Have you ever heard of the Wonderful Sir Peter Jackson? He is a New Zealand born Movie director. Who has directed 67 movies. His upcoming movie is Untitled Adventures of Tintin sequel which will be released in 2027. Sir Peter Jackson’s net worth is 2,459,115,00 NZD. He is the fourth-highest-grossing movie director of all time. He is roughly paid a salary of $963,375,149 per year.

Early Life

Sir Peter Jackson was born on the 31st of October 1961 at Pukerua Bay, New Zealand. Where Wellington is just 40 minutes North. He developed a love of movies as a child. He would make short films with his friends. One time he attempted to remake the King Kong movie at the age of nine using stop-motion models. Sir Peter Jackson went to Kāpiti College, where he had no interest in sports. At 16 he worked full time as a Photo-engraver for a Wellington newspaper, The Evening Post.

Inspirations

Sir Peter Jackson had developed a love of movies as a child. He was inspired by the adventures he had in and around his house. It is quite well known that he had a passion for the movie King Kong. It was his favourite movie as a child that also inspired him. When Sir Peter Jackson was eight his parents bought him an 8-mm movie camera. He then began to film short films such as a remake of King Kong. Sir Peter Jackson was inspired by George Romero, Sam Raimi and the special effects by Ray Harryhausen.

Career

Sir Peter Jackson began his professional career with his first movie, Bad Taste. Which was a R16 Horror/Sci-Fi movie about G-Men Learning that aliens are harvesting New Zealand for an intergalactic restaurant. This movie was released on 11 December 1987 where its budget was 40,839 NZD, 17,946 NZD. Throughout his career he was best known for  his Lord of the Rings trilogy and Hobbit trilogy. These trilogies were both adapted from the novels by J.R.R Tolkien. His first award was Silver Lion for best director given to him in 1994. His most recent award was the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Non-fiction Program which was given to him in 2022. His current overall trophies are thirty. His Lord of the Rings trilogy has won a total of 17 Oscars.

Personal life

Sir Peter Jackson’s parents were Joan Ruck and William Jackson. He was the only child in his family. He is now happily married to Fran Walsh. They got married in 1987 and had two lovely children who are Katie Jackson and Billy Jackson. Their oldest child, Billy Jackson was born in 1995 and is currently 29 years old. Their youngest child, Katie Jackson was born in 1996 and is currently 28 years old. Sir Peter Jackson is currently 62 years old and his wife, Fran Walsh was born on 10 January 1959 and is currently 65 years old.

Sir Peter Jackson is an incredible man who made a huge impact in the movie world and film industry. He has won some magnificent awards and he surely will win more. He is now one of New Zealand’s favourite movie directors. He started from making short films with his friends on an 8-mm movie camera as a child to making movies for people to enjoy on an ArriCam Studio 35mm film camera. He is mostly known for directing the Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogy. Sir Peter Jackson started his professional career 40 years ago and he is still going. He was knighted in 2010 by Sir Anand Satyanand, he was the Governor-General of New Zealand at a ceremony in Wellington.