Wayne Stables

Wayne has been working in the visual effects industry for over 20 years.

He started at Wētā FX in 1994 and has worked on projects including The Frighteners, Contact, The Lord of The Rings trilogy, Avatar, The Adventures of Tintin, and Steven Spielberg’s The BFG. He has worked as a Visual Effects Supervisor on Game of Thrones; Beyond the Wall, and is currently working on James Cameron's Avatar sequels.

In addition to supervising shot work, Wayne is a key player in new technologies and Wētā’s overall pipeline. Notably, he helped develop the lighting and rendering pipeline that was used across Avatar.

Wayne is an active member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and has been nominated for a BAFTA and numerous Visual Effects Society awards.