Known for Visual Effects
João Sita is a visual effects supervisor at Framestore. Born in São Paulo, Brazil, he began his career in advertising before relocating to Canada around 2006, where he transitioned into feature films. Over the years, he has worked at several major VFX houses, including Hybride, Rodeo FX, Image Engine, and, since 2019, Framestore. Sita’s early film work includes 300 (2006), Avatar (2009), The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 (2012), Ender’s Game (2013), The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014), and Assassin’s Creed (2016), and Jurassic World (2015). Transitioning into television, Sita served as visual effects supervisor for the first season of Netflix’s Lost in Space (2018), during which his team delivered 266 VFX shots, including forest fire scenes and alien creatures. He later joined Framestore’s Montreal studio, where he oversaw the creation of Amazon’s Fallout (2024), designing mutated beasts like the Yao Guai and Gulper. Sita was a Primetime Emmy Award nominee for Lost in Space (2018) for Outstanding Special Visual Effects Television Academy, and again for Fallout (2024) in the same category. He has also been honoured by the Visual Effects Society, winning their award for Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode for Lost in Space (Episode “Danger, Will Robinson”) and earning nominations for Project Power (2020) and Jurassic World (2015).
Filmography
13 films


The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping
2026
country: United States
Return to the world of Panem 24 years before the events of The Hunger Games, starting on the morning of the reaping of the 50th Hunger Games, also known as the Second Quarter Quell.


War Machine
2026 · 1h 50m
country: Australia
On one last grueling mission during Army Ranger training, a combat engineer must lead his unit in a fight against a giant otherworldly killing machine.


The Gorge
2025 · 2h 8m
country: United States
Two highly trained operatives grow close from a distance after being sent to guard opposite sides of a mysterious gorge. When an evil below emerges, they must work together to survive what lies within.


Deadpool & Wolverine
2024 · 2h 8m
country: United States
A listless Wade Wilson toils away in civilian life with his days as the morally flexible mercenary, Deadpool, behind him. But when his homeworld faces an existential threat, Wade must reluctantly suit-up again with an even more reluctant Wolverine.


Slumberland
2022 · 1h 57m
country: United States
A young girl discovers a secret map to the dreamworld of Slumberland, and with the help of an eccentric outlaw, she traverses dreams and flees nightmares, with the hope that she will be able to see her late father again.


Army of the Dead
2021 · 2h 28m
country: United States
Following a zombie outbreak in Las Vegas, a group of mercenaries take the ultimate gamble: venturing into the quarantine zone to pull off the greatest heist ever attempted.


Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey
2020 · 2h 2m
country: United States
An imaginary world comes to life in a holiday tale of an eccentric toymaker, his adventurous granddaughter, and a magical invention that has the power to change their lives forever.


Project Power
2020 · 1h 53m
country: United States
An ex-soldier, a teen and a cop collide in New Orleans as they hunt for the source behind a dangerous new pill that grants users temporary superpowers.


The Aeronauts
2019 · 1h 40m
country: United Kingdom
In 1862, daredevil balloon pilot Amelia Wren teams up with pioneering meteorologist James Glaisher to advance human knowledge of the weather and fly higher than anyone in history. While breaking records and advancing scientific discovery, their voyage to the very edge of existence helps the unlikely pair find their place in the world they have left far below them. But they face physical and emotional challenges in the thin air, as the ascent becomes a fight for survival.


Detroit
2017 · 2h 23m
country: United States
A police raid in Detroit in 1967 results in one of the largest citizens' uprisings in the history of the United States.


Assassin's Creed
2016 · 1h 56m
country: France
Through a technology that unlocks the genetic memories of his ancestor in 15th century Spain, Callum Lynch discovers he is a descendant of an ancient line of Assassins and amasses lethal skills to take on the oppressive Templar Order.