Peter Jackson
Acting · Production · Directing · Crew · Camera · Visual Effects · Writing
Born October 31, 1961, Pukerua Bay, North Island, New Zealand
Sir Peter Robert Jackson, (born 31 October 1961) is a New Zealand film director, producer, actor, and screenwriter, known for his Lord of the Rings film trilogy, adapted from the novel by J. R. R. Tolkien. He is also known for his 2005 remake of King Kong and as the producer of District 9. He won international attention early in his career with his "splatstick" horror comedies, before coming to mainstream prominence with Heavenly Creatures, for which he shared an Academy Award Best Screenplay nomination with his wife, Fran Walsh. Jackson has been awarded three Academy Awards in his career, including the award for Best Director in 2003. Description above from the Wikipedia article Peter Jackson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Filmography
- 2027The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum — Producer
- 2024The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim — Executive Producer
- 2023Now and Then - The Last Beatles Song — Self, Thanks
- The Muppets Mayhem — Peter Jackson (uncredited)
- 2023WAR IS OVER! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko — Thanks
- 2022The Beatles: Get Back - The Rooftop Concert — Director, Producer
- The Beatles: Get Back — Director, Producer, Creator
- 2018Mortal Engines — Sooty Pete (uncredited), Producer, Screenplay
- 2018They Shall Not Grow Old — Director, Producer, Writer
- 2017Killer Piñata — Thanks
- 2014The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies — Painting of Bungo Baggins (uncredited), Director, Producer, Screenplay
- 2013The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug — Albert Dreary (uncredited), Director, Screenplay, Producer
- 2012Plaga zombie: zona mutante: revolución tóxica — Thanks
- 2012The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey — Running Dwarf in Erebor (uncredited), Director, Producer, Screenplay
- 2012West of Memphis — Self – WM3 Supporter, Producer
- 2011The Adventures of Tintin — Producer, Co-Director
- 2009District 9 — Producer
- 2009The Lovely Bones — Man at Pharmacy (uncredited), Director, Screenplay, Producer
- 2008Crossing the Line — Director, Writer
- 2008RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World” — Self, Producer
- 2007Hot Fuzz — Thief Dressed as Father Christmas (uncredited)
- 2005King Kong — Biplane Gunner, Director, Producer, Writer
- 2005Lord of the Brush
- 2005The Lost Spider Pit Sequence — Director
- Entourage — Peter Jackson
- 2003No Feat But What We Make: 'Terminator 2' and the Rise of Digital Effects
- 2003The Long and Short of It — Bus Driver, Executive Producer
- 2003The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King — Corsair Bosun (uncredited), Director, Producer, Screenplay
- 2003The Quest Fulfilled: A Director's Vision — Self, Thanks
- Icons
- 2002The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers — Spear-Throwing Rohan Soldier (uncredited), Producer, Screenplay, Director
- 2001The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring — Albert Dreary / Painting of Bungo Baggins (uncredited), Director, Producer, Screenplay
- 1998The Making of 'The Frighteners' — Self, Director, Writer, Producer
- 1997Contact — Additional Visual Effects
- 1997Forgotten Silver — Self, Director, Writer, Executive Producer
- 1996Jack Brown: Genius — Writer, Second Unit Director, Producer
- 1996The Frighteners — Man with Piercings (uncredited), Director, Screenplay, Producer
- 1995Dirty Creature — Executive Producer
- 1994DeGenerazione — Thanks
- 1994Heavenly Creatures — Bum Outside Theater (uncredited), Screenplay, Director, Co-Producer
- Blue Heelers
- 1992Braindead — Undertaker's Assistant, Director, Screenplay
- 1992Valley of the Stereos — Executive Producer, Story
- Red Empire — Director of Photography
- 1989Meet the Feebles — Audience Member in the Theater (uncredited), Director, Screenplay, Producer
- 1989Sex, Drugs and Soft Toys - The Making of Meet the Feebles — Self, Director
- 1989The Lounge Bar — Special Effects
