WELCOME TO WETA

With the release of The Fellowship Of The Ring, the world had been completely awestruck by how Peter Jackson and Weta had brought Tolkien’s impossible world to the big screen. By the time all three films had screened, The Lord Of The Rings had won 17 Oscars, including three subsequent wins for Best Visual Effects. All from a studio that, only eight years before, had been formed out of one leased Silicon Graphics Indigo computer – featuring less processing power than today’s average smartphone – set up in a suburban dining room. Overnight, Weta had become a national treasure with an international reputation.

Today, Weta has grown from being just a handful of enthusiasts working purely on Peter Jackson’s films into several separate companies working for a range of clients, each employing thousands of artists representing 63 different countries.

“IT’S ALL ABOUT COLLABORATION, DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND COMPANIES COMING TOGETHER”
Will Furneaux, 3D specialist, Weta Workshop

Although the separate companies have diversified somewhat since their inception, Weta Digital, run by Joe