Erik Winquist (b. 1975)

Birthplace:
Evanston, Illinois, USA

Born:
January 2, 1975

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.

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2D Sequence Supervisor:
2003  The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Compositing Artist:
1999  Forces of Nature
2000  Mission: Impossible II
2000  The Legend of Bagger Vance
2001  A.I. Artificial Intelligence
2001  Evolution
2001  The Mexican
2002  Minority Report
2002  People I Know
2002  The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2003  Hulk
2003  The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Compositing Supervisor:
1999  Forces of Nature
2000  Mission: Impossible II
2000  The Legend of Bagger Vance
2001  A.I. Artificial Intelligence
2001  Evolution
2001  The Mexican
2002  Minority Report
2002  People I Know
2002  The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2003  Hulk
2003  The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2004  I, Robot
2005  King Kong
2006  X-Men: The Last Stand
2010  The A-Team

Visual Effects:
1999  Forces of Nature
2000  Mission: Impossible II
2000  The Legend of Bagger Vance
2001  A.I. Artificial Intelligence
2001  Evolution
2001  The Mexican
2002  Minority Report
2002  People I Know
2002  The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2003  Hulk
2003  The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2004  I, Robot
2005  King Kong
2006  X-Men: The Last Stand
2010  The A-Team
2024  The Moon Is Upside Down

Visual Effects Supervisor:
1999  Forces of Nature
2000  Mission: Impossible II
2000  The Legend of Bagger Vance
2001  A.I. Artificial Intelligence
2001  Evolution
2001  The Mexican
2002  Minority Report
2002  People I Know
2002  The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2003  Hulk
2003  The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2004  I, Robot
2005  King Kong
2006  X-Men: The Last Stand
2007  The Water Horse
2008  Jumper
2009  Avatar
2010  The A-Team
2011  Rise of the Planet of the Apes
2014  Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
2016  Spectral
2017  War for the Planet of the Apes
2018  Rampage
2022  Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
2022  Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
2024  Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
2024  The Moon Is Upside Down
2025  Predator: Badlands

Visual Effects Technical Director:
1999  Forces of Nature
2000  Mission: Impossible II
2000  The Legend of Bagger Vance
2001  A.I. Artificial Intelligence
2001  Evolution
2001  The Mexican
2002  Minority Report
2002  People I Know
2002  The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2003  Hulk
2003  The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2004  I, Robot
2005  King Kong
2006  X-Men: The Last Stand
2007  The Water Horse
2008  Jumper
2009  Avatar
2010  The A-Team
2011  Rise of the Planet of the Apes
2012  The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
2014  Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
2016  Spectral
2017  War for the Planet of the Apes
2018  Rampage
2022  Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
2022  Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
2024  Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
2024  The Moon Is Upside Down
2025  Predator: Badlands

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