Happy Birthday: Peter Jackson

Peter Jackson

Born: October 31, 1961 in Pukerua Bay, North Island, New Zealand

Married to: Fran Walsh (1987 – present) (2 children)

The weird thing about being a director of films that have a certain popularity and a following is that you are forced to have to deal with things that you have no interest in but they become part of your life. Like you have to deal with increased security. You have to deal with privacy issues. A lot of things that really don’t have anything to do with filmmaking. You have to have a team around you, assistants, and people that look after you. I never imagined that sort of filmmaking when I was young. I never thought I’d find myself in this place. There’s the actual craft of directing and then there’s this other baggage that comes the more successful you are as a director. Your craft is still there but all this other stuff kind of starts to build up around you.

Bad Taste 1987 dir. Peter Jackson Cast Terry Potter Pete O’Herne

Dead Alive 1992 dir. Jackson Starring Timothy Balme Diana Peñalver

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 2001 dir. Jackson Starring Elijah Wood

Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 2002 dir. Jackson Starring Sean Astin

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 2003 dir. Jackson

King Kong dir. Jackson Starring Jack Black Naomi Watts Adrian Brody

District 9 dir. Neil Blomkamp Starring Sharlto Copley Producer Jackson

The Lovely Bones dir. Peter Jackson Stars: Rachel Weisz Mark Wahlberg Saoirse Ronan

THE HOBBIT: The Desolation of Smaug 2013 dir. Peter Jackson

THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY dir. Peter Jackson Stars: Martin Freeman Ian McKellen

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