Biography
Peter Jackson
Peter Jackson "I read the book when I was 18 years old and thought then, 'I can't wait till the movie comes out.' 20 years later, no one had done it - so I got impatient."

One of the more distinctive directorial voices in the wave of New Zealand cinema, Jackson was interested in cameras from an early age. When he finally bought a 16mm camera, he decided to make a short science-fiction comedy with it. Over three years later, he completed the feature-length result, Bad Taste (1988), a garishly funny feature debut about aliens coming to Earth to hunt for human flesh.

His second feature, Meet the Feebles (1990), was another venture into comic horror, but his international breakthrough film, Dead Alive (1993) proved so hilarious that its amazing gross-out quotient went down like a smooth custard.

Jackson's next film, Heavenly Creatures (1994), recounted the story of New Zealand's most famous murder case in decades and represented a more
Filmography
YearMovie TitleGenreRating
2012 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (The Hobbit: Part 1) (2012) Adventure, Fantasy
2010 The Lovely Bones Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
2005 King Kong Action, Adventure
2004 The Lord of The Rings: The Return of the King Adventure, Fantasy
2002 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Adventure, Fantasy
2001 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Adventure, Fantasy