ABSTRACT
RT Effects set up by high school friends, and later husband and wife, Richard Taylor and Tania Rodger, in a bedroom in Wellingtor New Zealand; found work making table sculptures out of margarine for a local restaurant; made puppets for satirical TV show; joined forces with Peter Jackson, an ambitious local movie-maker; formed Weta Workshop with Jackson, Peter Selkirk, and James Booth in 1994 to handle practical effects for Jackson's movies (with Weta Digital handling CG effects); success followed with Heavenly Creatures and The Frighteners before the global phenomena of Lord of the Rings and King Kong.
