Fran Walsh
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Born | Frances Rosemary Walsh 10 January 1959 Wellington, New Zealand |
Occupation(s) | Screenwriter, film producer, lyricist |
Years active | 1983–present |
Partner | Peter Jackson (1987–present) |
Children | 2 |
Dame Frances Rosemary Walsh
The partner of filmmaker Peter Jackson, Walsh has contributed to all of their films since 1989: as co-writer since Meet the Feebles, and as producer since The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. She has won three Academy Awards for the final film of the trilogy, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.
Early life
Walsh was born into a family of Irish descent
Career
Walsh got her screen break writing material for New Zealand producer Grahame McLean on 1983 television film A Woman of Good Character (It's Lizzie to those Close). Later she wrote scripts for his TV show Worzel Gummidge Down Under.[2]
Walsh met Peter Jackson in the mid-1980s during the final stages of production on his low-budget movie
Walsh and Jackson have not married (2015).
Walsh, with Jackson and
Walsh, Jackson, and Boyens continued their screenplay work together for the 2005 remake of
Walsh prefers to remain more private than Jackson or Boyens; she did not contribute an interview to the bonus features on The Lord of the Rings movie DVDs; however, she did feature on the director/writers'
Honours and awards
She won three Academy Awards in 2004, for Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Original Song, all for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. She has received seven Oscar nominations.
In the
Filmography
This is her selected filmography as screenwriter, unless noted:
- Worzel Gummidge Down Under (1986–89)
- Meet the Feebles (1989)
- Braindead(1992, screenplay, casting director, acting cameo)
- Heavenly Creatures (1994)
- Jack Brown Genius (1996)
- The Frighteners (1996, screenplay, associate producer, acting cameo)
- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001, screenplay, producer, lyricist for "In Dreams", additional second unit director)
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002, screenplay, producer, composer for "Gollum's Song")
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003, screenplay, producer, composer for "Into the West" and "A Shadow Lies Between Us")
- King Kong (2005, screenplay, producer)
- The Lovely Bones (2009, screenplay, producer)
- The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012, screenplay, producer)
- The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013, screenplay, producer)
- The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014, screenplay, producer)
- Mortal Engines (2018, screenplay, producer)[11]
References
- ^ "UPI Almanac for Friday, Jan. 10, 2020". United Press International. 10 January 2020. Archived from the original on 15 January 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
... New Zealand screenwriter Fran Walsh in 1959 (age 61)
- ^ ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
- OCLC 123093764.
- OCLC 890284207
- ^ Morton, Ray. King Kong: The History of a Movie Icon from Fay Wray to Peter Jackson. p. 168.
- ^ Patrick Goldstein (24 August 1998). "New Line Gambles on Becoming Lord of the 'Rings'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
- ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ^ David Farmer (2007). "The Soundscapes of Middle-earth" documentary (DVD Video). New Line Cinema. Event occurs at 07:20.
- ^ "New Year honours list 2002". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 31 December 2001. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
- ^ "Queen's Birthday honours list 2019". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 3 June 2019. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
- ^ Lee, Ashley (24 November 2016). "Peter Jackson's 'Mortal Engines' Gets December 2018 Release". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
- General sources
- "Fran Walsh: The Enigma". TheOneRing.net. 23 December 2001.
- LeVasseur, Andrea. "Fran Walsh: Biography". Allmovie. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
- "Fran Walsh". NZ On Screen. 22 July 2011.
External links
- Fran Walsh at IMDb