Peter Jackson

Sir Peter Robert Jackson is a New Zealand film director, screenwriter and producer. He is best known as the director, writer and producer of the Lord of the Rings trilogy and 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 horror comedy The Frighteners, the epic monster remake film King Kong, the World War I documentary film They Shall Not Grow Old and the documentary The Beatles: Get Back. He is the fourth-highest-grossing film director of all-time, his films having made over $6.5 billion worldwide. Jackson began his career with the "splatstick" horror comedy Bad Taste and the black comedy Meet the Feebles before filming the zombie comedy Braindead. He shared a nomination for Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay with his partner Fran Walsh for Heavenly Creatures, which brought him to mainstream prominence in the film industry.

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Peter Jackson to release restored version of Beatles’ 1970 documentary Let It Be on Disney+

Beatles’ Original 1970 ‘Let It Be’ Movie Headed to Disney+ in Peter Jackson-Restored Print

Beatles’ 1970 ‘Let It Be’ Documentary, Out of Circulation for Four Decades, Headed to Disney+ After Restoration by Peter Jackson’s Team

More new Beatles music ‘conceivable’ after Now and Then, Peter Jackson says

Peter Jackson Reveals More Beatles Music “Is Conceivable” After Release Of ‘Final’ Song By Fab Four

Beatles Digitally Reunited in Wistful ‘Now And Then’ Video Directed by Peter Jackson

Peter Jackson-Directed Video for Final Beatles Song ‘Now and Then’ Sets Global Premiere

‘Talk to Me’ Is the ‘Best, Most Intense Horror Movie I’ve Enjoyed in Years,’ Raves Peter Jackson: ‘Relentlessly Scary and Disturbing’

Andy Serkis Would ‘Jump at the Chance’ to Star in New ‘Lord of the Rings’ Movies, but Only With Peter Jackson: ‘Middle-Earth Has Never Left Me’

New 'Lord of the Rings' Movie in the Works, Peter Jackson Reacts

Encouraging Words From Peter Jackson & Co-Writers Fran Walsh & Philippa Boyens Give Reason To Be Guardedly Excited About David Zaslav’s WB/New Line ‘Lord Of The Rings’ Reveal

How Peter Jackson Broke Up the Beatles

Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings Is Epic - But Not According to Tolkien's Son

The Beatles: Get Back documentary by Peter Jackson wins five Creative Arts Emmys

Peter Jackson: ‘I can talk about The Beatles till the cows come home’

Director Peter Jackson Says He Was Ghosted by Prime Video Over Lord of the Rings Series

"No Complaints At All": Peter Jackson Shared The Reason He Wasn't Involved In "The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power"

Peter Jackson Says 'Rings of Power' Series Ghosted Him

Peter Jackson Reveals Why He's Not Involved in 'Lord of The Rings' Amazon Series

Peter Jackson Says Amazon’s ‘Lord of the Rings’ TV Series Ghosted Him