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Joel Whist

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Joel Whist
Joel Whist is known for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016), The BFG (2016) and War for the Planet of the Apes (2017).
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    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 4 wins & 15 nominations total

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    Known for

    Ben Affleck and Henry Cavill in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)
    Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
    6.4
    • Special Effects
    • 2016
    Mark Rylance and Ruby Barnhill in The BFG (2016)
    The BFG
    6.3
    • Special Effects
    • 2016
    Andy Serkis and Amiah Miller in War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)
    War for the Planet of the Apes
    7.4
    • Special Effects
    • 2017
    Jeff Bridges, Jon Hamm, Dakota Johnson, Chris Hemsworth, Lewis Pullman, Cynthia Erivo, and Cailee Spaeny in Bad Times at the El Royale (2018)
    Bad Times at the El Royale
    7.1
    • Special Effects
    • 2018

    Credits

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    Special Effects

    • Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey in The Last of Us (2023)
      The Last of Us
      8.4
      TV Series
      • special effects supervisor
      • 2023–2025
    • Walker Scobell, Aryan Simhadri, and Leah Sava' Jeffries in Percy Jackson and the Olympians (2023)
      Percy Jackson and the Olympians
      7.0
      TV Series
      • special effects supervisor
      • 2023
    • Jim Carrey, Luke Freeborn, James Marsden, Shemar Moore, Ted Barba, Rob 'Sluggo' Boyce, Tom Butler, Douglas Chapman, Colby Chartrand, Brennan Dyson, Idris Elba, Corry Glass, Leif Havdale, Ernie Jackson, David Jacox, Tom Holkenborg, Jim May, Angela Meryl, Mike Mitchell, Neal H. Moritz, Colleen O'Shaughnessey, Gerald Paetz, Kyle Riefsnyder, Heath Stevenson, Shawn Stewart, Rhys Williams, Alex Bogomolov, Donna Jay Fulks, Toru Nakahara, Elizabeth Bowen, Nito Larioza, Brandon Trost, Don Lew, Tavita Woodard, Jeff Sanca, Mike Rufino, Preston Blaine Arsement, Stuart Murray, Adam Pally, Maria Ameerali, Sook Hexamer, Paul Lazenby, Josh Miller, Pat Casey, Parker Rowell-Laferriere, Aiden Cass, Stanislav Galimkhanov, Shaun Magee, Saida Dyson, Allan Luna, Leon Scherwitz, Yoko Jing, Larry Herrera, Mahlissa, Cheryl Lewis, Steve Chang, Eli Olson, Adrian Hein, Michelle Watson, Jeff Fowler, Tika Sumpter, Simon Chin, Shay Kuebler, Hitoshi Okuno, Johnson Phan, Ben Schwartz, Barry Nerling, Fraser Corbett, Tammy Nera, Kevin Mylrea, Scott Patey, Lee Majdoub, Ashlei Tave, Sean Kennedy, Quinn Early, Peter Brown, Katie Wright Pere, Yvetta Fisher, Toby Ascher, John Whittington, Sarah Surh, Andrew Kyrzyk, Robert Zen Humpage, Jason Triplett, Marcus Aurelio, Nilo Ghajar, Vladimir Ruzich, Natasha Rothwell, Jess Lundgren, Zac Vran, Vladimir Raiman, Krista Alvarez, Ha'a Keaulana, Mariah Dyson, Kevin Fortin, Nicholas Dohy, Brad Kalilimoku, Jared Khalifa, Keiran Bohay, Leighton Hara, Russell Lee, Chad Keaulana, and Melody Nosipho Niemann in Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022)
      Sonic the Hedgehog 2
      6.5
      • special effects supervisor
      • 2022
    • Jeremy T. Thomas in Antlers (2021)
      Antlers
      5.9
      • special effects supervisor
      • 2021
    • Peter Mensah, Úrsula Corberó, Haruka Abe, Samara Weaving, Takehiro Hira, Iko Uwais, Andrew Koji, and Henry Golding in Snake Eyes (2021)
      Snake Eyes
      5.4
      • special effects supervisor
      • 2021
    • Joel Kinnaman in Altered Carbon (2018)
      Altered Carbon
      7.9
      TV Series
      • special effects supervisor
      • 2018–2020
    • Milo Ventimiglia and Butler in The Art of Racing in the Rain (2019)
      The Art of Racing in the Rain
      7.6
      • special effects supervisor
      • 2019
    • Jeff Bridges, Jon Hamm, Dakota Johnson, Chris Hemsworth, Lewis Pullman, Cynthia Erivo, and Cailee Spaeny in Bad Times at the El Royale (2018)
      Bad Times at the El Royale
      7.1
      • special effects supervisor
      • 2018
    • Dwayne Johnson in Skyscraper (2018)
      Skyscraper
      5.8
      • special effects supervisor
      • 2018
    • Nat Wolff in Death Note (2017)
      Death Note
      4.5
      • special effects coordinator
      • 2017
    • Andy Serkis and Amiah Miller in War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)
      War for the Planet of the Apes
      7.4
      • special effects supervisor
      • 2017
    • Mark Rylance and Ruby Barnhill in The BFG (2016)
      The BFG
      6.3
      • special effects supervisor
      • 2016
    • Ben Affleck and Henry Cavill in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)
      Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
      6.4
      • special effects supervisor
      • 2016
    • Alexander Skarsgård, Andrea Riseborough, and Emily Alyn Lind in Hidden (2015)
      Hidden
      6.3
      • special effects coordinator
      • 2015
    • Godzilla (2014)
      Godzilla
      6.4
      • special effects coordinator
      • 2014

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      • Joel Shist

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