Director Name: Peter Jackson
Director:- The Valley (1976)
- Bad Taste (1987)
- Meet the Feebles (1989)
- Braindead (1994)
- Heavenly Creatures (1995)
- Forgotten Silver (1996)
- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
- King Kong (2005)
- Crossing the Line (2008)
- The Lovely Bones (2009)
Producer:- Bad Taste (1987)
- Meet the Feebles (1989)
- Valley of the Stereos (1992)
- Jack Brown Genius (1994)
- Heavenly Creatures (1994)
- The Frighteners (1996)
- The Long and Short of It (2003)
- The Lovely Bones (2009)
- District 9 (2009)
- The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn (2011)
- Dambusters (2010)
- The Hobbit (2011)
Actor:- The Valley (1976)
- Bad Taste (1987)
- Braindead (1992)
- Heavenly Creatures (1994)
- Forgotten Silver (1995)
- The Frighteners (1996)
- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
- The Long and Short of It (2003)
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
- King Kong (2005)
- Hot Fuzz (2007)
- Entourage (2008)
Special & Visiual effects:- The Valley (1976)
- Bad Taste (1987)
- The Lounge Bar (1989)
- Braindead (1992)
- Contact (1997)
Editor:- The Valley (1976)
- Bad Taste (1987)
Short Bio:Peter Robert Jackson was born on 31 October 1961 in Pukerua Bay, a coastal town near Wellington, New Zealand. He was an only child of his parents, both immigrants from England.
After a family friend gave the Jacksons a Super 8 cine-camera, Peter began making short films with his friends. Jackson has no formal training in film-making, but learned about editing, special effects and make-up largely through his own trial and error. As a teenager Jackson discovered the work of author J. R. R. Tolkien after watching an animated 'The Lord of the Rings' film in 1978.
Over four years (from 1983 to 1987) Jackson's first feature 'Bad Taste', grew to a splatter comedy. It's about aliens that come to earth with the desire of turning humans into food. He created extensive special effects for the film, including an infamous scene of an alien drinking "vomit": muesli mixed with green food colouring. Jackson's next film to see release would turn out be 'Meet the Feebles' in 1989, a musical comedy starring Muppet-style puppets. In 1992 he released the horror comedy 'Braindead'. The film reversed the usual zombie plot — rather than keeping the zombies out of his place of refuge, the hero attempts to keep them inside, while maintaining a facade of normality. The film features extensive special effects including miniature trams, stop motion and a plethora of gory make-up effects. Released in 1994, 'Heavenly Creatures' marked a major change for Jackson in terms of both style and tone. The film is based on real-life events: namely the Parker-Hulme murder in which two teenage girls in 1950s Christchurch became close friends, some say lovers, and later murdered the mother of one of the girls. 'Heavenly Creatures' received considerable critical acclaim, including an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay. The following year, Jackson co-directed 'Forgotten Silver', a story of New Zealand film pioneer Colin McKenzie, who had supposedly invented colour film and 'talkies'.
Peter Jackson won the rights to film J. R. R. Tolkien's epic 'Lord of the Rings' in 1997. Originally working with Miramax towards a two-film production, Jackson was later pressured to render the story as a single film, and finally overcame a tight deadline by making a last minute deal withNew Line, who were keen on a trilogy. Principal photography stretched from October 1999 to December 2000 with extensive location filming across New Zealand. With the benefit of extended post-production and extra periods of shooting before each film's release, the series met huge success and sent Jackson's popularity soaring. 'The Return of the King' itself met with huge critical acclaim, winning a total eleven Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director making Jackson one of only six people to win Oscars for producing, directing, and writing in the same year. The film was the first of the fantasy film genre to ever win the award for Best Picture and was the second sequel ever to win Best Picture.
In 2005 Jacksons remake of the 1933 classic King Kong was released. This year December his new movie 'The Lovely Bones' - a combination of fantasy aspects and themes of murder bears with some similarities to 'Heavenly Creatures'- will be released. Jackson also announced that he would produce and direct a 3-D animation combined Tintin movie along with Steven Spielberg. Jackson has also earned the rights to a film adaptation of the fantasy novel series 'Temeraire', a novel about dragons being used in combat in the Napoleonic Wars. Jackson also produced the new released sci-fi project 'District 9'.
Jackson's involvement in the making of a film version of 'The Hobbit', along with another possible The Lord of the Rings prequel, has a long and chequered history. In November 2006, a letter stated that due to an ongoing legal dispute between Wingnut Films and New Line Cinema, Jackson would likely not be directing the film. In August 2007 though New Line Cinema was trying to repair its working relationship with Jackson. December 2007, it was announced that Peter Jackson and New Line Cinema had reached agreement to make two prequels, both based on 'The Hobbit', which will be released in 2011 and 2012. Jackson will serve as a writer andexecutive producer and Guillermo del Toro has been selected to direct.
Jackson and his newly formed studio Wingnut Interactive are working on an unrevealed project being developed by Microsoft Game Studios in collaboration with Bungie Studios. The project has been officially titled 'Halo: Chronicles'. Jackson was to be the executive producer on a 'Halo movie', but in October 2006 the film was postponed indefinitely but was never officially cancelled.
A short review:Peter Jackson is a New Zealand filmmaker, producer and screenwriter, best known for 'The Lord of the Rings' 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 the critically acclaimed film 'District 9'.
He won international attention early in his career with his "splatstick" horror comedies, before coming to mainstream prominence with 'Heavenly Creatures'. Jackson has been awarded a total of three Academy Awards in his career.
I really like his noted perfectionism on the 'Lord of the Rings' shoot. That's why the trilogy is so wonderful detailed and authentic. Also his behaviour shooting a scene from as many angles as possible, gives him more options to choose from in the editing process, and makes it over all not only a movie but something epic. His most common visual trademarks is shooting close-ups of actors with wide-angle lenses. And during filming of 'The Lord of the Rings', Jackson was famous for wearing short pants and going barefoot under most circumstances, especially during film shoots.
Unlike some other film directors, Peter Jackson has remained in his native country to make films. This has been the genesis of several production and support companies. Most of Jackson's assets are found on the Miramar Peninsula in his home town of Wellington where much of his filming occurs.
He was an early user of computer enhancement technology and provided digital special effects to a number of Hollywood films by use of telecommunications and satellite links to transmit raw images and the final results across the Pacific Ocean.
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