Bay Leaf Raitt is a digital modeler and animator. While working for Weta Digital

Weta Digital

Weta Digital is a digital visual effects company based in Wellington, New Zealand. It was founded by Peter Jackson, Richard Taylor, and Jamie Selkirk in 1993 to produce the digital special effects for Heavenly Creatures. In 2007 Weta Digital’s Senior Visual Effects Supervisor, Joe Letteri, was...

 in New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

, he was responsible for creating the computer-generated face for Gollum

Gollum

Gollum is a fictional character from J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium. He was introduced in the author's fantasy novel The Hobbit, and became an important supporting character in its sequel, The Lord of the Rings....

 in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy

The Lord of the Rings film trilogy

The Lord of the Rings is an epic film trilogy consisting of three fantasy adventure films based on the three-volume book of the same name by English author J. R. R. Tolkien. The films are The Fellowship of the Ring , The Two Towers and The Return of the King .The films were directed by Peter...

. In video games, he is a modeler, animator, and level designer for the videogame Squeezils. He works for Valve Software and is credited in Half-Life 2

Half-Life 2

Half-Life 2 , the sequel to Half-Life, is a first-person shooter video game and a signature title in the Half-Life series. It is singleplayer, story-driven, science fiction, and linear...

, Half-Life 2 Episode 1, Team Fortress 2

Team Fortress 2

Team Fortress 2 is a free-to-play team-based first-person shooter multiplayer video game developed by Valve Corporation. A sequel to the original mod Team Fortress based on the Quake engine, it was first released as part of the video game compilation The Orange Box on October 10, 2007 for Windows...

, Day of Defeat: Source

Day of Defeat: Source

Day of Defeat: Source is a team-based first-person shooter multiplayer video game developed by Valve Corporation. Set in World War II, the game is an updated version of Day of Defeat, moving from the GoldSrc engine used by its predecessor to the Source engine...

and Portal.

Raitt and his colleagues, Richard Baneham

Richard Baneham

Richard Baneham is an Irish animator and visual effects supervisor, who has worked on such films as the Lord of the Rings trilogy, the Chronicles of Narnia, and Avatar...

, Eric Saindon

Eric Saindon

Eric Saindon born in Bangor, Maine is an American visual effects supervisor for several movies, including Avatar, Fantastic Four, Night at the Museum, X-Men: The Last Stand and worked on others such as, King Kong, I, Robot, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The Lord of the Rings: The...

, and Ken McGaugh, won the Visual Effects Society

Visual Effects Society

The Visual Effects Society is the entertainment industry's only organization representing the full breadth of visual effects practitioners including artists, animators, technologists, model makers, educators, studio leaders, supervisors, PR/marketing specialists and producers in all areas of...

Award for Best Character Animation in a Live Action Motion Picture for their work on The Lord of the Rings.

External links

• Bay Raitt using the modeling program Mirai to create texture, rig and animate a character in one afternoon
• Bay Raitt bio at Spiraloid
• Squeezils at Home of the Underdogs