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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Forgotten Silver

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

West of Memphis

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Filmography

The Hobbit: There and Back Again (2014)
- Screenwriter, Director
The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug (2013)
- Director, Producer, Screenwriter
The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug The IMAX Experience (2013)
- Producer, Screenwriter, Director
West of Memphis (2012)
- Peter Jackson
- 95%
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
- Screenwriter, Director, Producer
- 65%
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)
- Screenwriter, Director, Producer
- 84%
King Kong: Peter Jackson's Production Diaries (2005)
- Actor
Ringers - Lord of the Fans (2005)
- Actor
Ringers: Lord of the Fans (2004)
- Actor
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
- Screenwriter, Producer, Director
- 94%
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Extended) (2003)
- Producer, Screenwriter, Director
Special Extended Edition The Lord Of The Rings: The Trilogy (2003)
- Director, Producer, Screenwriter
Special Extended Edition The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring (2003)
- Screenwriter, Director, Producer
Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Rings & Two Towers (Double Bill) (2003)
- Director, Producer
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
- Producer, Director, Screenwriter
- 96%
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Extended) (2002)
- Director
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
- Producer, Director, Screenwriter
- 92%
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Extended) (2001)
- Director
God's Army (2000)
- Elder Downey
- 50%
The Frighteners (1997)
- Screenwriter, Director, Man with Piercings
- 64%
Forgotten Silver (1996)
- Director, Screenwriter, Himself
- 100%
Heavenly Creatures (1994)
- Bum outside theater, Screenwriter, Director
- 94%
Dead Alive (Braindead) (1992)
- Director, Screenwriter, Undertaker's Assistant
- 86%
Meet the Feebles (1989)
- Screenwriter, Director
- 70%
Bad Taste (1987)
- Director, Derek/Robert
- 68%
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Peter Jackson Videos
                        
District 92 minutes 21 seconds

The Lovely Bones3 minutes 32 seconds

The Adventures Of Tintin3 minutes 31 seconds

King Kong3 minutes 33 seconds

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey3 minutes 31 seconds

The Frighteners2 minute

Meet The Feebles2 minutes 13 seconds

West Of Memphis2 minutes 5 seconds

God's Army3 minutes 51 seconds

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