FILM DIRECTOR

Peter Jackson

1961 - Today

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Sir Peter Robert Jackson (born 31 October 1961) is a New Zealand filmmaker. He is best known as the director, writer, and producer of the Lord of the Rings trilogy (2001–2003) and the Hobbit trilogy (2012–2014), 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 (1994), the horror comedy The Frighteners (1996), the epic monster remake film King Kong (2005), the World War I documentary film They Shall Not Grow Old (2018) and the documentary The Beatles: Get Back (2021). He is the fourth-highest-grossing film director of all-time, with his films having made over $6.5 billion worldwide. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Peter Jackson is the 122nd most popular film director (down from 116th in 2019), the 6th most popular biography from New Zealand and the most popular New Zealander Film Director.

Peter Jackson is most famous for his work as a film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is best known for directing the Lord of the Rings trilogy and the Hobbit trilogy.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Peter Jackson ranks 122 out of 2,041. Before him are Jules Dassin, William Hanna, Wes Craven, Michael Curtiz, Sam Peckinpah, and Kenji Mizoguchi. After him are Victor Fleming, Claude Lelouch, René Clément, Giuseppe Tornatore, Max Reinhardt, and James Gunn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Peter Jackson ranks 19. Before him are Eddie Murphy, António Costa, Liam Cunningham, Yanis Varoufakis, Joko Widodo, and Petr Pavel. After him are Robert Carlyle, Enya, Manu Chao, James Gandolfini, Luis de la Fuente, and Joseph Kony.

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In New Zealand

Among people born in New Zealand, Peter Jackson ranks 6 out of 303. Before him are Ernest Rutherford (1871), Edmund Hillary (1919), Russell Crowe (1964), Maurice Wilkins (1916), and Bruce McLaren (1937). After him are Alan MacDiarmid (1927), Katherine Mansfield (1888), Denny Hulme (1936), Rosé (1997), Anthony Wilding (1883), and William Phillips (1914).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In New Zealand

Among film directors born in New Zealand, Peter Jackson ranks 1. After him are Jane Campion (1954), Martin Campbell (1943), Andrew Niccol (1964), Fran Walsh (1959), Rupert Julian (1879), Lee Tamahori (1950), Andrew Adamson (1966), Geoff Murphy (1938), Niki Caro (1967), and Andrew Dominik (1967).

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