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Peter Jackson

Peter Jackson

New zealand film director, producer, actor, and screenwriter

Sir Peter Robert Jackson ONZ KNZM (born 31 October 1961) is a New Zealand film director, screenwriter, and film producer. He is best known as the director, writer, and producer of the Lord of the Rings trilogy (2001–2003) and the Hobbit trilogy (2012–2014), both of which are adapted from the novels of the same name by J. R. R. Tolkien. Other notable films include the critically lauded drama Heavenly Creatures (1994), the horror comedy The Frighteners (1996), the epic monster remake film King Kong (2005), the World War I documentary film They Shall Not Grow Old (2018), and the documentary “The Beatles: Get Back” (2021). He is the third-highest-grossing film director of all-time, his films having made over $6.5 billion worldwide.

Jackson began his career with the "splatstick" horror comedy Bad Taste (1987) and the black comedy Meet the Feebles (1989) before filming the zombie comedy Braindead (1992). He shared a nomination for Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay with his partner Fran Walsh for Heavenly Creatures, which brought him to mainstream prominence in the film industry. Jackson has been awarded three Academy Awards for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003), including the award for Best Director. His other awards include a Golden Globe, four Saturn Awards and three BAFTAs among others.

His production company is WingNut Films, and his most regular collaborators are co-writers and producers Walsh and Philippa Boyens. Jackson was made a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2002. He was later knighted (as a Knight Companion of the order) by Anand Satyanand, the Governor-General of New Zealand, at a ceremony in Wellington in April 2010. In December 2014, Jackson was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Timeline

2009
District 9. District 9 is released, not a breakthrough but a genrally good film
2005
King Kong. Great film, suorisingly successful. This is Peter Jackson. Awesome
2004
Wins three academy award. Mark of a true director
2003
Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2002
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2001
Lord of the rings: The Fellowship Of The Rings
1994
Peter Jackson directs Heavenly Creatures
1994
Jackson is nominated for a grammy for Heavenly Creatures
1981
Peter Jackson's first attempt at filmaking - Bad Taste
October 31, 1961
Peter Jackson was born in New Zealand.

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Gael Fashingbauer Cooper
September 17, 2019
CNET
Journey back to Middle-earth with the upcoming jillion-dollar streaming show. Here's all the latest news on the cast, plot and release date.
Chris Baraniuk
November 9, 2018
New Scientist
A poignant archive of first world war film has been brilliantly restored for Peter Jackson's powerful documentary released for the centenary commemorations
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