Peter Jackson's biography

Peter Jackson is 61 years old film director born at Pukerua Bay. He was born on Tuesday 31st of October 1961. He is often nicknamed as PJPete. According to year of birth 1961 he belongs to Boomers. Birthday on 31st of October means he is Scorpio. Scorpio is a watery sign. These people are very intense in their thoughts. They always learn from the transformatory phase of their life.

He is citizen of New Zealand. His primary profession is to be film director. You can know him also as film producer, screenwriter, writer, film editor. He is recently known as actor. He received BAFTA Award for Best Direction The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring in

Peter Jackson's family

Peter Jackson's spouse

She is known as actor. His spouse was born on Saturday 10th of January 1959 in Wellington.

Peter Jackson's ex spouse

He has 1 son and 1 daughter

Peter Jackson's son: Billy Jackson

Peter Jackson's son's name is Billy Jackson. He is known as actor. His son was born on Saturday 29th of April 1995 in Wellington.

Peter Jackson's daughter: Katie Jackson

Peter Jackson's daughter's name is Katie Jackson. She is known as actor. His daughter was born on Monday 12th of August 1996 in Wellington.

Peter Jackson's schools

We found 1 school He attended. Name of the school: Kāpiti College.

Peter Jackson's career

His main focus is to be film director.

Awards and competitions

Peter Jackson's Awards

He received award for BAFTA Award for Best Direction
He received award for BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
He received award for Golden Globe Award for Best Director
He received award for Academy Award for Best Director for work The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King in 2003
He received award for Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay for work The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King in 2003
He received award for Academy Award for Best Picture for work The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King in 2003
He received award for Australian Film Institute Award for Best Foreign Film for work The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring in 2002
He received award for Australian Film Institute Award for Best Foreign Film for work The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers in 2003
He received award for Australian Film Institute Award for Best Foreign Film for work The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King in 2004
He received award for Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama for work The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King in 2003

Peter Jackson's Rankings

Ranked #20 in Premiere magazine's 2003 annual Power 100 List. Had ranked #41 in 2002.
Ranked #6 in Premiere magazine's 2004 annual Power 100 List. Had ranked #20 in 2003. He is the second-highest rated director on the list, behind only Steven Spielberg.
Crowned the most powerful man in Hollywood by ranking #1 on Premiere magazine's 2005 Power 50 List. It is his first #1 ranking. Had ranked #6 in 2004.
Ranked #7 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Greatest directors ever!" (2005).
Ranked #11 on Premiere magazine's 2006 "Power 50" list. Had ranked #1 in 2005.
Ranked #16 on EW's The 50 Smartest People in Hollywood (2007).

Peter Jackson's Nominations

He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Director
He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Director
He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay
He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Picture
He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Picture
He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Picture
He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Picture

What Peter Jackson has done for a first time

The stuff in the bowl, in his first movie Bad Taste (1987), was yoghurt, muesli and green food colouring.
For his first movie, Bad Taste (1987), he did all the special effects, the make-up effects and built exact replicas of the weapons.
Crowned the most powerful man in Hollywood by ranking #1 on Premiere magazine's 2005 Power 50 List. It is his first #1 ranking. Had ranked #6 in 2004.
Spent 6 years from 1997 making The Lord of the Rings films with the first 2 grossing a billion pounds world wide.

Peter Jackson's quotes

New Zealand is not a small country but a large village.
What I don't like are pompous, pretentious movies.
On Meet the Feebles (1989): I have a moronic sense of humour.
To get an Oscar would be an incredible moment in my career, there is no doubt about that. But the Lord of the Rings films are not made for Oscars, they are made for the audience.
I always trusted him. If there was a way that I had seen something and he had seen it differently, I would... trust his vision. We were in brilliant hands. -- Elijah Wood on filming "The Lord of the Rings", December 14, 2003.
Don't worry. Gollum isn't going to be another Jar Jar Binks.
No film has captivated my imagination more than King Kong (1933). I'm making movies today because I saw this film when I was 9 years old. It has been my sustained dream to reinterpret this classic story for a new age.
[on The Lovely Bones (2009)] - It's a film about how love never really dies and how time heals.
[on filming the J.R.R. Tolkien fantasies] I am a lifelong Buster Keaton fan. I am not saying I am approaching his genius, but we are able to make things exciting and provide bits of visual humour as we do.
(On Toy Story (1995)) It lifted the bar! And that's what any good film should do.
I don't think anyone's watching Marvel movies to get a lesson about politics. But escapist films tend to be most popular in times of uncertainty.

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