | The Oscars · as Self - Nominee |
| 2010 | Capturing Avatar · as Self - Senior Visual Effects Supervisor |
| 2010 | The 82nd Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 2010 | Avatar: Creating the World of Pandora · as Self |
| 2006 | |
| 2006 | Made in Hollywood: Teen Edition · as Self |
| 2006 | The 78th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 2005 | Beyond Tomorrow · as Self |
| 2004 | The 76th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 2003 | The 75th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 2002 | Last Call with Carson Daly · as Self - Guest |
| 1992 | HBO First Look · as Self |
| 1971 | Film · as Self |
| 1953 | The Academy Awards · as Self |
| 2025 | Avatar: Fire and Ash · as Senior Visual Effects Supervisor |
| 2022 | Avatar: The Way of Water · as Senior Visual Effects Supervisor |
| 2019 | Avengers: Endgame · as Senior Visual Effects Supervisor |
| 2019 | Alita: Battle Angel · as Senior Visual Effects Supervisor |
| 2017 | War for the Planet of the Apes · as Senior Visual Effects Supervisor |
| 2016 | The BFG · as Senior Visual Effects Supervisor |
| 2016 | Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice · as Senior Visual Effects Supervisor |
| 2015 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip · as Senior Visual Effects Supervisor |
| 2015 | Furious 7 · as Senior Visual Effects Supervisor |
| 2014 | The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies · as Senior Visual Effects Supervisor |
| 2014 | Dawn of the Planet of the Apes · as Senior Visual Effects Supervisor |
| 2013 | The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug · as Senior Visual Effects Supervisor |
| 2012 | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey · as Senior Visual Effects Supervisor |
| 2011 | The Adventures of Tintin · as Senior Visual Effects Supervisor |
| 2011 | Rise of the Planet of the Apes · as Senior Visual Effects Supervisor |
| 2009 | Avatar · as Senior Visual Effects Supervisor |
| 2005 | King Kong · as Senior Visual Effects Supervisor |
| 2005 | RKO Production 601: The Making of 'Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World' · as Senior Visual Effects Supervisor |
| 2004 | I, Robot · as Visual Effects Supervisor |
| 2003 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King · as Visual Effects Supervisor |
| 2002 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers · as Visual Effects Supervisor |
| 1999 | Magnolia · as Visual Effects Supervisor |