Lighting and Compositing for Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes | Wētā FX

The lighting and compositing of Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes combines a cast of compelling CG characters informed by motion capture performers with epic post-apocalyptic world building and immense FX simulations of water, fire and furry protagonists.

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes is the winner of the 2025 VES Award for Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature.

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Wētā FX is the standard-bearer for creative innovation in Visual Effects and Animation, attracting talent, partners, and clients who seek a collaborator that embraces and nurtures their artistic vision.

Our renowned proprietary pipeline provides artists with the tools and infrastructure they need to create their best work. Headquartered in Wellington, New Zealand, with creative hubs in Vancouver, Canada and Melbourne, Australia, we are over 2,000 of the most ambitious artists, engineers, and executives you’re likely to meet.

Across three decades, our trailblazing work has so far earned seven visual effects Academy Awards®, 14 Academy Sci-Tech Awards and seven visual effects BAFTA Awards in addition to 61 Visual Effects Society Awards, awarded to us by our peers.

We’re known for performance-driven animated creatures and characters such as Gollum, Kong, Neytiri, Caesar, and Pogo as well as for the universes they inhabit, including Middle-earth, Pandora and countless others.

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Lighting and Compositing for Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes | Wētā FX
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