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Peter Jackson
Highest Rated: 100% The Beatles: Get Back - The Rooftop Concert (2022)
Lowest Rated: 26% Mortal Engines (2018)
Birthday: Oct 31, 1961
Birthplace: Pukerua Bay, North Island, New Zealand
Though he began his career making gory and often witty horror comedies in his native New Zealand, director Peter Jackson went on to become one of the most successful and innovative filmmakers of his generation. Jackson first earned a reputation for churning stomachs with the bizarre and bloody B-movies "Bad Taste" (1987), "Meet the Feebles" (1990) and "Dead Alive" (1993). Beautifully filmed and acted, the based-on-fact crime-drama "Heavenly Creatures" (1994) stunned critics and earned Jackson unexpected credibility in Hollywood. Defying all odds, the filmmaker - a lifelong admirer of J.R.R. Tolkien's works - managed the incredibly daunting feat of bringing the author's "Lord of the Rings" (2001-03) universe to life in a trio of epic installments. Breaking box office records and earning scores of Academy Awards, including Best Picture for "Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" (2003), the films were unequivocal cinematic achievements. Jackson next tackled another childhood obsession with his ambitious remake of "King Kong" (2005) then once again perplexed audiences when he chose to adapt the best-selling novel "The Lovely Bones" (2009). As admirable as these endeavors were, it was the realm of Middle-earth that fans yearned for him to return to, which he eventually did with "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" (2012), the first in yet another trilogy of fantasy adventures based on Tolkien's novel. Known for his boundless imagination and flare for the fantastic, Jackson was also keenly in tune with the humanity inherent in every tale, making him one of cinema's most gifted and passionate storytellers.
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Filmography
Movies
Credit | |||||
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim | Executive Producer | - | 2024 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Now And Then – The Last Beatles Song | Self | - | 2023 |
100% |
|
The Beatles: Get Back - The Rooftop Concert |
Director, Producer |
$970.9K | 2022 |
99% |
|
They Shall Not Grow Old |
Unknown (Character), Director, Writer, Producer |
$18.0M | 2018 |
26% |
|
Mortal Engines |
Screenwriter, Producer |
$15.9M | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Long Live the King | Unknown (Character) | - | 2016 |
59% |
|
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies |
Director, Screenwriter, Producer |
$255.1M | 2014 |
74% |
|
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug |
Director, Screenwriter, Producer |
$258.4M | 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | DVS Hobbit, The: The Desolation of Smaug (HD) | Director | - | 2013 |
95% |
|
West of Memphis | Producer | $309.9K | 2012 |
64% |
|
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey |
Director, Screenwriter, Producer |
$303.0M | 2012 |
92% |
|
Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan | Unknown (Character) | - | 2011 |
75% |
|
The Adventures of Tintin | Producer | $77.6M | 2011 |
No Score Yet |
|
The Adventures of Tintin | Producer | - | 2011 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Killer Clown |
The Clown / |
- | 2010 |
31% |
|
The Lovely Bones |
Director, Screenwriter, Producer |
$44.0M | 2009 |
90% |
|
District 9 | Producer | $115.6M | 2009 |
84% |
|
King Kong |
Director, Screenwriter |
$218.1M | 2005 |
No Score Yet |
|
King Kong: Peter Jackson's Production Diaries | Unknown (Character) | - | 2005 |
94% |
|
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King |
Director, Writer |
$377.8M | 2003 |
95% |
|
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers |
Director, Writer, Producer |
$342.6M | 2002 |
92% |
|
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring |
Director, Writer, Producer |
$315.5M | 2001 |
67% |
|
The Frighteners |
Director, Writer, Producer |
$16.5M | 1996 |
No Score Yet |
|
Jack Brown, Genius | Writer | - | 1995 |
100% |
|
Forgotten Silver |
Self, Director, Writer, Executive Producer |
- | 1995 |
95% |
|
Heavenly Creatures |
Director, Writer |
$870.8K | 1994 |
89% |
|
Dead Alive |
Director, Writer |
$70.5K | 1992 |
72% |
|
Meet the Feebles |
Director, Writer, Producer |
- | 1990 |
No Score Yet |
|
The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank | Cinematographer | - | 1988 |
71% |
|
Bad Taste |
Derek/ Director, Writer, Producer, Cinematographer, Film Editing |
- | 1987 |
No Score Yet |
|
Warlords of the 21st Century | Art Director | - | 1982 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Grandma and the Eight Children | Mads (Character) | - | 1977 |
TV
Credit | ||||
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85% | 76% | The Simpsons | Self (Guest Voice) | 2023 |
No Score Yet | 49% | The Late Show With Stephen Colbert | Guest | 2019 2021 |
93% | 94% | The Beatles: Get Back |
Director, Creator |
2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Savage Builds | Guest | 2019 |
No Score Yet | 80% | Last Week Tonight With John Oliver | Guest | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Colbert Report | Guest | 2012 |
83% | No Score Yet | Rock Center With Brian Williams | Guest | 2012 |
65% | 82% | Entourage | Peter Jackson (Guest Star) | 2007 |