FILE – In this Feb. 21, 2015 file photo, an Oscar statue appears outside the Dolby Theatre for the 87th Academy Awards in Los Angeles. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP, File)
Story by Sandy Giordano and Curtis Walsh – Beaver County Radio. Published March 13, 2023 11:30 A.M.
(Los Angeles, CA) Center Township graduate Joe Letteri won his fifth Oscar for visual effects Sunday night. Letteri was born in Aliquippa and graduated from Center High School in 1975. Lettari has had a lengthy career in movie visual effects working on over 30 big screen movies since 1989. He has been nominated for an Oscar 11 times, and won his fifth Sunday for “Avatar: The Way of Water”. Letteri previously won Oscars for the first “Avatar” movie, King Kong (2005), and two “The Lord of the Rings” movies.