Erik Winquist
Age: N/A | From: Evanston, Illinois, USA
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Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Evanston, Illinois, USA
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Movie Involvements: 29
TV Involvements: 0
Most Famous Work
Biography
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 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. 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 Dawn of the Planet of the Apes in the same year. Description above from the Wikipedia article Erik Winquist, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Most Famous Work
War for the Planet of the Apes
(2017) Visual Effects Supervisor
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
(2022) Visual Effects Supervisor
Avatar
(2009) Visual Effects Supervisor
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
(2003) 2D Sequence Supervisor
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
(2024) Visual Effects Supervisor
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
(2002) Compositing Artist
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
(2012) Visual Effects Technical Director
Mission: Impossible II
(2000) Compositing ArtistActing
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Visual Effects
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| 2025 | Visual Effects Supervisor | |
| 2024 | Visual Effects Supervisor | |
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| 2022 | Visual Effects Supervisor | |
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| 2018 | Visual Effects Supervisor | |
| 2017 | Visual Effects Supervisor | |
| 2016 | Visual Effects Supervisor | |
| 2014 | Visual Effects Supervisor | |
| 2012 | Visual Effects Technical Director | |
| 2011 | Visual Effects Supervisor | |
| 2010 | Compositing Supervisor | |
| 2009 | Visual Effects Supervisor | |
| 2008 | Visual Effects Supervisor | |
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| 2006 | Compositing Supervisor | |
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| 2003 | 2D Sequence Supervisor | |
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