June 10

Information Report about Peter Jackson


Introduction : 

Did you know that he dropped out of college? A very famous director, screenwriter and producer.Reading more you will find out: about his early life, achievements and Legacy and a lot of more facts .This is a director that is named Peter Jackson. He had been a director for the past several years. Peter Jackson has done a lot for his country he has chaired the 14 – 18 aviation heritage trust and was a member of the world war 1 centenary committee. As you heard, he has done a lot for his people so now let’s find out what other great things he has done and what he did to get to being a director.

Paragraph 1 : Early Life & family 

Born in Pukerua Bay Porirua on 31 October 1961 was  Peter Jackson. Jackson was the only  child of Bill and Joan Jackson. As he grew up his parents had an early glimpse of his future, so they brought him a 8mm camera and he started making war movies in the backyard  so he could start his journey of being a successful director. As time went on he started developing a love for films. As a child he was thrilled by the adventures he would have inside and outside his house so he called his house an  “adventure playground”. Jackson’s imagination was inspired by a picturesque coastline of cliffs and caves. At a very young age he was engaged with a tv show called Thunder Birds. He started making his first films at his primary school. The name of the school was Pukerua Bay Primary. Jackson was with this teacher in this class named Trevor Shoesmith that he remembered because he was the teacher that he screened his first film with.

Paragraph 2 : achievements

Peter Jackson is a director, producer and also a screenwriter. He has directed over 21 movies in the past year, some of the most hit movies he has directed are The Simpsons,the Lord of Rings, King Kong and The Hobbit. Jackson has been awarded a lot of awards from academy awards. He has won 3 awards from his most recent hit movies. In 1986 Peter Jackson released his first movie he has ever directed which was named BAD TASTE. He  got paid $5000 for his first ever movie, WOW ! Peter Jackson began to become the most popular film maker and a lot of people started to want to make movies with him, his salary was also going up higher and higher. It  reached up to $950,904,589 per year.He was the richest director in Hollywood with a net worth of 1.5 billion dollars according to the internet but in my opinion he is a very successful person. One of the most famous series named the lord of rings was also made by Peter Jackson after making the past 3 series of the movie he got paid $10 million dollars for each season and made a total of $30 million dollars.

Paragraph 3 : interesting facts 

At the age of 37 Jackson got  married to a beautiful woman named Fran Walsh who is a New Zealand Writer. He has 2 kids, the oldest is named Billy and he is 29 years old and the youngest child is named Katie and she is 28 years old. He has been awarded three academy awards for the movies the Lord of Rings, the return of the King (2003) and also for the best picture, best director and most important best adapted screenplay. A very cool fact is that he was a role model for himself; he was never trained for being a director; he graduated himself to being successful.Jackson was turned down sadly for a job at kiwi production company at the age of 17, Many years later he bought the company from the money he had made from the First Lord of Rings picture. His mother Joan sadly died three days before the release of the first movie in the trilogy. There was a very special moment of showing the film after her funeral.

Paragraph 4 :  Education & Training 

Peter Jackson went to Kapiti College which was run by the government. When he went to school his life was very dull and not exactly fun for him because he didn’t like to contribute to sports events. He was very impatient to graduate and find a job to make money for his film production. When he reached the age of 16 he made a decision to drop out of college and got a job at a photography shop. He learnt a lot about different effects and about how to edit movies and make it more interesting, through trial and error in his non professional films. This means that he has expressed  his real passion for films and he has developed a successful career by learning through practice . He got into the industrial world with his passion and talent, where he gained fame for his unique storytelling and visual style.

Conclusion:

The story of Peter Jackson is  very inspiring and motivating to especially to upcoming movies directors, producers and screenwriters, who are planning to join the industry. One of the biggest lessons that people can surely learn from Jackson’s story is the need for passion, self belief in order for you to succeed in the industry. He believed in himself and what amazing abilities he has and followed his passion to lead him to being a director. Even though he did not show too much enthusiasm in sports he also dropped out of college but he still believed that one day he will be making amazing movies and be one of the best directors. It’s totally clear that Peter Jackson’s legacy will encounter  for the next generations to come. To let them know about a amazing inspiration.

 

 

 


Posted June 10, 2024 by rehap_2312 in category Uncategorized

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