Erik Winquist
Personal Info
Know For
Visual Effects
Gender
Male
Birthday
1975-01-02 (50 years old)
Place of Birth
Evanston, Illinois, USA
Also known As
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Erik Winquist
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...
Production
2014
as Visual Effects Supervisor
2011
as Visual Effects Supervisor
2022
as Visual Effects Supervisor
2016
as Visual Effects Supervisor
2024
as Visual Effects Supervisor
2008
as Visual Effects Supervisor
2005
as Compositing Supervisor
2004
as Compositing Supervisor
2002
as Compositing Artist
2000
as Compositing Artist
2001
as Compositing Artist
2003
as 2D Sequence Supervisor
2003
as Compositing Artist
2001
as Compositing Artist
1999
as Compositing Artist
2001
as Compositing Artist
2002
as Compositing Artist
2006
as Compositing Supervisor
2002
as Compositing Artist
2012
as Visual Effects Technical Director
2000
as Compositing Artist
2022
as Visual Effects Supervisor
2007
as Visual Effects Supervisor
2024
as Visual Effects
2017
as Visual Effects Supervisor
2018
as Visual Effects Supervisor
2009
as Visual Effects Supervisor
2010
as Compositing Supervisor
2025
as Visual Effects Supervisor
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