Peter Jackson
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Born | Peter Robert Jackson 31 October 1961 Wellington, New Zealand |
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Years active | 1976–present |
Partner | Fran Walsh (1987–present) |
Children | 2 |
Sir Peter Robert Jackson
Jackson began his career with the "
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Early life
Jackson was born on 31 October 1961 in Wellington[4]: 25 [5] and was raised in its far northern suburb of Pukerua Bay.[6] His parents – Joan (née Ruck),[4](p 20)[7] a factory worker and housewife, and William "Bill" Jackson, a wages clerk – were immigrants from England.[8][9]
As a child, Jackson was a keen film fan, growing up on
Jackson attended Kāpiti College, where he expressed no interest in sports.[12] His classmates also remember him wearing a duffel coat with "an obsession verging on religious". He had no formal training in film-making, but learned about editing, special effects and make-up largely through his own trial and error. As a young adult, Jackson discovered the work of author J. R. R. Tolkien after watching The Lord of the Rings (1978), an animated film by Ralph Bakshi that was a part-adaptation of Tolkien's fantasy trilogy.[13] When he was 16 years old, Jackson left school and began working full-time as a photo-engraver for a Wellington newspaper, The Evening Post. For the seven years he worked there, Jackson lived at home with his parents so he could save as much money as possible to spend on film equipment. After two years of work Jackson bought a 16 mm camera, and began shooting a film that later became Bad Taste.[14]
Influences and inspirations
Jackson has long cited several films as influences. It is well known that Jackson has a passion for King Kong, often citing it as his favourite film and as the film that inspired him early in his life. Jackson recalls attempting to remake King Kong when he was nine. At the 2009
Career
Splatter phase
Jackson's first feature was Bad Taste, a haphazard fashion splatter comedy which took years to make. It included many of Jackson's friends acting and working on it for free. Shooting was normally done on weekends since Jackson was then working full-time. Bad Taste is about aliens that come to earth with the intention of turning humans into food. Jackson had two acting roles including a famous scene in which he fights himself on top of a cliff. The film was finally completed thanks to a late injection of finance from the New Zealand Film Commission, after Jim Booth, the body's executive director, became convinced of Jackson's talent (Booth later left the commission to become Jackson's producer). Bad Taste debuted at the Cannes Film Festival in May 1987.[18]
Around this time, Jackson began working on writing a number of film scripts, in varied collaborative groupings with playwright Stephen Sinclair, writer Fran Walsh and writer/actor Danny Mulheron. Walsh would later become his life partner.[2] Some of the scripts from this period, including a sequel to A Nightmare on Elm Street, have never been made into movies; the proposed zombie film Braindead underwent extensive rewrites.[2]
Jackson's next film to see release was Meet the Feebles (1989), co-written with Sinclair, Walsh and Mulheron. Begun on a very low budget, Meet the Feebles went weeks over schedule. Jackson stated of his second feature-length film, "It's got a quality of humour that alienates a lot of people. It's very black, very satirical, very savage."[19]
Heavenly Creatures and Forgotten Silver
Released in 1994 after Jackson won a race to bring the story to the screen,
The following year, in collaboration with Wellington film-maker Costa Botes, Jackson co-directed the mockumentary Forgotten Silver (1995). This ambitious made-for-television piece told the story of New Zealand film pioneer Colin McKenzie, who had supposedly invented colour film and 'talkies', and attempted an epic film of Salome before being forgotten by the world. Though the programme played in a slot normally reserved for drama, no other warning was given that it was fictionalised and many viewers were outraged at discovering Colin McKenzie had never existed.[23][24] The number of people who believed the increasingly improbable story provides testimony to Jackson and Botes' skill at playing on New Zealand's national myth of a nation of innovators and forgotten trail-blazers.[25]
Hollywood, Weta, and the Film Commission
The success of
Weta, initiated by Jackson and key collaborators, grew rapidly during this period to incorporate both digital and physical effects, make-up and costumes, the first two areas normally commanded by Jackson collaborator Richard Taylor.[26](p 229)[27]
The Frighteners was regarded as a box office failure.
