Sir Peter Robert Jackson ^[1] ONZ KNZM (born 31 October 1961, Wellington , New Zealand ) is a New Zealand film director . He is most widely known for directing The Lord of the Rings film trilogy . He also directed the 2005 film, King Kong .

In 2003, Jackson won three Academy Awards for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King : Academy Award for Directing , Academy Award for Best Picture and Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay .

Jackson directed the music video for " Now and Then ", the "last" single of The Beatles . ^[2]

Filmography [ change | change source ]

• Bad Taste (1987)
• Meet the Feebles (1989)
• Valley of the Stereos (1992) (short film)
• Braindead (a.k.a. Dead Alive ) (1992)
• Heavenly Creatures (1994)
• Forgotten Silver (1995) - mockumentary
• The Frighteners (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)
• The Lovely Bones (2007)
• Halo (2008) - executive producer
• The Adventures of Tintin - executive producer
• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
• The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)
• The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)

References [ change | change source ]

Other websites [ change | change source ]

• Peter Jackson on IMDb