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Peter Jackson

Born 1961 · New Zealand film director, screenwriter, producer and actor

Sir Peter Robert Jackson is a New Zealand filmmaker, entrepreneur and visual effects pioneer. 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. 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), District 9 (2009), the World War I documentary film They Shall Not Grow Old (2018) and the documentary The Beatles: Get Back (2021). He is the fifth-highest-grossing film director of all-time, with his films having made over $6.5 billion worldwide.

Peter Jackson, in order

  1. 1976 The Valley: directed, wrote
  2. 1987 Bad Taste: directed, wrote, produced, acted
  3. 1989 Meet the Feebles: directed, wrote, produced
  4. 1992 Braindead: directed, wrote, acted
  5. 1994 Heavenly Creatures: directed, wrote, produced, acted · critics 95%, audiences 83%
  6. 1995 Forgotten Silver (TV movie): directed, wrote, acted · critics 100%, audiences 82%
  7. 1996 Jack Brown Genius: wrote, produced · directed by Tony Hiles
  8. 1996 The Frighteners: directed, wrote, produced, acted
  9. 2001–12 Peter Jackson's Middle-earth film series (TV series): directed, wrote, produced
  10. 2001 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring: directed, wrote, created, produced, acted · critics 91%, audiences 95% · streaming on HBO Max
  11. 2002 The Long and Short of It (short film): produced · directed by Sean Astin
  12. 2002 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers: directed, wrote, created, produced, acted · critics 95%, audiences 95% · streaming on HBO Max
  13. 2002 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers - Special Extended Edition Scenes: directed
  14. 2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King: directed, wrote, created, produced, acted · critics 94%, audiences 86% · streaming on HBO Max
  15. 2005 King Kong: directed, wrote, produced, acted · critics 85%, audiences 50% · streaming on Netflix
  16. 2006 The Sci-Fi Boys: acted · directed by Paul Davids
  17. 2007 Crossing the Line (short film): directed, wrote
  18. 2009 District 9: produced · directed by Neill Blomkamp · critics 90%, audiences 82%
  19. 2009 The Lovely Bones: directed, wrote, produced · critics 31%, audiences 52% · streaming on Paramount+, Kanopy, Hoopla
  20. 2011 Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan: acted · directed by Gilles Penso
  21. 2011 The Adventures of Tintin: produced · directed by Steven Spielberg · critics 75%, audiences 74% · streaming on Paramount+, Kanopy, Hoopla
  22. 2012 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: directed, wrote, produced, acted · critics 64%, audiences 83% · streaming on HBO Max
  23. 2012 West of Memphis: produced · directed by Amy J. Berg
  24. 2013 The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot: acted · directed by Peter Davison
  25. 2013 The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug: directed, wrote, created, produced, acted · critics 74%, audiences 85% · streaming on HBO Max
  26. 2014 The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies: directed, wrote, produced · critics 59%, audiences 74% · streaming on HBO Max
  27. 2018 Mortal Engines: wrote, produced · directed by Christian Rivers
  28. 2018 They Shall Not Grow Old: directed, produced
  29. 2021 The Beatles: Get Back (TV series): directed, produced
  30. 2022 The Beatles: Get Back - The Rooftop Concert: directed
  31. 2027 The Adventures of Tintin: Prisoners of the Sun: directed
  32. 2027 The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum: produced · directed by Andy Serkis
  33. Now and Then (short film): directed, produced