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Fran Walsh

1959 - Today

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Dame Frances Rosemary Walsh (born 10 January 1959) is a New Zealand screenwriter and film producer. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Fran Walsh is the 1,067th most popular film director (up from 1,076th in 2019), the 65th most popular biography from New Zealand (down from 56th in 2019) and the 5th most popular New Zealander Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Fran Walsh ranks 1,067 out of 2,041. Before her are Mrinal Sen, Curtis Bernhardt, Milcho Manchevski, Mary Harron, Yasuzo Masumura, and Irwin Winkler. After her are Pyotr Todorovsky, Mario Van Peebles, Aaron Norris, Timur Bekmambetov, John Lee Hancock, and Ivan Ivanov-Vano.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Fran Walsh ranks 276. Before her are Steven Erikson, Kenneth Brylle, Fabio Luisi, Ali Bujsaim, Milcho Manchevski, and Neal Stephenson. After her are Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz, Bernardo Rezende, Anthony LaPaglia, Gerd Wessig, Rickson Gracie, and Peter Mullan.

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In New Zealand

Among people born in New Zealand, Fran Walsh ranks 65 out of 303. Before her are Taika Waititi (1975), Vaughan Jones (1952), Yvette Williams (1929), Antony Starr (1975), Howden Ganley (1941), and Silvia Cartwright (1943). After her are Kevin Smith (1963), Joe Earl (1952), Jean Batten (1909), Rupert Julian (1879), Martin Henderson (1974), and Wallace Fard Muhammad (1893).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In New Zealand

Among film directors born in New Zealand, Fran Walsh ranks 5. Before her are Peter Jackson (1961), Jane Campion (1954), Martin Campbell (1943), and Andrew Niccol (1964). After her are Rupert Julian (1879), Lee Tamahori (1950), Andrew Adamson (1966), Geoff Murphy (1938), Niki Caro (1967), and Andrew Dominik (1967).

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