Peter Jackson
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Peter Jackson

Oct 31, 1961 - Pukerua Bay, North Island, New Zealand

Sir Peter Robert Jackson, (born 31 October 1961) is a New Zealand film director, producer, actor, and screenwriter, known for his Lord of the Rings film trilogy, adapted from the novel by J. R. R. Tolkien. He is also known for his 2005 remake of King Kong and as the producer of District 9. He won international attention early in his career with his "splatstick" horror comedies, before coming to mainstream prominence with Heavenly Creatures, for which he shared an Academy Award Best Screenplay nomination with his wife, Fran Walsh. Jackson has been awarded three Academy Awards in his career, including the award for Best Director in 2003.

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Media
Movie1992BraindeadUndertaker's Assistant
Movie1988Good Taste Made Bad TasteHimself
Movie1997Forgotten SilverSelf
Movie1987Bad TasteDerek / Robert
Movie2012Close UpSelf (archive footage)
Movie2005Ringers: Lord of the FansSelf
Movie2005King Kong: Peter Jackson's Production DiariesSelf
Movie2006The Sci-Fi BoysSelf
Movie2006Recreating the Eighth Wonder: The Making of 'King Kong'Self
Movie2012Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects TitanSelf
Movie2023Attack of the Doc!Self
Movie2004Frodo Is Great... Who Is That?!!Self
Movie2004DNZ: The Real Middle EarthSelf
Movie2003Film Collectibles: Capturing Movie MemoriesSelf
MovieN/AThe Making of The Lord of the Rings CollectionSelf
Movie2024The Life and Deaths of Christopher LeeSelf
Movie2000Behind the BullHimself
Movie2003The Making of The Two Towers
Movie2007Star Wars: The Legacy RevealedSelf
Movie2002New Zealand as Middle Earthself
Movie2021Peter Jackson's Military TreasuresSelf
Movie2023Now and Then - The Last Beatles SongSelf
Movie2013The Five(ish) Doctors RebootSelf
Movie1998The Making of 'The Frighteners'Himself
Movie2005Nos Bastidores de HollywoodSelf
Movie1989Meet the FeeblesAudience Member in the Theater (uncredited)
Movie2001Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the RingSelf
Movie2012West of MemphisSelf – WM3 Supporter
Movie1989Sex, Drugs and Soft Toys - The Making of Meet the FeeblesSelf
Movie2007Hot FuzzThief Dressed as Father Christmas (uncredited)
Movie2004A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'Self
Movie2003The Making of 'The Long and Short of It'Self
Movie2003Beyond the Movie: The Return of the KingSelf
Movie2001Quest for the RingSelf
Movie2001A Passage to Middle-Earth: Making of 'Lord of the Rings'Self
Movie2003The Long and Short of ItBus Driver
Movie2005Lord of the Brush
Movie1976The ValleyProspector #4
Movie2005The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to OzSelf
Movie2004The Making of the Return of the KingSelf
Movie2003The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the KingCorsair Bosun (uncredited)
Movie1994Heavenly CreaturesBum Outside Theater (uncredited)
Movie2003The Quest Fulfilled: A Director's VisionSelf
Movie2004The Characters of Star WarsSelf
Movie2006The Eighth Blunder of the WorldSelf
Movie2001The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the RingAlbert Dreary / Painting of Bungo Baggins (uncredited)
Movie2002The Lord of the Rings: The Two TowersSpear-Throwing Rohan Soldier (uncredited)
Movie2013River Deep, Mountain High: James Nesbitt in New ZealandSelf
Movie2012The Hobbit: An Unexpected JourneyRunning Dwarf in Erebor (uncredited)
Movie1996The FrightenersMan with Piercings (uncredited)
Movie2009The Lovely BonesMan at Pharmacy (uncredited)
Movie2005King KongBiplane gunner
Movie2018Mortal EnginesSooty Pete (uncredited)
Movie2014The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five ArmiesPainting of Bungo Baggins (uncredited)
Movie2013The Hobbit: The Desolation of SmaugAlbert Dreary (uncredited)
Movie2003The Race for EverestSelf - Reuters Correspendent
Movie2002The Making of The Fellowship of the RingSelf
Movie2003No Feat But What We Make: 'Terminator 2' and the Rise of Digital Effects
Movie2008RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World”Self
TV Show1993Blue Heelers1
TV Show2002Icons1
TV Show1953The OscarsSelf1
TV Show2004EntouragePeter Jackson1
TV Show2015The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSelf2
TV Show2023The Muppets MayhemPeter Jackson (uncredited)1
TV Show1989The SimpsonsPeter Jackson (voice)1
TV Show2014Last Week Tonight with John OliverSelf1
TV Show2020Reunited ApartSelf1
TV Show2004KulturplatzSelf1
TV Show2000ClickSelf1
TV Show2009Last Chance to SeeSelf1

