Peter Jackson

Peter Jackson

Birthday: Oct 31, 1961
Birthplace: Pukerua Bay, New Zealand

Bio: Peter Jackson is a three-time Academy Award, Golden Globe and BAFTA winning New Zealand filmmaker best known as the director of The Lord of the Rings trilogy, which he, along with his long time partner, Fran Walsh, and Philippa Boyens adapted from the novels by J.R.R. Tolkien. He is also known for his remake of King Kong.With his successes and innovative… More Bio: Peter Jackson is a three-time Academy Award, Golden Globe and BAFTA winning New Zealand filmmaker best known as the director of The Lord of the Rings trilogy, which he, along with his long time partner, Fran Walsh, and Philippa Boyens adapted from the novels by J.R.R. Tolkien. He is also known for his remake of King Kong.With his successes and innovative film-making, Jackson is now considered to be an important force in the new generation of motion picture directors. Peter Jackson has even been described as the new Steven Spielberg of the present generation, and the combination of his unmatched commercial successes, along with the critical acclaim he has garnered, have made Jackson one of the most powerful film directors of the present era.Peter Jackson first gained attention with his "splatstick" horror comedies, and came to prominence with his critically acclaimed Heavenly Creatures, for which he shared an Academy Award nomination for Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen with Walsh.

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Peter Jackson Videos

District 9 The Lovely Bones The Adventures Of Tintin King Kong The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Filmography

The Hobbit: There and Back Again (2013)
- Director, Screenwriter
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
- Director, Screenwriter
West of Memphis (2012)
- Actor
- 100%
The Adventures of Tintin (2011)
- Producer
- 75%
The Adventures Of Tintin: The IMAX Experience (2011)
- Producer
The Lovely Bones (2009)
- Screenwriter, Director
- 32%
District 9 (2009)
- Producer
- 91%
Temeraire (2009)
- Screenwriter, Director
Jack Brown, Genius (2009)
- Screenwriter
Awakening: Curse of Halloween 2 (2008)
- Actor
Star Wars: The Legacy Revealed (2007)
- Actor
The Enigma with a Stigma (2006)
- Actor
The Sci-Fi Boys (2006)
- Participants
King Kong (2005)
- Producer, Screenwriter, Director
- 84%
King Kong: Peter Jackson's Production Diaries (2005)
- Actor
Ringers: Lord of the Fans (2004)
- Actor
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
- Producer, Director, Screenwriter
- 94%
Special Extended Edition The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King (2003)
- Director, Producer, Screenwriter
Lord Of The Rings: Fellowship & Towers Special Extended Edition (2003)
- Director
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
- Screenwriter, Producer, Director
- 96%
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
- Screenwriter, Producer, Director
- 92%
God's Army (2000)
- Elder Downey
- 50%
Forgotten Silver (1996)
- Himself, Director, Screenwriter
- 100%
The Frighteners (1996)
- Man with Piercings, Screenwriter, Director
- 69%
Heavenly Creatures (1994)
- Bum outside theater, Director, Screenwriter
- 93%
Dead Alive (Braindead) (1992)
- Director, Screenwriter, Undertaker's Assistant
- 86%
Meet the Feebles (1989)
- Director, Screenwriter
- 76%
Bad Taste (1987)
- Derek/Robert, Director
- 70%
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