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Sir Peter Jackson ONZ KNZM
Sir Peter Jackson was born in Pukerua Bay Wellington in 1961. He began making movies at an early age using his parents' Super 8 camera. He left school at 17 and began shooting a science fiction comedy short, which three years later had grown into a 75-minute feature called Bad Taste. In 1986, Jackson quit his job as an apprentice photo engraver after he received his first grant from the New Zealand Film Commission of $5,000. Bad Taste was released two years later.
The collaborative creative partnership between Jackson and his partner Fran Walsh has been at the centre of Sir Peter's career in film. Walsh and Jackson co-wrote Meet the Feebles in 1990. This was followed by Braindead and Heavenly Creatures. Braindead won 16 international science fiction awards, including a Saturn Award, and Heavenly Creatures received an Academy Award nomination for Best Screenplay in 1994. Jackson’s first box-office hit was The Frighteners (1996), starring Michael J Fox. From there, he made history with The Lord of the Rings trilogy.
The Fellowship of Sir Peter Jackson made history with The Lord of the Rings trilogy, becoming the first person to direct three major feature films simultaneously. The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers and The Return of the King were nominated for and collected a slew of awards from around the globe, with The Return of the King receiving his most impressive collection of awards. This included three Academy Awards® (Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Director and Best Picture), two Golden Globes (Best Director and Best Motion Picture-Drama), three BAFTAs (Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Film and Viewers' Choice), a Directors Guild Award, a Producers Guild Award and a New York Film Critics Circle Award. New Zealand filmmaker (born 1961) This article is about the New Zealand filmmaker. For other people named Peter Jackson, see Peter Jackson (disambiguation). Sir Peter Jackson ONZ KNZM Jackson at the 2014 San Diego Comic-Con Peter Robert Jackson Pukerua Bay, New Zealand Sir Peter Robert JacksonONZ KNZM (born 31 October 1961) is a New Zealand filmmaker. 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 fifth-highes
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As a follow up to The Lord of the Rings trilogy, in 2005, Jackson directed, wrote, and produced King Kong, for Universal Pictures. The film grossed over $500 million and won three Oscars®.
Jackson previously received widespread acclaim for his 1994 feature Heavenly Creatures, which received an Academy Award® nomination for Best Screenplay. Other film credits include The Frighteners, starring Mich •
Peter Jackson
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(1961-10-31) 31 October 1961 (age 63)Occupations Years active 1976–present Partner Fran Walsh (1987–present) Children 2