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Top Grossing Visual Effects Supervisor at the International Box OfficeBETA
See also: Top Domestic Visual Effects Supervisors - Top International Art Directors - Top International Assistant Directors - Top International Assistant Editors - Top International Associate Producers - Top International Casting Directors - Top International Cinematographers - Top International Co-Producers - Top International Composers - Top International Costume Designers - Top International Costume Supervisors - Top International Dialogue Editors - Top International Directors - Top International Editors - Top International Executive Producers - Top International Make-up and Hair Designers - Top International Music Editors - Top International Music Supervisors - Top International Producers - Top International Production Designers - Top International Re-recording Mixers - Top International Screenwriters - Top International Second Unit Directors - Top International Set Decorators - Top International Set Designers - Top International Sound Designers - Top International Sound Editors - Top International Sound Effects Editors - Top International Sound Mixers - Top International Story Creators - Top International Stunt Coordinators - Top International Supervising Sound Editors - Top International Unit Production Managers - Top Worldwide Visual Effects Supervisors
This list shows the highest grossing Visual Effects Supervisors based on the international box office of the movies they worked on.
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1
Joe Letteri
| Best known as a Visual Effects Supervisor based on credits in that role in 14 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Avatar ($2,138,484,377 in 2009), The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey ($711,934,977 in 2012), The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug ($701,116,914 in 2013), The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies ($685,203,251 in 2014), The Jungle Book ($587,805,599 in 2016), Dawn of the Planet of the Apes ($502,098,977 in 2014), War for the Planet of the Apes ($342,712,105 in 2017), King Kong ($332,437,332 in 2005), The Adventures of Tintin ($296,402,120 in 2011), Rise of the Planet of the Apes ($294,226,015 in 2011) |
2
Roger Guyett
| Best known as a Visual Effects Supervisor based on credits in that role in 23 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Star Wars Ep. VII: The Force Awakens ($1,119,384,610 in 2015), Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End ($651,576,067 in 2007), Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone ($645,766,367 in 2001), Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest ($642,863,913 in 2006), Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker ($554,749,272 in 2019), Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban ($533,463,548 in 2004), Star Wars Ep. III: Revenge of the Sith ($468,728,300 in 2005), Ready Player One ($441,365,481 in 2018), Saving Private Ryan ($268,700,000 in 1998), Mission: Impossible III ($265,886,397 in 2006) |
3
Kelly Port
| Best known as a Visual Effects Supervisor based on credits in that role in 16 films. |
