Peter Jackson
New Zealand filmmaker
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Who is Peter Jackson?
Sir Peter Robert Jackson (born 31 October 1961) is a New Zealand filmmaker. Jackson also directed and produced the documentary mini-series The Beatles: Get Back (2021). Jackson's films have grossed over $6.5 billion worldwide, making him the fifth-highest-grossing film director of all time. Jackson began his career in the 1980s with comedy horror films like Bad Taste (1987) and Meet the Feebles (1989), followed in the 1990s with Braindead (1992) and The Frighteners (1996).
Historical significance
He is best known as the director, screen-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. Jackson's other notable films include the comedy horror films Braindead (1992) and The Frighteners (1996), the drama Heavenly Creatures (1994), the monster remake King Kong (2005), and the World War I documentary They Shall Not Grow Old (2018). He shared a nomination for Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay with his collaborator Fran Walsh for Heavenly Creatures, which brought him to mainstream prominence in the film industry.
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“Peter Jackson.” thisDay, thisday.info/people/peter-jackson/. Accessed 9 Nov. 2026.
Peter Jackson. (n.d.). thisDay. Retrieved November 9, 2026, from https://thisday.info/people/peter-jackson/
“Peter Jackson.” thisDay. Accessed November 9, 2026. https://thisday.info/people/peter-jackson/.