The Incredible Peter Jackson:

Do you know about the incredible Peter Jackson? He is an amazing director. He has directed more than 65 movies. The most famous ones were remakes of King Kong, The Hobbit and The Lord of the Ring. He is most known for the director of those movies. His net worth is $1.5 billion in USD.

Childhood of Peter Jackson:

Peter Jackson was born on 31 October 1961 at Pukerua Bay, New Zealand. It’s a small seaside town not far from the country’s capillary city, Wellington. His father Bill, was a local authority employee and his mother Joan, was a homemaker. At an early age, he was interested in a television series called “Thunderbird”. With its vehicles and special effects. That made him more interested in science fiction and model building. By the age of nine he was so inspired so he started to make his own short videos by using the special effects he loved. When he saw the 1933 film King Kong on Television. The day Peter Jackson tried experimenting with the stop-motion animation technique that had made him so excited in the movie.

Peter Jackson’s high school life:

Up to the age of 15 he continued to make short videos. At 16, he dropped out of school and took a job as apprentice engraver in a newspaper’s photography department living with his parents to save money for camera equipment and film. When he buyed his first 16mm camera, he set out to make a short film to give himself with the equipment. This project, science fiction horror fantasy called Bad Taste. The project would eat four years of his life. He wrote, directed and photographed the film, building all of the models and special effects, playing multiple roles, including the lead, and giving neighbours and friends to fill out the cast. After that he made about 65 movies.

Achievements of Peter Jackson:

In 1987, he got married to Dame Fran Walsh. After his marriage he made a lot of movies like Meet the Feebles(1989), Dead Alive (1992),Hercules and the lost kingdom (1994), Jack Brown Genius (1996), The Ugly (1997) and SO MANY MORE. In between that, in 1995 Billy Jackson was born, just after 1 year Katie Kackson was born. At this moment Katie Jackson is 28 years old and Billy Jackson is 29 years old. 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.

Summary Peter Jackson’s life:

That was his amazing, special and marvellous journey of becoming a Director. Who lived in a small town by Wellington, who didn’t even have a camera when he started his journey of a Director and now Peter Jackson has achieved more than he thought he would. In the future Peter Jackson might make another incredible movie.