This period of transition seems not to have been entirely a happy one; it also marked one of the high points of tension between Jackson and the New Zealand Film Commission since Meet the Feebles had gone over-budget earlier in his career. Jackson has claimed the Commission considered firing him from Feebles, though the NZFC went on to help fund his next three films. In 1997, the director submitted a lengthy criticism of the commission for a magazine supplement meant to celebrate the body's 20th anniversary, criticising what he called inconsistent decision-making by inexperienced board members. The magazine felt that the material was too long and potentially defamatory to publish in that form; a shortened version of the material went on to appear in Metro magazine.[33][full citation needed][34][35][4](p 321) In the Metro article Jackson criticised the Commission over funding decisions concerning a film he was hoping to executive produce, but refused to drop a client-confidentiality provision that would have allowed them to publicly reply to his criticisms.
The Lord of the Rings
Jackson won the rights to film Tolkien's epic in 1997 after meeting with producer
Principal photography stretched from 11 October 1999 to 22 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 with huge success and sent Jackson's popularity soaring. The Return of the King itself met with huge critical acclaim, winning all eleven Oscars it was nominated for, including Best Picture and Best Director. The film was the first of the fantasy film genre to win the award for Best Picture and was the second sequel to win Best Picture (the first being The Godfather Part II). Jackson's mother, Joan, died three days before the release of the first movie in the trilogy, The Fellowship of the Ring. There was a special showing of the film after her funeral.[39]
King Kong
Universal Studios signed Jackson for a second time to remake the 1933 classic
Crossing the Line
In 2007, Jackson directed a short film entitled
The Lovely Bones
Jackson completed an adaptation of Alice Sebold's bestseller, The Lovely Bones, which was released in the United States on 11 December 2009.[46] Jackson has said the film was a welcome relief from his larger-scale epics. The storyline's combination of fantasy aspects and themes of murder share some similarities with Heavenly Creatures. The film ended up receiving generally mixed reviews and middling box office returns yet earned Stanley Tucci an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor nomination.[47][48]
Tintin franchise
Jackson was one of three producers on
In December 2011, Spielberg said that a sequel was planned, but this time he would be in a producing role, with Jackson as director.
In December 2014, Peter Jackson said that the Tintin sequel would be made "at some point soon", although he intended to focus on directing two New Zealand films before that.[53] The following year, Anthony Horowitz, who was hired as the sequel's screenwriter even before the release of the first film,[citation needed] stated that he was no longer working on the sequel, and was unsure if it was still being made.[54] In June 2016, Spielberg confirmed that the sequel was still in development, but Jackson is working on a secret project in the meantime.[55]
The Hobbit
Jackson's involvement in the making of a film version of The Hobbit has a long and chequered history. In November 2006, a letter from Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh stated that due to an ongoing legal dispute between Wingnut Films (Jackson's production company) and New Line Cinema, Jackson would not be directing the film.[56] New Line Cinema's head Robert Shaye commented that Jackson "... will never make any movie with New Line Cinema again while I'm still working at the company ...".[57] This prompted an online call for a boycott of New Line Cinema,[58] and by August 2007 Shaye was trying to repair his working relationship.[59] On 18 December 2007, it was announced that Jackson and New Line Cinema had reached agreement to make two prequels, both based on The Hobbit, and to be released in 2012 and 2013 with Jackson as a writer and executive producer and Guillermo del Toro directing.[60][61]
In early 2010, del Toro dropped out due to production delays[62] and a month later Jackson was back in negotiations to direct The Hobbit;[63] and on 15 October he was finalised as the director[64][65] – with New Zealand confirmed as the location a couple of weeks later.[66]
The film started production on 20 March 2011. On 30 July 2012, Jackson announced on his Facebook page that the two planned Hobbit movies would be expanded into a trilogy. He wrote that the third film would not act as a bridge between The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings films, but would continue to expand The Hobbit story by using material found in the Lord of the Rings Appendices.[67]
They Shall Not Grow Old
On 16 October 2018, Jackson's documentary about the
Before the screening, Jackson said, "This is not a story of the First World War, it is not a historical story, it may not even be entirely accurate but it's the memories of the men who fought – they're just giving their impressions of what it was like to be a soldier."[70]
Reviewing the film for The Guardian, critic Peter Bradshaw said:
- To mark the centenary of the First World War's end, Peter Jackson has created a visually staggering thought experiment; an immersive deep-dive into what it was like for ordinary British soldiers on the western front. This he has done using state-of-the-art digital technology to restore flickery old black-and-white archive footage of the servicemen's life in training and in the trenches. He has colourised it, sharpened it, put it in 3D and, as well as using diaries and letters for narrative voiceover, he has used lip-readersto help dub in what the men are actually saying.
