Peter Jackson

Peter Jackson

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Birthday: 
31 October 1961, Pukerua Bay, North Island, New Zealand
Height: 
169 cm
Peter Jackson was born as an only child in a small coast-side town in New Zealand in 1961. When a friend of his parents bought him a super 8 movie camera (because she saw how much he enjoyed taking photos), the then eight-year-old Peter instantly grabbed the thing to start recording his own movies, which he made with his friends. They were usually ... Show more »
Peter Jackson was born as an only child in a small coast-side town in New Zealand in 1961. When a friend of his parents bought him a super 8 movie camera (because she saw how much he enjoyed taking photos), the then eight-year-old Peter instantly grabbed the thing to start recording his own movies, which he made with his friends. They were usually short, but they already had the trademark that would make Jackson famous: impressive special effects, made at a very low cost. For example, for his film "World War Two" which he made as a teenager, he used to simulate a firing gun by punching little holes into the celluloid, so that, once projected, the gun gave the impression of displaying a small fire. Jackson's first step towards more serious film-making came with an entry in a local contest to stimulate amateur and children's films. For this film, he used stop-motion animation to create a monster that ruins a city in the style of Ray Harryhausen. Unfortunately, he didn't win. At twenty-two, he embarked on a movie-making adventure that would change his life. This film, Bad Taste (1987), was begun as any other Jackson film, in an amateur style, at a low budget and using friends and local people to star in his film. Jackson himself did nearly everything in the movie; he directed, produced, filmed and starred in it, in a number of roles, amongst them that of the hero, "Derek". And everything was filmed on a second-hand, $250 camera. It took Jackson and his friends four years to complete the movie. What had started as a joke in a group of friends, then became a cult classic. A friend of Jackson who was working in the movie industry convinced him the film had commercial prospects and arranged for it to be shown at the Cannes film festival, where it won a lot of acclaim, as well as a number of prizes. The movie soon became a hit because of its bizarre humor and overdose of special effects, some realistic, some comedically amateur. After the success of Bad Taste (1987), Jackson became recognized as a director and the door to fame and fortune was opened. He gave up his job at a local photographer's shop and became a well-known director of horror-movies, after the success of his first professionally made movie, Braindead (1992). Show less «

Peter Jackson's FILMOGRAPHY

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver - Season 11

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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver - Season 10

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The Muppets Mayhem - Season 1

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Now and Then, the Last Beatles Song

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Attack of the Doc!

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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert - Season 9

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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver - Season 9

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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver - Season 8

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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver - Season 7

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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver - Season 6

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Savage Builds - Season 1

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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert - Season 5

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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver - Season 5

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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert - Season 4

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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver - Season 4

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Beyond the Bolex

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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver - Season 3

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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver - Season 2

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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert - Season 1

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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver - Season 1

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The Simpsons - Season 26

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The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies

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What Do Artists Do All Day? - Season 1

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