Who is Sir Peter Jackson you may ask ? well he is a 62 year old New Zealand film director , screenwriter and producer. He is best known as a director , writer , producer of the “Lord of Rings” trilogy , and the Hobbit trilogy. He has a lovely wife named Fran Walsh followed by 2 kids Katie , Billy.
Peter Jackson was born in Wellington and was raised in it’s far northern suburb of Pukera Bay , exactly on Oct 31st o1961. He began making / directing , movies at an early age using his parents Super 8mm camera. After attending “Kapiti College” he left at the age of 17 years old and began shooting a science fiction comedy short , which three years later had grown into a 75 minute feature called Bad Taste.
Peter Jackson’s journey towards directing was alot , He started off his career with “Splatstick” horror comedy called Bad Taste with the following of a black comedy which is named ” Meet the Feebles”. Jackson not only filmed those but also set up a shot for his 2005 remake of King Kong with the actor Jack Black. Surprisingly this film inspired Peter Jackson to actually become a film director as a child!.
Well as we all know is that he is a famous New Zealand film director , screenwriter and producer. His love towards directing was huge. As he directed over 20 films , 22 to be exact. Not only has he filmed / directed 20+ movies but towards that progress he’s also achieved plenty of awards specifically three Academy awards , Golden Globe / four Saturn awards etc…
Peter Jackson is a New Zealand director , writer and producer. But what movies/ films did he direct?. Well he’s directed The Hobbit , King Kong , Lord of Rings and even Bad Taste. All these films took time and effort but gladly ended successful. In addition Sir Peter then directed , produced The Lovely Bones and the award winning World War 1 documentary “They Shall Not Grow Old”.
Peter Jackson is currently a hard working citizen , at the age of 62 years. He’s now producing a new Tolkien film , which will Center the character ” Gollum” , and have Andy Serkis to set star and direct.
In conclusion , Peter Jackson is an amazing hard worker. His passion for storytelling and dedication towards directing films will always be memorising. Peter Jackson will always be a highly talented filmmaker.