Weta Digital

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film production company visual effects studio

Weta Digital is a renowned New Zealand-based visual effects studio best known for its groundbreaking CGI work on major films such as The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Avatar, and the Planet of the Apes series.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	film production company → visual effects studio →
associatedWith	Wētā FX → Wētā Workshop →
basedInContinent	Oceania →
collaboratedWith	James Cameron → Matt Reeves → Peter Jackson →
country	New Zealand →
developed	Loki render farm technology → Massive crowd simulation software →
formerName	Weta Ltd →
foundedBy	Jamie Selkirk → Peter Jackson → Richard Taylor →
foundedInYear	1993 →
headquartersLocation	Miramar, Wellington, New Zealand →
industry	film → television →
location	Wellington →
notableWork	Alita: Battle Angel → Avatar → Avatar: The Way of Water → Avengers: Endgame → Avengers: Infinity War → Dawn of the Planet of the Apes → District 9 → I, Robot → King Kong (2005 film) → Man of Steel → Rise of the Planet of the Apes → The Adventures of Tintin (2011 film) → The Frighteners → The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey → The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies → The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug → The Jungle Book (2016 film) → The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring → The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King → The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers → The Lovely Bones → War for the Planet of the Apes →
parentCompany	Unity Technologies →
reorganizedAs	Wētā FX →
soldVFXToolsTo	Unity Technologies →
specializesIn	computer-generated imagery → visual effects for films →
wonAward	Academy Award for Best Visual Effects →

Referenced by (15)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Alita: Battle Angel → King Kong (2005 film) → Sauron (voice and motion capture) ("Wētā Digital") → The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies → The Lord of the Rings film trilogy → The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers →	visualEffectsCompany
Weta Digital ("Wētā FX") →	associatedWith
Weta Workshop ("Wētā FX") →	collaboratesWith
Weta Digital ("Weta Ltd") →	formerName
Peter Jackson →	founded
Academy Award for Best Visual Effects →	frequentWinningStudio
Weta Workshop ("Wētā FX and Weta Workshop group") →	partOf
Weta Digital ("Wētā FX") →	reorganizedAs
RenderMan →	usedBy
Justice League →	usesVisualEffectsCompany