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Media
Movie2001The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the RingDirectorDirecting
Movie2003The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the KingScreenplayWriting
Movie2001The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the RingProducerProduction
Movie2003The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the KingDirectorDirecting
Movie2001The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the RingScreenplayWriting
Movie2003The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the KingProducerProduction
Movie2002The Lord of the Rings: The Two TowersProducerProduction
Movie2005King KongDirectorDirecting
Movie2005King KongProducerProduction
Movie1994Heavenly CreaturesScreenplayWriting
Movie1994Heavenly CreaturesDirectorDirecting
Movie1992BraindeadDirectorDirecting
Movie1992BraindeadScreenplayWriting
Movie1996The FrightenersScreenplayWriting
Movie1996The FrightenersDirectorDirecting
Movie1989Meet the FeeblesProducerProduction
Movie1989Meet the FeeblesDirectorDirecting
Movie1989Meet the FeeblesScreenplayWriting
Movie2009The Lovely BonesProducerProduction
Movie2009The Lovely BonesScreenplayWriting
Movie2009The Lovely BonesDirectorDirecting
Movie1997Forgotten SilverDirectorDirecting
Movie1997Forgotten SilverWriterWriting
Movie1987Bad TasteDirectorDirecting
Movie1987Bad TasteEditorEditing
Movie1987Bad TasteProducerProduction
Movie1987Bad TasteDirector of PhotographyCamera
Movie2005King KongWriterWriting
Movie2011The Adventures of TintinProducerProduction
Movie2009District 9ProducerProduction
Movie2012The Hobbit: An Unexpected JourneyScreenplayWriting
Movie2012The Hobbit: An Unexpected JourneyDirectorDirecting
Movie2012The Hobbit: An Unexpected JourneyProducerProduction
Movie2012West of MemphisProducerProduction
Movie2013The Hobbit: The Desolation of SmaugScreenplayWriting
Movie2013The Hobbit: The Desolation of SmaugDirectorDirecting
Movie2013The Hobbit: The Desolation of SmaugProducerProduction
Movie2014The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five ArmiesDirectorDirecting
Movie1994Jack Brown: GeniusWriterWriting
Movie1976The ValleyDirectorDirecting
Movie1998The Making of 'The Frighteners'ProducerProduction
Movie1998The Making of 'The Frighteners'WriterWriting
Movie1998The Making of 'The Frighteners'DirectorDirecting
Movie2023Now and Then - The Last Beatles SongThanksCrew
Movie2014The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five ArmiesProducerProduction
Movie2005The Lost Spider Pit SequenceDirectorDirecting
Movie2008Crossing the LineDirectorDirecting
Movie2008Crossing the LineWriterWriting
Movie2022The Beatles: Get Back - The Rooftop ConcertDirectorDirecting
Movie2022The Beatles: Get Back - The Rooftop ConcertProducerProduction
Movie1996The FrightenersProducerProduction
Movie2012Plaga zombie: zona mutante: revolución tóxicaThanksCrew
Movie1994Jack Brown: GeniusSecond Unit DirectorDirecting
Movie1994DeGenerazioneThanksCrew
Movie1987Bad TasteWriterWriting
Movie1987Bad TasteMakeup EffectsCrew
Movie1987Bad TasteSpecial EffectsCrew
Movie1997Forgotten SilverExecutive ProducerProduction
Movie2018Mortal EnginesProducerProduction
Movie1989Sex, Drugs and Soft Toys - The Making of Meet the FeeblesDirectorDirecting
Movie1976The ValleyCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie2003The Long and Short of ItExecutive ProducerProduction
Movie1976The ValleySpecial EffectsCrew
Movie1976The ValleyMakeup DesignerCostume & Make-Up
Movie1976The ValleyEditorEditing
Movie1994Heavenly CreaturesCo-ProducerProduction
Movie1994Jack Brown: GeniusProducerProduction
Movie1992Valley of the StereosExecutive ProducerProduction
Movie1989The Lounge BarSpecial EffectsCrew
Movie2027The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for GollumProducerProduction
Movie2018Mortal EnginesScreenplayWriting
Movie2024The Lord of the Rings: The War of the RohirrimExecutive ProducerProduction
Movie2003The Quest Fulfilled: A Director's VisionThanksCrew
Movie2014The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five ArmiesScreenplayWriting
Movie2018They Shall Not Grow OldDirectorDirecting
Movie2018They Shall Not Grow OldProducerProduction
MovieN/AUntitled Adventures of Tintin SequelDirectorDirecting
Movie2018They Shall Not Grow OldWriterWriting
Movie1997ContactAdditional Visual EffectsVisual Effects
Movie2002The Lord of the Rings: The Two TowersScreenplayWriting
Movie2002The Lord of the Rings: The Two TowersDirectorDirecting
Movie2017Killer PiñataThanksCrew
Movie1992Valley of the StereosStoryWriting
Movie1995Dirty CreatureExecutive ProducerProduction
Movie2023WAR IS OVER!ThanksCrew
Movie2008RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World”ProducerProduction
TV Show2021The Beatles: Get BackDirectorDirecting
TV Show2021The Beatles: Get BackProducerProduction
TV Show2021The Beatles: Get BackCreatorCreator