| Top films contributed to this record: Avengers: Endgame ($1,889,869,781 in 2019), Avengers: Infinity War ($1,369,544,272 in 2018), Spider-Man: No Way Home ($1,106,395,051 in 2021), Beauty and the Beast ($764,683,318 in 2017), Maleficent ($517,129,407 in 2014), Thor ($268,295,994 in 2011), Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief ($134,282,571 in 2010), Star Trek ($129,109,595 in 2009), Gran Torino ($126,447,783 in 2008), The A-Team ($100,019,072 in 2010) |
Complete List
| Rank | Name | International Box Office |
Movies | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joe Letteri | $6,996,865,042 | 14 | $499,776,074 |
| 2 | Roger Guyett | $6,601,201,718 | 23 | $287,008,770 |
| 3 | Kelly Port | $6,506,260,014 | 16 | $406,641,251 |
| 4 | John Knoll | $5,927,169,530 | 12 | $493,930,794 |
| 5 | Robert Legato | $5,037,742,735 | 11 | $457,976,612 |
| 6 | Dan DeLeeuw | $4,556,193,873 | 6 | $759,365,646 |
| 7 | Kelvin McIlwain | $4,435,759,137 | 11 | $403,250,831 |
| 8 | Eric Saindon | $4,298,275,343 | 5 | $859,655,069 |
| 9 | Dan Lemmon | $4,261,931,969 | 6 | $710,321,995 |
| 10 | Janek Sirrs | $4,241,562,462 | 8 | $530,195,308 |
| 11 | Tim Burke | $3,964,667,921 | 7 | $566,381,132 |
| 12 | Guy Williams | $3,863,537,890 | 4 | $965,884,473 |
| 13 | Sheena Duggal | $3,545,638,611 | 20 | $177,281,931 |
| 14 | Christopher Townsend | $3,283,449,759 | 7 | $469,064,251 |
| 15 | John Bruno | $3,047,841,704 | 6 | $507,973,617 |
| 16 | Scott Edelstein | $2,996,264,832 | 2 | $1,498,132,416 |
| 17 | Scott Farrar | $2,960,497,853 | 10 | $296,049,785 |
| 18 | Michael J. Wassel | $2,959,428,428 | 7 | $422,775,490 |
| 19 | Nick Davis | $2,933,643,331 | 9 | $325,960,370 |
| 20 | Charles Gibson | $2,918,069,270 | 9 | $324,229,919 |
| 21 | Stephen Rosenbaum | $2,813,882,231 | 6 | $468,980,372 |
| 22 | Jerome Chen | $2,780,303,857 | 12 | $231,691,988 |
| 23 | Jeff White | $2,473,083,977 | 4 | $618,270,994 |
| 24 | Christopher Waegner | $2,376,394,955 | 5 | $475,278,991 |
| 25 | Ken Ralston | $2,342,914,741 | 10 | $234,291,474 |
| 26 | Paul Franklin | $2,268,120,877 | 4 | $567,030,219 |
| 27 | Adam Valdez | $2,222,751,366 | 3 | $740,917,122 |
| 28 | Pablo Helman | $2,196,885,816 | 9 | $244,098,424 |
| 29 | Dan Sudick | $2,175,182,956 | 2 | $1,087,591,478 |
| 30 | Geoffrey Baumann | $2,166,664,589 | 4 | $541,666,147 |
| 31 | Ben Snow | $2,157,288,655 | 6 | $359,548,109 |
| 32 | Dennis Muren | $2,155,581,330 | 11 | $195,961,939 |
| 33 | Steven Quale | $2,138,484,377 | 1 | $2,138,484,377 |
| 34 | Steve Begg | $2,016,153,081 | 6 | $336,025,514 |
| 35 | Russell Earl | $1,955,167,769 | 3 | $651,722,590 |
| 36 | Patrick Ledda | $1,834,029,394 | 7 | $262,004,199 |
| 37 | Patrick Tubach | $1,831,351,026 | 4 | $457,837,757 |
| 38 | Jake Morrison | $1,823,474,689 | 5 | $364,694,938 |
| 39 | John 'DJ' DesJardin | $1,782,938,078 | 8 | $222,867,260 |
| 40 | Volker Engel | $1,755,844,651 | 5 | $351,168,930 |
| 41 | Dan Glass | $1,727,263,780 | 10 | $172,726,378 |
| 42 | Christian Manz | $1,721,501,955 | 6 | $286,916,993 |
| 43 | Eric Brevig | $1,671,696,252 | 7 | $238,813,750 |
| 44 | Richard Stammers | $1,670,459,724 | 5 | $334,091,945 |
| 45 | Bill Westenhofer | $1,654,360,077 | 7 | $236,337,154 |
| 46 | Erik Nash | $1,624,338,849 | 5 | $324,867,770 |
| 47 | Peter Chiang | $1,594,768,031 | 10 | $159,476,803 |
