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Sir Peter Robert Jackson is a New Zealand film director, screenwriter and film producer. He is best known as the director, writer, and producer of The Lord of the Rings trilogy and The Hobbit trilogy , both of which are adapted from the novels of the same name by J. R. R. Tolkien. Other notable films include the critically lauded drama Heavenly Creatures , the mockumentary Forgotten Silver , the horror comedy The Frighteners , the epic monster remake film King Kong , and the supernatural drama film The Lovely Bones . He also produced District 9 , The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn , and the documentary West of Memphis .

Jackson began his career with the "splatstick" horror comedy Bad Taste and the black comedy Meet the Feebles before filming the zombie comedy Braindead . He shared a nomination for Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay with his partner Fran Walsh for Heavenly Creatures, which brought him to mainstream prominence in the film industry. Jackson has been awarded three Academy Awards in his career, including the award for Best Director in 2003. He has also received a Golden Globe, four Saturn Awards and three BAFTAs amongst others.

His production company is Wingnut Films, and his most regular collaborators are co-writers and producers Walsh and Philippa Boyens. Jackson was made a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2002. He was later knighted by Anand Satyanand, the Governor-General of New Zealand, at a ceremony in Wellington in April 2010. In December 2014, Jackson was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

✵ 31. October 1961
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Famous Peter Jackson Quotes

“I regard myself as an entertainer much more than an artist.”

Peter Jackson

Hobbit interview http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3n0fNVhADE&feature=youtu.be&t=7m25s, 2012.

“I'm a Derek and Dereks don't run”

Peter Jackson

Bad Taste (1987)

“Remember, pain is temporary; film is forever.”

Peter Jackson

Return of the King: Extended Edition Special Feature

“Fantasy is an 'F' word that hopefully the five second delay won't do anything with”

Peter Jackson

After receiving the Best Picture Oscar for "Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" at the 76th Academy Awards

“Kong bites his head off in a PG13 kinda way”

Peter Jackson

A note in the 1996 script for 'King Kong quoted in USA Today http://www.angelfire.com/ri/KingKong33/mar05.html

“I don't take stuff seriously. I saw 'Hellraiser 3' the other day at Cannes; it's OK, it's a good film, I didn't hate it or anything. I thought it was quite good, but it was all just so serious. Some guy walking round with pins sticking out of his face. I just can't sit there and think,'this is really scary.' If I made a 'Hellraiser' film, I'd like Pinhead to be whacked against a wall and have all the pins flattened into his face.”

Peter Jackson

Trash City Interview http://members.tripod.com/hc_faq/5.2.1.1.htm (1992)

“And so I look back on not just the last ten years but everything that I've done as being sort of an ongoing growing continual film school. I mean I don't think I've got to a point where I've achieved anything that feels like, a particular milestone, but there's still a lot more to learn and hopefully a lot more films to make.”

Peter Jackson

Darkhorizons interview (27 March 2006)

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