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4 unusual facts about Weta Digital


Joe Letteri

He is the current Director of the Academy Award-winning Weta Digital, having joined the company in 2001.

Petabyte

Film: The 2009 movie Avatar is reported to have taken over 1 petabyte of local storage at Weta Digital for the rendering of the 3D CGI effects.

Shane Acker

Weta Digital will create the film's visual effects, with design by Weta Workshop Design Dept.

Universal Creative

Studio Tour (Flash Flood, Rockslide, Avalanche, Battle of Galactica, Parting of the Red Sea, Jaws, King Kong Encounter, Runaway Train, Collapsing Bridge, Earthquake, The Mummy's Tomb, The Fast and the Furious: Extreme Close-Up, Skull Island Sea, Stunt Show, Whoville, Psycho and King Kong: 360 3-D tour scenes) (1968–2010) (co-produced with Totally Fun Company, Ride & Show Engineering and Weta Digital)



see also

Joe Letteri

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) (visual effects supervisor: Weta Digital)