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Weta Digital

Weta Digital
TypePrivate
IndustryVisual effects, CGI animation
Founded1993
HeadquartersWellington, New Zealand
Key peoplePeter Jackson, Richard Taylor, Joe Letteri, Eileen Moran
Websitewww.wetafx.co.nz

Weta Digital is a digital visual effects company based in Wellington, New Zealand. It was founded by Peter Jackson, Richard Taylor, and Jamie Selkirk in 1993 to produce the digital special effects for Heavenly Creatures. In 2007 Weta Digital’s Senior Visual Effects Supervisor, Joe Letteri, was also appointed as a Director of the company. Weta Digital has won several Academy Awards and BAFTAs.[1]

Weta Digital is part of a number of Peter Jackson co-owned companies in Wellington which includes Weta Workshop, Weta Productions, Weta Collectibles and Park Road Post Production.

The company is named after the New Zealand weta, one of the world's largest insects.

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Achievements

To date, Weta Digital has won five Academy Awards for Best Visual Effects: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002), The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King[2] (2003), King Kong[3] (2005), and Avatar (2009).[4]

Weta Digital has developed several proprietary software packages to achieve groundbreaking visual effects. The scale of the battles required for The Lord of the Rings film trilogy led to the creation of MASSIVE, a program which can animate huge numbers of agents: independent characters acting according to pre-set rules.[5] To recreate 1933 New York for King Kong, Weta created CityBot, an application which could "build" the city on a shot by shot basis.[6]

Kong’s fur also required the development of new simulation and modeling software. A set of tools that combined procedural and interactive techniques added wind to the 460 billion individual strands of fur and modeled interaction with other surfaces. New shaders were written that accounted for the scattering of light from within each hair that added to the volumetric quality of the fur. Large chunks of fur were ripped out and filled in with scars, blood, and the mud of Skull Island. Each frame of fur took 2 gigabytes of data.[7]

For James Cameron's "Avatar", Weta modified MASSIVE to give life to the flora and fauna on Pandora, for which the company did most of the visual effects with the four-time Academy Award winner visual effects guru, Joe Letteri,[8] under a team led by the late Weta Digital executive and producer, Eileen Moran.[9] Recently the company has developed their motion capture technique to be able to leave studio for shooting on location, as utilized on the Rise of the Planet of the Apes. [10]

Film and television visual effects filmography

CG depiction of Gollum created by Weta Digital for the Lord of the Rings film trilogy
  • The Hobbit: There and Back Again (2014)
  • The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)
  • The Wolverine (2013)
  • Iron Man 3 (2013)[11]
  • Man of Steel - Filming (2013)[12]
  • The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)[13]
  • Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012)
  • Prometheus (2012)
  • The Avengers (2012)
  • The Adventures of Tintin (2011)[14]
  • Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)
  • X-Men: First Class (2011)
  • Gulliver's Travels (2010)
  • Predators (2010)
  • The A-Team (2010)[15]
  • Avatar (2009)[16]
  • The Lovely Bones (2009)[17]
  • District 9 (2009)[18]
  • The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008)[19]
  • The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008)[20]
  • Jumper (2008)[21]
  • 30 Days of Night (2007)[22]
  • The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep (2007)[23]
  • Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007)[24]
  • Bridge to Terabithia (2007)[25]
  • Eragon (2006)[26]
  • X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)[27]
  • King Kong (2005)[28]
  • I, Robot (2004)[29]
  • Van Helsing (2004)[30]
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)[31]
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)[32]
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)[33]
  • Contact (1997)[34]
  • The Frighteners (1996/I)[35]
  • Forgotten Silver (1995) (TV)[36]
  • Heavenly Creatures (1994)[37]

