With Andy Serkis directing from a screenplay written by Walsh, Boyens, Phoebe Gittins and Arty Papageorgiou
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Peter Jackson
Sir Peter Robert Jackson is a New Zealand filmmaker, entrepreneur and visual effects pioneer. He is best known as the director, screen-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),…
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entertainment · New Zealand filmmaker (born 1961) · film director · film producer · screenwriter · writer · film editor · actor · director · also Peter Jackson, Sir Peter Jackson, Jackson
Born 31 October 1961 · Q4465
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2027· 1 entry
2026· 5 entries
“This is not a story of the First World War, it is not a historical story, it may not even be entirely accurate but it”
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“s production company) and New Line Cinema, Jackson would not be directing the film. New Line Cinema”
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collider: 39 Years Later, Peter Jackson's Debut Is Waiting To Be Rediscovered on Free Streaming
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The Guardian: A live orchestra resurrects Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings masterpiece
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Awarded Honorary Palme d'Or (2026).
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2025· 2 entries
The Guardian: The Beatles Anthology to be remastered by Peter Jackson’s company
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Jackson and Walsh placed fifth on the NBR Rich List with an estimated net worth of $2
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2024· 4 entries
The Guardian: The Hunt for Gollum: are Peter Jackson and Andy Serkis making a Lord of the Rings fan film?
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The Guardian: The Hunt for Gollum: Peter Jackson and Andy Serkis to work on new Lord of the Rings film
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The Guardian: Peter Jackson to release restored version of Beatles’ 1970 documentary Let It Be on Disney+
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The Guardian: Did Peter Jackson nearly kill off one of the hobbits in Lord of the Rings?
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2023· 1 entry
The Guardian: More new Beatles music ‘conceivable’ after Now and Then, Peter Jackson says
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2022· 1 entry
Awarded Producers Guild of America Awards (2022).
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2021· 1 entry
By selling Wētā to Unity Technologies, an interactive 3D gaming business
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2016· 1 entry
Jackson was inducted into the New Zealand Business Hall of Fame
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2014· 1 entry
Awarded Producers Guild of America Awards (2014).
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2012· 4 entries
Awarded Producers Guild of America Awards (2012).
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Awarded Order of New Zealand (2012).
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And 2013 with Jackson as a writer and executive producer and Guillermo del Toro directing
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Jackson supported the American Red Cross "Zombie Blood Drive" together with other famous artists such as The Black Keys band members and the cast of the show The Walking Dead
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2011· 2 entries
Awarded Arts Foundation of New Zealand Whakamana Hiranga Icon Award (2011).
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Jackson and Walsh purchased 1 Kent Terrace, the home of BATS Theatre in Wellington, effectively securing the theatre's future
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2009· 3 entries
Awarded Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (2009).
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Purchased a Gulfstream G550 jet registered ZK-KFB; Jackson is one of the richest people in entertainment industry, with an estimated net worth upwards of $1
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Stated that the film would be his next project as producer and co-writer, once again alongside Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens
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2007· 1 entry
Jackson directed a short film entitled Crossing the Line, to test a new model of digital cinema camera, the Red One
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2006· 3 entries
Awarded Saturn Awards (2006).
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Jackson gave NZ$500,000 to embryonic stem cell research
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Jackson received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement
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2004· 12 entries
Awarded Academy Award for Best Picture for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2004).
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Awarded BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2004).
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Awarded Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Director (2004).
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Awarded Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film (2004).
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Awarded Producers Guild of America Awards (2004).
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Awarded Saturn Award for Best Writing (2004).
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Awarded Directors Guild of America Award (2004).
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Awarded Academy Award for Best Director for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2004).
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Awarded Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2004).
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Awarded Australian Film Institute Award for Best Foreign Film for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2004).
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Awarded Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2004).
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Awarded Saturn Awards (2004).
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2003· 5 entries
Awarded Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form for The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2003).
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Won Golden Globe Award for Best Director for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003).
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Awarded Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Director for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003).
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Awarded Australian Film Institute Award for Best Foreign Film for The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2003).
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Won Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003).
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2002· 7 entries
Awarded Saturn Awards (2002).
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Awarded Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation for The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2002).
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Awarded Australian Film Institute Award for Best Foreign Film for The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2002).
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Awarded BAFTA Award for Best Direction for The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2002).
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Awarded Saturn Award for Best Director (2002).
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Awarded Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Director for The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002).
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Jackson was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit
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2001· 1 entry
Awarded Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (2001).
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1997· 1 entry
The director submitted a lengthy criticism of the commission for a magazine supplement meant to celebrate the body's 20th anniversary, criticising what he called inconsistent decision-making by inexperienced board member
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1994· 2 entries
Earned Silver Lion (1994).
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After Jackson won a race to bring the story to the screen, Heavenly Creatures marked a major change for Jackson in terms of both style and tone
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1993· 1 entry
Co-founded the Wellington-based companies Weta Workshop (now Wētā Workshop), to handle special and physical effects, and Weta Digital (now Wētā FX), to focus on digital visual effects
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1961· 1 entry
Born 1961-10-31.
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