History Trivia / PeterJackson

** Nearly the entire crew of his first feature, ''Film/BadTaste'', form the nucleus of Jackson's later collaborative team, such as Jamie Selkirk (Editor), Costa Botes (Documentarian), and Fran Walsh (Co-writer & Jackson's wife).

** With ''Film/MeetTheFeebles'', the posse expanded by creating a professional visual effects department, Weta Workshop, eventually led by Production Designer Richard Taylor. Stephen Sinclair co-writes this one with Jackson, and the two would go on to share a writing credit for ''{{Film/Braindead}}'' and ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRings The Two Towers]]''.

* Main/ProductionPosse: Owing to the remote location of New Zealand, Jackson essentially built an entire studio piecewise just to get any of his ambitious films made.

** ''Film/TheFrighteners'' necessitated a lot of advanced computer hardware, and therefore Weta Digital spun-off from the Workshop and would be essential in creating Jackson's later blockbusters. Art Director Dan Hennah and production manager Rick Porras join the posse and would work on Jackson's next big project.

** ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' brought in Stephen Sinclair's partner, Phillipa Boyens, as co-writer on all three films. Creator/AndySerkis and Jackson would go on to collaborate in several other Mo-Cap and Performance Capture Projects in the future. Cinematographer Andrew Lesnie would film every single one of Jackson's future feature films until his death in 2015 right after the ''Hobbit'' wrapped.

** Kiwi Actor Jed Brophy first appeared in Jackson's ''Film/{{Braindead}}'' aka ''Dead Alive'' in 1992, and would appear as a minor character in every movie of Jackson's afterwards until being promoted to a starring role as Nori the Dwarf in [[Film/TheHobbit The ''Hobbit'' Trilogy]]. Storyboard Artist Christian Rivers becomes a protege of Jackson's, eventually going on to direct feature films of his own which Jackson produced.

* Main/ProductionPosse: Owing to the remote location of New Zealand, Jackson essentially built a studio of his own piecewise just to get any of his ambitious films made.

** With ''Film/MeetTheFeebles'', the posse expanded by creating a professional visual effects department, Weta Workshop, eventually led by Production Designer Richard Taylor. Stephen Sinclair co-writes this one with Jackson, and the two would go on to share a writing credit for ''Film/Braindead'' and ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRings The Two Towers]]''.
** Kiwi Actor Jed Brophy first appeared in Jackson's ''Film/{{Braindead}}'' aka ''{{DeadAlive}}'' in 1992, and would appear as a minor character in every movie of Jackson's afterwards until being promoted to a starring role as Nori the Dwarf in [[Film/TheHobbit The ''Hobbit'' Trilogy]]. Storyboard Artist Christian Rivers becomes a protege of Jackson's, eventually going on to direct feature films of his own which Jackson produced.