Phillip Leonhardt (Visual Effects)

Phil Leonhardt joined Wētā FX in 2005 to work as a Senior Compositor on Peter Jackson’s King Kong. He subsequently worked on a swathe of films, such as X-Men: The Last Stand, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, The Water Horse, The Day the Earth Stood Still and The Lovely Bones, as well as working as a Lighting TD on James Cameron’s Avatar.  Ridley Scott’s Prometheus saw Phil take on supervisory responsibilities, and he led CG and VFX teams to deliver Man of Steel, The Wolverine and Furious 7. In addition to his work on Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Phil led the VES Award-nominated Prison Camp sequence for War for the Planet of the Apes. Phil led the Iron City team on Alita: Battle Angel before joining the other VFX Supervisors on Avengers: Endgame. Most recently, Phil has been one of Wētā FX’s Visual Effects Supervisors on Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes. Alongside the film projects, Phil has led a Research & Development team building paint, roto and comp...Read More