- The effect is electrifying. The soldiers are returned to an eerie, hyperreal kind of life in front of our eyes, like ghosts or figures summoned up in a séance. The faces are unforgettable.[71]
The film was broadcast on BBC Two on 11 November 2018.[72]
Mortal Engines
In late December 2009, Jackson announced his interest in a film adaptation of the novel
The Beatles: Get Back
On 30 January 2019, the fiftieth anniversary of
Clare Olssen and Jabez Olssen, respectively producer and editor of They Shall Not Grow Old, returned for this new project, with Ken Kamins, Jeff Jones and Jonathan Clyde as executive producers. The project was made with "the full co-operation" of Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, the last two living Beatles, as well as John Lennon and George Harrison's widows Yoko Ono and Olivia Harrison.[79][80][81] The film includes the full 42-minute last rooftop concert.[82]
In March 2020, Walt Disney Studios announced they had acquired the worldwide distribution rights to Jackson's documentary, now titled The Beatles: Get Back. It was originally set to be released by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures on 27 August 2021 in the US and Canada with a subsequent global release to follow.[83] In June 2021, it was announced that it would be released on Disney+ as a three-part documentary series on 25, 26 and 27 November 2021.[84] The documentary was released to generally positive reviews.[85][86]
Games
Jackson was set to make games with
Charitable activities
In 2006, Jackson gave
Jackson, a World War I aviation enthusiast, is chair of the 14–18 Aviation Heritage Trust.[93] He donated his services and provided replica aircraft to create a 10-minute multimedia display called Over the Front for the Australian War Memorial in 2008.[94] He contributed to the defense fund for the West Memphis Three.[95] In 2011, Jackson and Walsh purchased 1 Kent Terrace, the home of BATS Theatre in Wellington, effectively securing the theatre's future.[96]
In 2012 Jackson supported the American Red Cross "Zombie Blood Drive"[97] together with other famous artists such as The Black Keys band members and the cast of the show The Walking Dead.[98]
Other activities
His property portfolio in 2018 was estimated at NZ$150 million.[99]
In 2009, he purchased a
He owns a scale modeling company Wingnut Wings that specializes in World War I subjects.[108] Wingnut Wings however closed in March 2020 with the ultimate fate of the company and its moulds not yet known.[109]
Style
Jackson is known for his attention to detail, a habit of shooting scenes from many angles, a macabre sense of humour, and a general playfulness – the latter to a point that The Lord of the Rings conceptual designer Alan Lee jokingly remarked, "the film is kind of incidental, really".[110]
Jackson was a noted perfectionist on the Lord of the Rings shoot, where he demanded numerous takes of scenes, requesting additional takes by repeatedly saying, "one more for luck".[a][111][112] Jackson is also renowned within the New Zealand film industry for his insistence on "coverage" – shooting a scene from as many angles as possible, giving him more options during editing. Jackson has been known to spend days shooting a single scene. This is evident in his work where even scenes featuring simple conversations often feature a wide array of multiple camera angles and shot-sizes as well as zooming closeups on characters' faces. One of his most common visual trademarks is shooting close-ups of actors with wide-angle lenses.[113] He was an early user of computer enhancement technology and provided digital special effects to a number of Hollywood films.[26](p 159)
Cameo roles
Jackson is one of the lead actors in two of his films: in Bad Taste, he plays two characters named Derek and Robert, even engaging them both in a fight.[26](p 124) In the mockumentary Forgotten Silver, he plays himself.[26](p 129)
However, he appears in most films he directs,[114] mostly in cameos, just as director Alfred Hitchcock had done:[115][26](p 123)[116]
- In Meet the Feebles, Jackson appears as an audience member disguised as one of the aliens from Bad Taste.[78]
- In Braindead, he is the mortician's assistant.[78]
- In Heavenly Creatures, he is the tramp who gets kissed by Juliet Hulme.[citation needed]
- In The Frighteners, Jackson is a biker bumped into by Frank Bannister.[78]
- In The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Jackson plays a carrot-chomping citizen of Bree when the four hobbits are entering the town.[78]
- In The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, he plays a spear-throwing defender of Helm's Deep.[78]
- In The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King he is seen as the boatswain of a murderous corsair ship.[78] This character is seen very briefly in the theatrical version. In the extended version he is onscreen for a longer period and is accidentally killed by Legolas's "warning shot". A detailed action figure of Jackson was made of this character in the same line as the rest of the Lord of the Rings toys.
