Wētā Workshop
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Wētā Workshop is a New Zealand creative studio and special effects house based in Miramar, Wellington. It is privately owned by co-founders, Sir Richard Taylor and Tania Rodger. It is independent from
Wētā Workshop headquarters
Sir Richard Taylor, co-founder and owner of Wētā Workshop
Peter Jackson was a director of Wētā Workshop from its formal founding in 1993 until his resignation at the end of 2015
The company is named after the New Zealand wētā, one of the world's largest insects.
Peter Jackson
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Sir Peter Robert Jackson is a New Zealand filmmaker, entrepreneur and visual effects pioneer. He is best known as the director, screen-writer, and producer of the Lord of the Rings trilogy and the Hob
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…Auckland. Founded in 1987 by Richard Taylor and Tania Rodger as RT Effects, the company was renamed Weta Workshop in 1993 upon the entry of filmmaker Peter Jackson and film editor Jamie Selkirk as partners. Peter Jackson remained a director until 2015, and is no longer an owner of Wētā Workshop. The initial…
Jackson at the 2014 San Diego Comic-Con
Peter Jackson at the premiere of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King on 1 December 2003 at the Embassy Theatre in Wellington.
Jackson at the 2009 San Diego Comic-Con