| 48 | Angus Bickerton | $1,585,034,428 | 8 | $198,129,304 |
| 49 | Stephane Ceretti | $1,518,591,273 | 5 | $303,718,255 |
| 50 | Jim Mitchell | $1,511,815,198 | 6 | $251,969,200 |
| 51 | Steve Goldberg | $1,501,431,729 | 4 | $375,357,932 |
| 52 | David Vickery | $1,441,224,136 | 2 | $720,612,068 |
| 53 | John Nelson | $1,400,268,970 | 10 | $140,026,897 |
| 54 | Jim Rygiel | $1,394,721,015 | 6 | $232,453,503 |
| 55 | Carey Villegas | $1,390,081,172 | 5 | $278,016,234 |
| 56 | Jay Barton | $1,318,478,550 | 2 | $659,239,275 |
| 57 | Tim Alexander | $1,310,604,009 | 3 | $436,868,003 |
| 58 | Ken Bielenberg | $1,307,248,341 | 4 | $326,812,085 |
| 59 | Michael Brazelton | $1,302,447,545 | 4 | $325,611,886 |
| 60 | Nicholas Brooks | $1,256,792,970 | 5 | $251,358,594 |
| 61 | Scott Stokdyk | $1,222,522,459 | 5 | $244,504,492 |
| 62 | Scott Squires | $1,207,987,872 | 5 | $241,597,574 |
| 63 | Philippe Gluckman | $1,140,583,396 | 3 | $380,194,465 |
| 64 | Paul Kavanagh | $1,119,384,610 | 1 | $1,119,384,610 |
| 65 | Elliot Newman | $1,117,816,360 | 1 | $1,117,816,360 |
| 66 | Andrew R. Jones | $1,117,816,360 | 1 | $1,117,816,360 |
| 67 | Bill George | $1,115,128,421 | 5 | $223,025,684 |
| 68 | Paul Lambert | $1,102,871,326 | 6 | $183,811,888 |
| 69 | Scott Kersavage | $1,101,796,615 | 3 | $367,265,538 |
| 70 | Charley Henley | $1,093,264,815 | 3 | $364,421,605 |
| 71 | Andrew Jackson | $1,046,774,257 | 5 | $209,354,851 |
| 72 | Stefen Fangmeier | $1,045,101,503 | 8 | $130,637,688 |
| 73 | Sudeep Rangaswamy | $1,044,112,686 | 1 | $1,044,112,686 |
| 74 | John Gaeta | $1,037,033,401 | 3 | $345,677,800 |
| 75 | Chris Corbould | $1,015,129,024 | 3 | $338,376,341 |
| 76 | Richard R. Hoover | $985,592,539 | 4 | $246,398,135 |
| 77 | Jeffrey A. Okun | $973,072,715 | 7 | $139,010,388 |
| 78 | Tom Wood | $940,345,177 | 5 | $188,069,035 |
| 79 | Anders Langlands | $939,116,685 | 2 | $469,558,343 |
| 80 | Jon Farhat | $934,069,908 | 7 | $133,438,558 |
| 81 | Dean Wright | $923,505,902 | 4 | $230,876,476 |
| 82 | Rob Engle | $916,994,769 | 2 | $458,497,385 |
| 83 | Jonathan Fawkner | $916,443,145 | 2 | $458,221,573 |
| 84 | Sean Phillips | $895,168,448 | 2 | $447,584,224 |
| 85 | Dennis Berardi | $895,010,922 | 8 | $111,876,365 |
| 86 | Alex Wuttke | $890,603,542 | 1 | $890,603,542 |
| 87 | Chas Jarrett | $879,180,991 | 5 | $175,836,198 |
| 88 | Bryan Hirota | $871,930,993 | 3 | $290,643,664 |
| 89 | Grady Cofer | $867,578,869 | 5 | $173,515,774 |
| 90 | R. Christopher White | $859,822,237 | 2 | $429,911,119 |
| 91 | Eric Barba | $830,186,626 | 6 | $138,364,438 |
| 92 | Bruce Jones | $823,060,185 | 13 | $63,312,322 |
| 93 | Adrian de Wet | $821,964,053 | 2 | $410,982,027 |
| 94 | Gary Bruins | $807,163,721 | 2 | $403,581,861 |
| 95 | Markus Manninen | $802,375,940 | 2 | $401,187,970 |
| 96 | Dave Walvoord | $797,763,742 | 2 | $398,881,871 |
| 97 | Matt Aitken | $782,010,447 | 2 | $391,005,224 |
| 98 | Richard Bluff | $774,635,070 | 2 | $387,317,535 |
| 99 | John Dykstra | $754,435,301 | 3 | $251,478,434 |
| 100 | Richard Yuricich | $747,808,750 | 5 | $149,561,750 |
The International Market is defined as all territories excluding the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Guam.
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.