Sir Peter Jackson By Callum Kennedy-Clark
Early Life Born October 31st 1961 Grew up in Pukerua Bay and attended Kapiti College Interested in film from a young age and started making his own after the family was gifted a Super 8 cine- camera by family friends Loved J.R.R Tolken's books and King Kong was his favourite film
How He Got Involved Has no formal training Learned through trial and error Wanted to make films after seeing King Kong Started as a child using the family camera to make short films with films
Filmography Title Production Company Financiers Script Writers Bad Taste Wingnut Films NZ Film Commission Ken Hammon, Tony Hiles and Peter Jackson Meet the Feebles South Gate Entertainment Peter Jackson, Danny Mulheron, Fran Walsh Heavenly Creatures Miramax Films Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh The Frighteners Universal Pictures Fellowship of the Ring New Line Cinema Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh Two Towers Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, Stephen Sinclair Return of the King King Kong The Lovely Bones Paramount Pictures The Hobbit Fran Walsh,Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson, Guillermo del Toro
Favourite Cast or Crew Doesn't really have any favourites Likes to work with his wife Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens with script writing Prefers to use NZ crews rather than American ones Does enjoy working with Steven Spielberg
Preferred Style/Theme Attention to detail when shooting Has a macabre sense of humour Likes to shoot from different angles and will shoot a scene 5-10 times “For Luck” Wants to make his films here rather than abroad Does most of his shooting in Wellington Does a few extra close-ups on actor with wide angle lenses
Current Projects Set to produce a remake of The Dam Busters Was to produce a $128million film about the Halo franchise but this failed and turned into District 9 Currently directing The Hobbit He has also won the rights to a film adaptation of the fantasy novel series Temeraire
Impact of his work Put NZ film industry on the map Uses NZ locations for most of his work and tries to get NZer's involved in his films He is a common role model among up and coming NZ film makers His contribution opened NZ up for the world to see our sense of humour