Erik Winquist

{{Short description|American-New Zealander visual effects supervisor}}

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| occupation = Visual effects supervisor

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Erik Winquist (born January 2, 1975) is an American New Zealander visual effects supervisor.{{Cite web|url=https://www.wetafx.co.nz/about/people/creatives/erik-winquist/|title=Erik Winquist {{!}} Weta Digital|website=www.wetafx.co.nz|access-date=2018-03-27}} He is best known for his work on three prominent film franchises featuring large computer generated animal effects: Peter Jackson's King Kong (2005), Planet of the Apes prequel films, and Rampage (2018).{{Cite web|url=https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/the-evolution-of-vfx-apes-wetas-decade-journey-to-perfecting-giant-cgi-monkeys|title=The evolution of VFX apes: Weta's decade-journey to perfecting giant CGI primates|last=Zakarin|first=Jordan|date=2018-05-02|website=SYFY WIRE|language=en|access-date=2020-03-01}}

Erik Winquist was nominated at the 87th Academy Awards in the category of Best Visual Effects. He was nominated for an Academy Award, along with Daniel Barrett, Dan Lemmon and Joe Letteri, for the film Dawn of the Planet of the Apes{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2015|title=87th Academy Awards|accessdate=January 24, 2015}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.fxguide.com/quicktakes/87th-oscars-nominations/|title=87th Oscars|date=15 January 2015 |accessdate=January 24, 2015}}. They led a team of roughly 850 people who designed and created all the apes, the digital set extensions, environments, and the effects for the film. Winquist handled pre-production and second-unit photography.{{Cite web|url=https://www.studiodaily.com/2015/02/weta-digital-vfx-supe-dan-lemmon-dawn-planet-apes/|title=Weta Digital VFX Supe Dan Lemmon on Dawn of the Planet of the Apes|date=2015-02-09|website=Studio Daily|language=en|access-date=2020-03-01}}

He also received a BAFTA nomination for Dawn of the Planet of the Apes in the same year.