- Also in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King: during the scene of Shelob's Lair, Sam's hands (i.e. Jackson's) are seen entering the shot as Shelob is wrapping Frodo in cobweb. This was due to Sean Astin's temporary absence, and Jackson wanted to progress the production of the scene as much as possible, even without the actor.[117]
- In his 2005 King Kong he appears as a biplane gunner attacking Kong in New York City, reprising the cameo that original King Kong filmmaker Merian C. Cooper made in the original 1933 film.[78]
- In The Lovely Bones, he appears as a customer in a camera store playing with a camera.[78]
- In The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Jackson plays one of the
- In The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, he appears as a carrot-chomping citizen of Bree, much like his appearance in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.[119]
- At the end of The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, when Belladonna Took, to the wall from which they had fallen or been removed, Jackson and his partner have cameos as Bungo and Belladonna, as the portraits were painted in their likeness.[b]
He has also made cameos in several films not directed by him. In the opening sequence of Hot Fuzz (2007), he played a demented man dressed as Father Christmas, who stabs Nicholas Angel (played by Simon Pegg) in the hand.[120]
Jackson's eldest son, Billy (born 1995), has made cameo appearances in almost every one of his father's films since his birth, namely The Frighteners, The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, King Kong, The Lovely Bones, and the third film of The Hobbit trilogy. His daughter, Katie (born 1996), appears in all the above films except The Frighteners. And partner Fran Walsh makes a short cameo in The Frighteners as a woman walking next to Cyrus and Stuar just prior the scene featuring their son Billy.[121][full citation needed]
Other appearances
Jackson had a cameo on the HBO show
Jackson appears as himself in the 2013 Doctor Who 50th anniversary spoof The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot, alongside Sir Ian McKellen.[123]
Jackson appears as himself in the 2019 episode "Dogfight Derby" of Savage Builds.[124]
Personal life
Jackson and his partner,
Jackson is an avid
As well as this,
Jackson received some criticism during the 2019 Wellington City Council Elections, with his support for then-city councillor
Awards and honours
Awards and nominations
Year | Award | Category | Title | Result |
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1995 | Academy Awards
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Best Original Screenplay | Heavenly Creatures | Nominated |
2002 | Best Picture | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Nominated | |
Best Director | Nominated | |||
Best Adapted Screenplay | Nominated | |||
2003 | Best Picture | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Nominated | |
2004 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Won | ||
Best Director | Won | |||
Best Adapted Screenplay | Won | |||
2010 | Best Picture | District 9 | Nominated | |
1995 | Australian Film Institute Awards | Best Foreign Film | Heavenly Creatures | Nominated |
2002 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Won | ||
2003 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Won | ||
2004 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Won | ||
2002 | British Academy Film Awards | Best Film | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Won |
Best Direction | Won | |||
Best Adapted Screenplay | Nominated | |||
2003 | Best Film | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Nominated | |
Best Direction | Nominated | |||
2004 | Best Film | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Won | |
Best Direction | Nominated | |||
Best Adapted Screenplay | Won | |||
2019 | Best Documentary | They Shall Not Grow Old | Nominated | |
2002 | Critics' Choice Awards
|
Best Director | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Nominated |
2004 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Won | ||
2006 | King Kong | Nominated | ||
2002 | Directors Guild of America Awards
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Outstanding Directing – Motion Pictures | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Nominated |
2003 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Nominated | ||
2004 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Won | ||
2002 | Empire Awards | Best Director | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Nominated |
2003 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Nominated | ||
