Winning an award for the film would bring recognition for the Wētā FX team's skillset, Letteri said. "You need it to be as believable as possible for the film" - Joe Letteri a lot of the voting segments of the Academy, so you never know how it's going to come out in the end." "I think there is that draw, that it is a very popular film, that helps, but on the other hand as you say, the arthouse films have a particular draw with. "Everyone's hopeful, everyone's in a good mood, and you get to talk about the work, which is something I love to do," he said. We've got fingers crossed for all of them," Letteri said. "Best Picture would be fantastic, because it's a beautiful film and James Cameron and Jon Landau just did a fantastic job pushing it through, and also the sound team and the production design.
There are two other films with Wētā teams also running up for the Visual Effects category - The Batman, and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.įour-time Academy Award winner Joe Letteri, who worked on the Avatar sequel, told Morning Report about 1600 people worked on the visual effects for the film over five years. The New Zealand-made Avatar: The Way of the Way of Water is nominated for the Best Picture, Sound, Visual Effects, and Production Design categories.
The Oscars begin in Hollywood at 1pm, New Zealand time. Photo: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures / Collection ChristopheL via AFPĪ Wētā FX Academy Award nominee says he is hopeful the cutting-edge approach to the newest Avatar film will be recognised at today's awards ceremony. Avatar: The Way of Water (2022), directed by James Cameron.
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