Known for Visual Effects
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.
Born
January 2, 1975 (age 51)
Birthplace
Evanston, Illinois, USA
Filmography
30 films
showing 13 of 14 films


Predator: Badlands
2025 · 1h 47m
country: United States
Cast out from his clan, a young Predator finds an unlikely ally in a damaged android and embarks on a treacherous journey in search of the ultimate adversary.


Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
2024 · 2h 25m
country: United States
Several generations following Caesar's reign, apes – now the dominant species – live harmoniously while humans have been reduced to living in the shadows. As a new tyrannical ape leader builds his empire, one young ape undertakes a harrowing journey that will cause him to question all he's known about the past and to make choices that will define a future for apes and humans alike.


The Moon Is Upside Down
2024 · 1h 40m
country: New Zealand
Loren Taylor's directorial debut, “The Moon is Upside Down”, is an uproarious and cleverly dark-humoured rollercoaster. Against the backdrop of New Zealand's stunning countryside and gritty urban suburbs, three characters grapple with an insatiable yearning for connection.


Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
2022 · 2h 20m
country: United States
World-famous detective Benoit Blanc heads to Greece to peel back the layers of a mystery surrounding a tech billionaire and his eclectic crew of friends.


Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
2022 · 2h 6m
country: United States
Doctor Strange, with the help of mystical allies both old and new, traverses the mind-bending and dangerous alternate realities of the Multiverse to confront a mysterious new adversary.


Rampage
2018 · 1h 47m
country: United States
Primatologist Davis Okoye shares an unshakable bond with George, the extraordinarily intelligent, silverback gorilla who has been in his care since birth. But a rogue genetic experiment gone awry mutates this gentle ape into a raging creature of enormous size. To make matters worse, it’s soon discovered there are other similarly altered animals. As these newly created alpha predators tear across North America, destroying everything in their path, Okoye teams with a discredited genetic engineer to secure an antidote, fighting his way through an ever-changing battlefield, not only to halt a global catastrophe but to save the fearsome creature that was once his friend.


War for the Planet of the Apes
2017 · 2h 20m
country: United States
Caesar and his apes are forced into a deadly conflict with an army of humans led by a ruthless Colonel. After the apes suffer unimaginable losses, Caesar wrestles with his darker instincts and begins his own mythic quest to avenge his kind. As the journey finally brings them face to face, Caesar and the Colonel are pitted against each other in an epic battle that will determine the fate of both their species and the future of the planet.


Spectral
2016 · 1h 49m
country: Hungary
A special-ops team is dispatched to fight supernatural beings that have taken over a European city.


Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
2014 · 2h 10m
country: United Kingdom
A group of scientists in San Francisco struggle to stay alive in the aftermath of a plague that is wiping out humanity, while Caesar tries to maintain dominance over his community of intelligent apes.


Rise of the Planet of the Apes
2011 · 1h 45m
country: United Kingdom
A highly intelligent chimpanzee named Caesar has been living a peaceful suburban life ever since he was born. But when he gets taken to a cruel primate facility, Caesar decides to revolt against those who have harmed him.


Avatar
2009 · 2h 42m
country: United States
In the 22nd century, a paraplegic Marine is dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission, but becomes torn between following orders and protecting an alien civilization.


Jumper
2008 · 1h 28m
country: United States
David Rice is a man who knows no boundaries, a Jumper, born with the uncanny ability to teleport instantly to anywhere on Earth. When he discovers others like himself, David is thrust into a dangerous and bloodthirsty war while being hunted by a sinister and determined group of zealots who have sworn to destroy all Jumpers. Now, David’s extraordinary gift may be his only hope for survival!


The Water Horse
2007 · 1h 52m
country: United States
A lonely boy discovers a mysterious egg that hatches a sea creature of Scottish legend.