2004 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Nominated | ||
2006 | King Kong | Nominated | ||
2013 | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | Nominated | ||
2014 | The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug | Nominated | ||
2015 | The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies | Nominated | ||
2002 | Golden Globe Awards | Best Motion Picture – Drama | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Nominated |
Best Director | Nominated | |||
2003 | Best Motion Picture – Drama | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Nominated | |
Best Director | Nominated | |||
2004 | Best Motion Picture – Drama | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Won | |
Best Director | Won | |||
2006 | Best Director | King Kong | Nominated | |
1993 | New Zealand Film and TV Awards | Best Director – Film | Braindead | Won |
Best Screenplay – Film | Won | |||
1995 | Best Director – Film | Heavenly Creatures | Won | |
2022 | Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series | The Beatles: Get Back | Won |
Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program | The Beatles: Get Back (for "Part 3: Days 17–22") | Won | ||
2002 | Producers Guild of America Awards
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Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Picture
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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Nominated |
2003 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Nominated | ||
2004 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Won | ||
2010 | District 9 | Nominated | ||
2012 | Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Picture | The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn | Won | |
2022 | Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Television | The Beatles: Get Back | Won | |
2004 | Santa Barbara International Film Festival | Maltin Modern Master Award | Won | |
1997 | Saturn Awards
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Best Director
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The Frighteners | Nominated |
Best Writing | Nominated | |||
2002 | Best Director | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Won | |
Best Writing | Nominated | |||
2003 | Best Director | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Nominated | |
Best Writing | Nominated | |||
2004 | Best Director | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Won | |
Best Writing | Won | |||
2006 | Best Director | King Kong | Won | |
Best Writing | Nominated | |||
2013 | Best Director | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | Nominated | |
2014 | The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug | Nominated | ||
Best Writing | Nominated | |||
2015 | The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies | Nominated | ||
1995 | Writers Guild of America Awards
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Best Original Screenplay | Heavenly Creatures | Nominated |
2002 | Best Adapted Screenplay | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Nominated | |
2004 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Nominated | ||
2021 | Visual Effects Society | Lifetime Achievement Award[134] | Won |
As director
Since 1994's Heavenly Creatures Peter Jackson's films have enjoyed success in the annual awards season, earning many nominations and winning several awards; The Frighteners being his only fictional directed effort since 1994 not to be nominated for an
Year | Film | Academy Award Nominations
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Academy Award Wins
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Golden Globe Nominations
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Golden Globe Wins
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BAFTA Nominations
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BAFTA Wins
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1987 | Bad Taste | ||||||
1989 | Meet the Feebles | ||||||
1992 | Braindead | ||||||
1994 | Heavenly Creatures | 1 | |||||
1995 | Forgotten Silver | ||||||
1996 | The Frighteners | ||||||
2001 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | 13 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 5 | |
2002 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | 6 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 3 | |
2003 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | 11 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 5 |
2005 | King Kong | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | |
2009 | The Lovely Bones | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
2012 | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | 3 | 3 | ||||
2013 | The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug | 3 | 2 | ||||
2014 | The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies | 1 | 1 | ||||