- The Simpsons — Peter Jackson (voice)
- 1987Bad Taste — Derek / Robert, Director, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor, Writer, Special Effects, Makeup Effects
- 1976The Valley — Prospector #4, Director, Editor, Costume Design, Makeup Designer, Special Effects
- The Lord of the Rings: Shadow of the Past — Producer
- Untitled The Adventures of Tintin Sequel — Director
Appearances as themselves (72)
- 2024The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee — Self
- 2023Attack of the Doc! — Self
- 2021Peter Jackson's Military Treasures — Self
- Reunited Apart — Self
- 2016Adam Savage Tours Peter Jackson's Movie Prop Collection — Himself
- 2015Farewell, Friends! — Self
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self
- 2015Under the Shadow of the Mountain — Self
- 2014In the Halls of the Elven-king — Self
- Last Week Tonight with John Oliver — Self
- 2014Summoning Smaug: The Last of the Fire-drakes — Self
- 2013River Deep, Mountain High: James Nesbitt in New Zealand — Self
- 2013The Company of Thorin — Self
- 2013The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot — Self
- 2013The Journey Back to Middle-earth — Self
- 2012Close Up — Self (archive footage)
- 2012Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan — Self
- Last Chance to See — Self
- 2007Star Wars: The Legacy Revealed — Self
- 2006Kong's New York, 1933 — Self
- 2006Recreating the Eighth Wonder: The Making of 'King Kong' — Self
- 2006The Eighth Blunder of the World — Self
- 2006The Making of 'The Fellowship of the Ring' — Self
- 2006The Making of 'The Return of the King' — Self
- 2006The Making of 'The Two Towers' — Self
- 2006The Sci-Fi Boys — Self
- 2005King Kong: Peter Jackson's Post-Production Diaries — Self
- 2005King Kong: Peter Jackson's Production Diaries — Self
- 2005Nos Bastidores de Hollywood — Self (archive footage)
- 2005Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection — Self
- 2005Ringers: Lord of the Fans — Self
- 2005The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz — Self
- The Colbert Report — Self (uncredited)
- 2004A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King' — Self
- 2004DNZ: The Real Middle Earth — Self
- 2004Frodo Is Great... Who Is That?!! — Self
- 2004From Book to Script: Forging the Final Chapter — Self
- Kulturplatz — Self
- 2004The Characters of Star Wars — Self
- 2004The Force Is with Them: The Legacy of 'Star Wars' — Self
- 2004The Passing of an Age — Self
- 2003Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King — Self
- 2003From Book to Script: Finding the Story — Self
- 2003J.R.R. Tolkien: Origins of Middle-Earth — Self
- 2003The Making of 'The Long and Short of It' — Self
- 2003The Race for Everest — Self - Reuters Correspendent
- 2003Warriors of the Third Age — Self
- 2002A Day in the Life of a Hobbit — Self
- 2002J.R.R. Tolkien - Creator of Middle-earth — Self
- 2002Music for Middle-earth — Self
- 2002New Zealand as Middle Earth — Self
- 2002The Fellowship of the Ring: Assembling an Epic — Self
- 2002The Fellowship of the Ring: Big-atures — Self
- 2002The Fellowship of the Ring: Cameras in Middle-earth — Self
- 2002The Fellowship of the Ring: Designing and Building Middle-earth + Weta Workshop + Costume Design — Self
- 2002The Fellowship of the Ring: Digital Grading — Self
- 2002The Fellowship of the Ring: From Book to Script — Self
- 2002The Fellowship of the Ring: Scale — Self
- 2002The Fellowship of the Ring: Storyboards and Pre-Viz: Making Words into Images — Self
- 2002The Fellowship of the Ring: The Fellowship of the Cast — Self
- 2002The Fellowship of the Ring: The Road Goes Ever On.. — Self
- 2002The Soundscapes of Middle-earth — Self
- 2002Weta Digital — Self
- 2001Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring — Self
- 2001Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings' — Self
- 2001Quest for the Ring — Self
- 2000Behind the Bull — Self
- Click — Self
- 1997Hillary and Tenzing - Everest and After — self
- 1988Good Taste Made Bad Taste — Himself
- The Oscars — Self
- The Making of The Lord of the Rings Collection — Self