Peter Jackson
Peter Jackson
Sir Peter Robert Jackson ONZ KNZMis a New Zealand filmmaker and screenwriter. He is best known as the director, writer and producer of The Lord of the Rings trilogyand 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 Kongand the supernatural drama film The...
NationalityNew Zealander
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth31 October 1961
CityPukerua Bay, New Zealand
Fantasy is an 'F' word that hopefully the five second delay won't do anything with
New Zealand is not used to wealth. In America wealth is kind of a thing of pride. Here it's the opposite. The more you've got, the bigger the target you are.
For a lot of my childhood, I didn't want to direct movies because I didn't really know what directing was.
What I don't like are pompous, pretentious movies.
Everybody's life has these moments, where one thing leads to another. Some are big and obvious and some are small and seemingly insignificant.
No film has captivated my imagination more than 'King Kong.' I'm making movies today because I saw this film when I was 9 years old.
The big-budget blockbuster is becoming one of the most dependable forms of filmmaking.
When I start a film, I can sort of shut my eyes, sit somewhere quiet and imagine the movie finished. I can imagine the camera angles, I can even imagine the type of music. Without knowing the tune, I can imagine the type of music it needs to be.
New Zealand is not a small country but a large village.
I was bullied and regarded as little bit of an oddball myself.
Remember, pain is temporary; film is forever.
I regard myself as being the final filter so everything that ends up in the movie is there because it's something that I think was cool.
Filmmaking for me is always aiming for the imaginary movie and never achieving it.
The only thing about 3-D is the dullness of the image.