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Peter Jackson
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 | |
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Jackson at the 2014 San Diego Comic-Con | |
| Born | Peter Robert Jackson (1961-10-31) 31 October 1961 (age 63) Pukerua Bay, New Zealand |
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| Years active | 1976–present |
| Partner | Fran Walsh (1987–present) |
| Children | 2 |
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-highest-grossing film director of all-time, with his films having made over $6.5 billion worldwide.
Jackson began his career with the "splatstick" horror comedy Bad Taste (1987) and the black comedyMeet 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 Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay. His other awards include three BAFTAs, a Golden Globe, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and four Saturn Awards among others.
His production company is WingNut Films, and his most regular collaborators are co-writers and producers Walsh and P Forum Ace Join Date: Jun 1999 Posts: 988 The biographical info on the director Peter Jackson from the Internet Movie Database (IMDb) states that Jackson is a collector of WWI model planes. __________________ Two-seater Pilot Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Reston, Virginia Posts: 204 Forum Ace of Aces Join Date: Aug 1998 Location: The American West Posts: 5,704 I caught part of a recent interview with Jackson: Seems he was interested in a re-re-remake of "King Kong." __________________ 2018 film by Christian Rivers Mortal Engines is a 2018 post-apocalypticsteampunk film directed by Christian Rivers from a screenplay by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, and Peter Jackson, based on the 2001 novel of the same name by Philip Reeve. It stars Hera Hilmar, Robert Sheehan, Hugo Weaving, Jihae, Ronan Raftery, Leila George, Patrick Malahide, and Stephen Lang. An American–New Zealand co-production, the film is set in a post-apocalyptic world where entire cities have been mounted on wheels and motorised, and practice municipal Darwinism; its movie universe is different from that of the books. Jackson purchased the rights to the book in 2009, but the film languished for several years before being officially announced in 2016. Jackson picked Rivers, who won an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects for his work on Jackson's King Kong, to make his feature-length directorial debut with the project, and also brought on several members of his production teams from The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit film trilogies. Filming took place from April to July 2017 in New Zealand. Mortal Engines had its world premiere on November 27, 2018, in London, was theatrically released in Australia and New Zealand on December 6, 2018, and in the United States on December 14, 2018. The film received negative reviews from critics, with some praising the visual effects and score, but with most criticizing the direction, screenplay and "lack of personality". It is one of the biggest box office bombs of all time, grossing $83.7 million against a production budget of $100–150 million and losing the studio an estimated $175 million. Set more than a thousand years in the future following a cataclysmic conflict known as the Sixty Minute War, the remnants of mankind regroup and form mobile cities, called "Traction Cities". Under a philosophy known as "Municipal Darwinism", larger "predator" Peter Jackson's FILM ADAPTATION J. R. R. TOLKIEN & The Fellowship of the Ring English 104 - Introduction to Literature: Fiction, Fall 2002 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. Jackson's adaptations, produced by New Line Cinema, of Part 2: The Two Towers and of Part 3: The Return of the King are scheduled for release in Dec. 2002 and 2003, respectively. "I am interested in themes about friendship and self-sacrifice. Other Media Adaptations of Tolkien's Works:Movies, Television & VideoTopics related to WWI aviation movies, documentaries, television, and other videos etc. 14 February 2004, 11:42 AM
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Successful Movie Director + WWI Airplane Hobby = new WWI movie?
If anyone bumps into Mr. Jackson, please ask him to consider filming a WWI aviation movie. We're bone dry out here.
The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do.
-- Thomas Jefferson
Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first. -- Ronald Reagan 14 February 2004, 06:04 PM 14 February 2004, 08:42 PM
At least it could have biplanes!
You will not rise to the occasion: You will default to your level of training. Mortal Engines (film)
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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
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Director: Peter Jackson. Producers: Barrie M. Osborne, Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, Tim Sanders. Screenplay: Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens, based on the novel by J. R. R. Tolkien. Performers: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, Sean Bean, Ian Holm, Cate Blanchett, John Rhys-Davies, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, Orlando Bloom, Liv Tyler, Christopher Lee, Hugo Weaving, and Andy Serkis. Wingnut Films / New Line Cinema, 2001. [Rated: PG-13; 178 min.]
This is a story of survival and courage, about a touching last stand
that paved the way for the ascent of humankind."
— Peter Jackson,qtd. in Taking on Tolkien: Peter Jackson Brings the Fantasy to Life
New Line Productions, Inc., 2002
--Poems and Songs of Middle-earth,The Hobbit and The Fellowship of the Ring, and The Lord of the Rings, recordings of J. R. R. Tolkien reading from his own works, have all been released by Caedmon.
--The Silmarillion: Of Beren and Luthien, read by Christopher Tolkien, was also released by Caedmon.
--Tolkien's illustrations from Pictures by J. R. R. Tolkien have been