birth_place birth_date yearsactive article_title name occupation
aliquippa , pennsylvania , usa 1957 1989-present joe letteri
 joe letteri visual effects supervisor
joe letteri

joe letteri , onzm -lrb- born 1957 -rrb- is a senior visual effects artist , winner of four academy awards , four bafta awards and four ves awards .
he is the current director of the academy award-winning weta digital , having joined the company in 2001 .
he has received several awards and nominations as visual effects supervisor , the latest -lrb- -rrb- being `` dawn of the planet of the apes '' .
he attended center high school -lrb- pennsylvania -rrb- in 1975 and graduated from the university of california , berkeley in 1981 .
he gave the keynote address at uc berkeley 's december convocation on december 19 , 2010 .