References

  1. ^ "Another visual effects Oscar for Weta Digital?". Wellington.scoop. Retrieved 2010-01-17. 
  2. ^ "Awards for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King". IMDb. Retrieved 2010-01-17. 
  3. ^ "Awards for King Kong". IMDb. Retrieved 2010-01-17. 
  4. ^ "'Avatar,' 'Star Trek,' 'District 9' get visual-effects Oscar nods". cnet. Retrieved 2010-02-04. 
  5. ^ "Massive Software". Massive Software. Retrieved 2010-01-17. 
  6. ^ "Interview with Chris White on King Kong". cgarchitect. Retrieved 2010-01-17. 
  7. ^ "Bigger and Badder: How Weta Digital Bulked Up for King Kong". Studio Daily. Retrieved 2010-01-17. 
  8. ^ Alex Ben Block (2009-12-10). "The creatures of 'Avatar' were 15 years in the making". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2010-01-04. 
  9. ^ Barnes, Mike (2012-12-03). "Top Visual Effects Producer Eileen Moran Dies in New Zealand; Worked on 'Avatar,' 'The Hobbit'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2012-12-28. 
  10. ^ Danny Allen (2011-08-05). "Giz Interviews Weta Digital’s Effects Guru, Joe Letteri". Gizmondo. Retrieved 2011-08-08. 
  11. ^ COHEN, DAVID. "Marvel's Alonso to studios: Support Digital Domain". Variety. Retrieved 24 November 2012. 
  12. ^ Gilchrist, Todd (December 17, 2011). "Effects Supremo Joe Letteri Says Zack Snyder Is Placing Emphasis On In-Camera Effects In 'Man of Steel' | The Playlist". IndieWire. Washington, DC, USA: SnagFilms. Retrieved August 3, 2012. 
  13. ^ "Company credits for The Hobbit Part 1". IMDb. Retrieved 2010-01-17. 
  14. ^ "Company credits for The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn". IMDb. Retrieved 2010-01-17. 
  15. ^ "The A-Team (2010) Company credits". IMDb. Retrieved 2011-04-02. 
  16. ^ "Company credits for Avatar". IMDb. Retrieved 2010-01-17. 
  17. ^ "Company credits for The Lovely Bones". IMDb. Retrieved 2010-01-17. 
  18. ^ "Company credits for District 9". IMDb. Retrieved 2009-08-21. 
  19. ^ "Company credits for The Day the Earth Stood Still". IMDb. Retrieved 2010-01-17. 
  20. ^ "Company credits for The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian". IMDb. Retrieved 2010-01-17. 
  21. ^ "Company credits for Jumper". IMDb. Retrieved 2010-01-17. 
  22. ^ "Company credits for 30 Days of Night". IMDb. Retrieved 2010-01-17. 
  23. ^ "Company credits for The Water Horse". IMDb. Retrieved 2010-01-17. 
  24. ^ "Company credits for Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer". IMDb. Retrieved 2010-01-17. 
  25. ^ "Company credits for Bridge to Terabithia". IMDb. Retrieved 2010-01-17. 
  26. ^ "Company credits for Eragon". IMDb. Retrieved 2010-01-17. 
  27. ^ "Company credits for X-Men: The Last Stand". IMDb. Retrieved 2010-01-17. 
  28. ^ "Company credits for King Kong". IMDb. Retrieved 2010-01-17. 
  29. ^ "Company credits for I, Robot". IMDb. Retrieved 2010-01-17. 
  30. ^ "Company credits for Van Helsing". IMDb. Retrieved 2010-01-17. 
  31. ^ "Company credits for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King". IMDb. Retrieved 2010-01-17. 
  32. ^ "Company credits for The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers". IMDb. Retrieved 2010-01-17. 
  33. ^ "Company credits for The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring". IMDb. Retrieved 2010-01-17. 
  34. ^ "Company credits for Contact". IMDb. Retrieved 2010-01-17. 
  35. ^ "Company credits for The Frighteners". IMDb. Retrieved 2010-01-17. 
  36. ^ "Company credits for Forgotten Silver". IMDb. Retrieved 2010-01-17. 
  37. ^ "Company credits for Heavenly Creatures". IMDb. Retrieved 2010-01-17. 

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