Wayne Stables

Visual Effects Supervisor, Weta Digital

Wayne Stables has been working in the visual effects industry for over fifteen years. Wayne started out writing educational software that used a graphics- oriented approach to learning. He worked at PDI/ Dreamworks on Shrek 2 and as a CG Supervisor at Electronic Arts.

Wayne started at Weta Digital in 1994 and has worked on projects including The Frighteners, Contact, The Lord of The Rings trilogy and Avatar. He helped develop the lighting and rendering pipeline that was used across Avatar.

Wayne’s latest project was The Adventures of Tintin, for which he was nominated for two VES awards and a Bafta. He is currently working on an unannounced project.

Selected Credits

THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN — Visual Effects Supervisor
(2011) Director: Steven Spielberg (Paramount Films)

SHREK 2 — Lighting Lead
(2004) Director: Andrew Adamson, Kelly Asbury & Conrad Vernon (Dreamworks)

AVATAR - Visual Effects Supervisor
(2009) Director: James Cameron (20th Century Fox)

THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS — Sequence Supervisor
(2002) Director: Peter Jackson (New Line)

THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING — 3D Supervisor
(2001) Director: Peter Jackson (New Line)

THE FRIGHTENERS — CG Supervisor (1996)
Director: Peter Jackson (Universal Pictures)