Speaker Bio:

Joe Letteri has pioneered and developed many of the digital techniques that have become the standard in bringing photographic quality to high-end visual effects. As an artist, he has specialized in the creation of highly realistic imagery, from the dinosaurs of Jurassic Park and Gollum in The Lord of the Rings, to the 25ft gorilla Kong in King Kong.

Joe is the winner of two Academy Awards® for the visual effects of The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers in 2002, and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King in 2003. He is also the recipient of the Academy’s Technical Achievement Award for co-developing the subsurface scattering technique that was used to bring Gollum to life.

Joe joined Weta Digital Ltd in 2001 as visual effects supervisor on the The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, a role he kept for The Return of the King and King Kong. Previously, he had been at Industrial Light & Magic since 1991, and became a visual effects supervisor on Mission: Impossible in 1995.

AWARDS

• 2006 Academy Award® for Visual Effects for King Kong
• 2006 BAFTA for Visual Effects for King Kong
• 2006 Visual Effects Society Outstanding Visual Effects in a VFX Driven Motion Picture for King Kong
• 2006 Critics Choice Award for Distinguished Achievement in Performing Arts for King Kong
• 2006 National Board of Review Award for Outstanding Achievement in Special Effects for King Kong
• 2004 Academy Award® nomination for Visual Effects for I, Robot
• 2003 Academy Award® for Visual Effects for The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
• 2003 BAFTA for Visual Effects for The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
• 2003 Visual Effects Society Best Visual Effects for The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King

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