2018 | They Shall Not Grow Old[c] | — | — | — | — | 1 | |
Total | 43 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 47 | 14 |
Honours
In the
In 2006, Jackson received the Golden Plate Award of the
In the
In 2016, Jackson was inducted into the New Zealand Business Hall of Fame.[144]
Filmography
Feature films
Year | Title | Director | Writer | Producer | Notes |
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1987 | Bad Taste | Yes | Yes | Yes | Also editor, makeup effects supervisor and special effects supervisor |
1989 | Meet the Feebles | Yes | Yes | Yes | Also camera operator and puppet maker |
1992 | Braindead | Yes | Yes | No | Also stop motion animator |
1994 | Heavenly Creatures | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
1996 | Jack Brown Genius | No | Yes | Yes | |
The Frighteners | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
2001 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
2002 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
2003 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
2005 | King Kong | Yes | Yes | Yes | Also collaborated with game designer video game adaptation
|
2009 | District 9 | No | No | Yes | |
The Lovely Bones | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
2011 | The Adventures of Tintin | No | No | Yes | Also second unit director |
2012 | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
2013 | The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
2014 | The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
2018 | Mortal Engines | No | Yes | Yes |
Documentary films
Year | Title | Director | Producer | Writer | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1995 | Forgotten Silver | Yes | Yes | No | Co-directed with Costa Botes |
2008 | Over the Front: The Great War in the Air[145] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Documentary short |
2012 | West of Memphis | No | Yes | No | |
2018 | They Shall Not Grow Old | Yes | Yes | No | |
2021 | The Beatles: Get Back | Yes | Yes | No | TV series |
2022 | The Beatles: Get Back – The Rooftop Concert
|
Yes | Yes | No |
Short films
Year | Title | Director | Writer | Producer | Notes |
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1976 | The Valley | Yes | Yes | Yes | Cameo: Prospector #4 also cinematographer, editor, makeup designer, costume designer, and special effects supervisor |
1992 | Valley of the Stereos | No | No | Yes | |
2003 | The Long and Short of It
|
No | No | executive | Role: Bus driver |
2008 | Crossing the Line | Yes | Yes | No |
Music videos
Year | Artist | Song |
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2023 | The Beatles | "Now and Then" |
Acting roles
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1987 | Bad Taste | Derek and Robert | |
1989 | Meet the Feebles | Audience Member in the Theater wearing "Bad Taste" Mask | Uncredited |
Worzel Gummidge Down Under | Speaking role playing as Jock | Also worked on special effects | |
1992 | Braindead | Undertaker's assistant | Uncredited |
1994 | Heavenly Creatures | Bum outside theater | |
1995 | Forgotten Silver | Himself | |
1996 | The Frighteners | Man with piercings | Uncredited |
2001 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Albert Dreary eating carrot / portrait of Bungo Baggins | |
2002 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Rohan warrior throwing spear at the gate of Helms Deep | |
2003 | Boogans | Himself | |
2007 | Hot Fuzz | Thief dressed as Father Christmas | |
2009 | The Lovely Bones | Man at pharmacy | |
2012 | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | Dwarf fleeing from Smaug | |
2013 | The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot | Himself | |
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug | Albert Dreary eating carrot | Uncredited | |
2014 | The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies | Painting of Bungo Baggins | |
2018 | Mortal Engines | Sooty Pete |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Episode | Notes |
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2007 | Entourage
|
Himself | "Gary's Desk" | |
2023 | The Muppets Mayhem | "Track 7: Eight Days a Week" | Uncredited cameo | |
The Simpsons | "Thirst Trap: A Corporate Love Story" | Voice role |
See also
Notes
- ^ Christopher Lee remarked about having twelve takes for one scene, and later he was told by Ian McKellen he did 24 takes for two lines the previous day.
- ^ Jackson and Walsh point this out in the DVD commentary of the film's extended edition.
- ^ Because its release date did not match their deadlines, They Shall Not Grow Old was ineligible for the Academy Awards; the Golden Globe Awards do not reward documentaries.
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External links
- Peter Jackson at IMDb
- Peter Jackson collected news and commentary at The New York Times