History Creator / PeterJackson

-->-- '''Peter Jackson'''

* ''[[WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfTintin The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn]]'' (2011) (Produced it, directed by Creator/StevenSpielberg)

* ''Film/LetItBe'' (2019) (Recut of the footage and audio recorded for the original film)

* ''Music/TheBeatles: Get Back'' (2021) (Documentary miniseries about the making of the album ''Music/LetItBe'')

* ''Music/TheBeatles: Get Back'' (2021) (Documentary about the making of the album ''Music/LetItBe'')

In January 2010 he became a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, officially styled Sir Peter Jackson, and later in June 2012 he became an Additional Member of the Order of New Zealand, the country's highest honour.

Peter Robert Jackson (born October 31, 1961) is a New Zealand director, producer and screenwriter, best known for his hugely successful ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' film trilogy, adapted from [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings the book of the same name]]. The final movie of the trilogy, ''The Return of the King'', won 11 Academy Awards at the 2004 ceremony to honour films of the previous year, including Best Picture and Best Director. This made him only the fourth person to win Oscars for directing, producing and screenwriting in the same year (joining Creator/BillyWilder, Creator/FrancisFordCoppola, and Creator/JamesLBrooks; this group would be joined four years later by Creator/TheCoenBrothers). He later directed a {{prequel}} trilogy to his ''The Lord of the Rings'' magnum opus, ''Film/TheHobbit'', to great success again (if less critical acclaim).

** ''The Fellowship of the Ring'' (2001)
** ''The Two Towers'' (2002)
** ''The Return of the King'' (2003)

He owns his own production company, Wingnut Films, and is a prime mover behind Weta Workshop, the special effects company responsible for ''The Lord of the Rings'', ''Film/TheChroniclesOfNarnia'', and ''Film/{{Avatar}}''. He also financed the feature film version of ''Film/{{District 9}}'' after being impressed by the original short.

* BadassBeard: To the point where when he shaved it to play a gunner in ''King Kong'' he was so unrecognizable that his family shelved his idea of keeping it off for a little while.

* {{Determinator}}: Goodness gracious, yes. In addition to being a largely self-taught film-maker, the efforts he goes through for some of his films are astounding.[[note]](Multiple obstacles for ''Bad Taste'', shooting in secrecy for ''Meet the Feebles'', ''Braindead'' and ''King Kong'' crashing and burning once each, to say nothing of the difficulties he had with ''The Lord of the Rings'' and '''especially''' ''The Hobbit''.)[[/note]]

* GenreBlind: In one occasion (to be fair, this was in the 1980's) he failed to see why a Japanese distributor would be interested in ''Film/MeetTheFeebles''.

* NiceGuy: As quoted by ''[[Film/TheHobbitTheBattleOfTheFiveArmies The Battle of the Five Armies]]'' friend and fellow ''Bad Taste'' star Mike Minett; "The rest of us were into sex, drugs, and rock-and-roll, but [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers Peter was just this nice, adorable guy who loved his mum and dad and was really into making movies]]."

* NiceGuy: As quoted by ''[[Film/TheHobbitTheBattleOfTheFiveArmies The Battle of the Five Armies]]''friend and fellow ''Bad Taste'' star Mike Minett; "The rest of us were into sex, drugs, and rock-and-roll, but [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers Peter was just this nice, adorable guy who loved his mum and dad and was really into making movies]]."

* {{Determinator}}: Goodness gracious, yes. In addition to being a largely self-taught film-maker, the efforts he goes through for some of his films are astounding.[[note]](Multiple obstacles for ''Bad Taste'', shooting in secrecy for ''Meet the Feebles'', ''Braindead'' and ''King Kong'' crashing and burning once each, to say nothing of the difficulties he had with ''The Lord of the Rings'' and especially ''The Hobbit''.)[[/note]]

* {{Determinator}}: Goodness gracious, yes. In addition to being a largely self-taught film-maker, the efforts he goes through for some of his films are astounding.[[note]](Multiple obstacles for ''Bad Taste'', shooting in secrecy for ''Meet the Feebles'', ''Braindead'' and ''King Kong'' crashing and burning once each, to say nothing of the difficulties he had with ''The Lord of the Rings''.)[[/note]]

* ''Film/MortalEngines'' (2018)

* NiceGuy: As quoted by friend and fellow ''Bad Taste'' star Mike Minett; "The rest of us were into sex, drugs, and rock-and-roll, but [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers Peter was just this nice, adorable guy who loved his mum and dad and was really into making movies]]."

* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsCynicism: His films differentiate. ''Film/{{King Kong|2005}}'' and ''MeetTheFeebles'' are more on the cynical end. Film/TheLordOfTheRings trilogy however is heavily idealistic like the books. Some of his earlier films could be somewhere in the middle.

* OneOfUs:
** He's a fan of ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' and wanted to do a movie based on it, but it never got off the ground.
** To say nothing of his passion for ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' books.
** He's also been a big fan of ''Series/DoctorWho'', and occasionally appears in fan videos by [[http://www.polygon.com/2015/11/30/9818474/peter-jackson-doctor-who-video Peter Capaldi]] and [[Recap/TheFiveishDoctorsReboot Peter Davison]].

* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsCynicism: His films differentiate. ''KingKong'' and ''MeetTheFeebles'' are more on the cynical end. Film/TheLordOfTheRings trilogy however is heavily idealistic like the books. Some of his earlier films could be somewhere in the middle.

* ExecutiveMeddling: He’s had to deal with it ‘’twice’’. First on ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' and then again on ''Film/TheHobbit'', which because of this trope had a TroubledProduction.