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
In the case of 'The Lovely Bones,' I felt that it was subject matter not often dealt with in film, and with a tone that is also rare.
If you're an only child, you spend a lot of time by yourself, and you develop a strong ability to entertain yourself, to conjure up fantasy.
If you take a regular animated film, that's being done by animators on computers, so the filmmaking is a fairly technical process.
If you take 'The Hobbit' and 'The Lord of the Rings' as books, one is written for children, and one is an adult's book.
If you make a trilogy, the whole point is to get to that third chapter, and the third chapter is what justifies what's come before.
I've always tried to make movies that pull the audience out of their seats... I want audiences to be transported.
I'm thinking about doing a First World War film.
I'm always embarrassed by those rugby player autobiographies which get written by journalists.
I watch 'Goodfellas,' and suddenly it frees me up entirely; it reminds me of what great film directing is all about.
I think it's important that filmmakers look at the technology and figure out how to make the theatrical experience a little more exciting.
I never overtly analyse my own movies, I don't think that's my job to do that. I just muddle through and do what I think is best for the movie.
I never dreamed in a million years that 'The Lord of the Rings' would be nominated for an Oscar. Those types of fantasy movies never got nominations.
I make cameos in all my movies for no particular reason other than a joke. It's just a Hitchcock thing.
I love Bilbo Baggins. I relate really well to Bilbo!