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Nick Epstein(I)

  • Visual Effects
  • Director
  • Writer
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Nick Epstein is known for Alita: Battle Angel (2019), Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) and Die Like a Shark (2019).
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    • Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
      • 3 wins & 4 nominations total

    Known for

    Jennifer Connelly, Christoph Waltz, Mahershala Ali, Eiza González, Rosa Salazar, Ed Skrein, and Keean Johnson in Alita: Battle Angel (2019)
    Alita: Battle Angel
    7.3
    • Visual Effects
    • 2019
    CCH Pounder, Edie Falco, Brendan Cowell, Joel David Moore, Zoe Saldaña, Sam Worthington, Bailey Bass, and Britain Dalton in Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)
    Avatar: The Way of Water
    7.5
    • Visual Effects
    • 2022
    Die Like a Shark (2019)
    Die Like a Shark
    Short
    • Director
    • 2019
    Zoe Saldaña and Sam Worthington in Avatar (2009)
    Avatar
    7.9
    • Visual Effects
    • 2009

    Credits

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    Visual Effects

    • Steve Toussaint, Phia Saban, Matt Smith, Olivia Cooke, Tom Glynn-Carney, Harry Collett, Ewan Mitchell, Emma D'Arcy, Bethany Antonia, and Phoebe Campbell in House of the Dragon (2022)
      House of the Dragon
      8.3
      TV Series
      • visual effects supervisor: Weta FX
      • 2026
    • Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey in The Last of Us (2023)
      The Last of Us
      8.4
      TV Series
      • visual effects supervisor: Weta FX
      • 2025
    • Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire (2024)
      Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire
      6.0
      • visual effects sequence supervisor: Weta FX
      • 2024
    • CCH Pounder, Edie Falco, Brendan Cowell, Joel David Moore, Zoe Saldaña, Sam Worthington, Bailey Bass, and Britain Dalton in Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)
      Avatar: The Way of Water
      7.5
      • visual effects supervisor: Weta FX
      • 2022
    • Jennifer Connelly, Christoph Waltz, Mahershala Ali, Eiza González, Rosa Salazar, Ed Skrein, and Keean Johnson in Alita: Battle Angel (2019)
      Alita: Battle Angel
      7.3
      • visual effects supervisor: Weta Digital
      • 2019
    • John Goodman, Clive Owen, Rihanna, Dane DeHaan, and Cara Delevingne in Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017)
      Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
      6.4
      • computer graphics supervisor: Weta Digital
      • 2017
    • John Kassir and Oakes Fegley in Pete's Dragon (2016)
      Pete's Dragon
      6.7
      • cg supervisor
      • 2016
    • Furious 7 (2015)
      Furious 7
      7.1
      • computer graphics supervisor: Weta Digital
      • 2015
    • Martin Freeman in The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)
      The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
      7.4
      • visual effects lighting supervisor: Weta Digital
      • 2014
    • Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage, Orlando Bloom, Martin Freeman, Lee Pace, Benedict Cumberbatch, Evangeline Lilly, and Luke Evans in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)
      The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
      7.8
      • visual effects lead lighting td: Weta Digital
      • 2013
    • Harrison Ford, Ben Kingsley, Viola Davis, Abigail Breslin, Asa Butterfield, and Hailee Steinfeld in Ender's Game (2013)
      Ender's Game
      6.6
      • cg supervisor
      • 2013
    • Nicholas Hoult and Bill Nighy in Jack the Giant Slayer (2013)
      Jack the Giant Slayer
      6.3
      • lighting lead
      • 2013
    • Happy Feet Two (2011)
      Happy Feet Two
      5.8
      • sequence supervisor
      • 2011
    • Rupert Grint, Daniel Radcliffe, and Emma Watson in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)
      Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
      7.7
      • digital environment supervisor: Rising Sun Pictures
      • 2010
    • Zoe Saldaña and Sam Worthington in Avatar (2009)
      Avatar
      7.9
      • lead technical director: Weta Digital
      • 2009

    Director

    • Die Like a Shark (2019)
      Die Like a Shark
      Short
      • Director
      • 2019
    • A Motel Story (2017)
      A Motel Story
      Short
      • Director
      • 2017

    Writer

    • Die Like a Shark (2019)
      Die Like a Shark
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2019
    • A Motel Story (2017)
      A Motel Story
      Short
      • writer
      • 2017

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