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{{Short description|New Zealand filmmaker (born 1961)}}
{{About|the New Zealand filmmaker|other people named Peter Jackson|Peter Jackson (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox person
| honorific_prefix   = [[Sir]]
| name               = Peter Jackson
| honorific_suffix   = {{post-nominals|country=NZL|ONZ|KNZM|size=100%}}
| image              = Peter Jackson SDCC 2014.jpg
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| caption            = Jackson at the 2014 [[San Diego Comic-Con]]
| birth_name         = Peter Robert Jackson
| birth_date         = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1961|10|31}}
| birth_place        = [[Wellington]], New Zealand
| occupation         = {{hlist|Director|producer|writer}}
| years active       = 1976{{ndash}}present
| partner            = [[Fran Walsh]] (1987{{ndash}}present)
| children           = 2
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'''Sir Peter Robert Jackson''' {{post-nominals|country=NZL|ONZ|KNZM}} (born 31 October 1961) is a New Zealand filmmaker. He is best known as the director, writer, and producer of the [[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|''Lord of the Rings'' trilogy]] (2001–2003) and the [[The Hobbit (film series)|''Hobbit'' trilogy]] (2012–2014), 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]]'' (1994), the horror comedy ''[[The Frighteners]]'' (1996), the epic monster [[remake]] film ''[[King Kong (2005 film)|King Kong]]'' (2005), the [[World War I]] documentary film ''[[They Shall Not Grow Old]]'' (2018) and the documentary ''[[The Beatles: Get Back]]'' (2021). He is the [[List of highest-grossing film directors|fourth-highest-grossing film director of all-time]], with his films having made over $6.5 billion worldwide.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/box-office-star-records/worldwide/lifetime-specific-technical-role/director |title=Top Grossing Director At The Worldwide Box Office |publisher=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |access-date=1 January 2020}}</ref><!--Peter Jackson is the third highest grossing film director, seeing as the Russos co-directed the same films.-->

Jackson began his career with the "[[splatter film|splatstick]]" horror comedy ''[[Bad Taste]]'' (1987) and the [[black comedy]] ''[[Meet the Feebles]]'' (1989) before filming the zombie comedy ''[[Braindead (film)|Braindead]]'' (1992). He shared a nomination for [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay]] with his partner [[Fran Walsh]]<ref name="barnes">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/02/movies/middle-earth-wizards-not-so-silent-partner.html?pagewanted=all |title=Middle-Earth wizard's not-so-silent partner |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=30 November 2012 |author=Barnes, Brooks}}</ref> for ''Heavenly Creatures'', which brought him to mainstream prominence in the film industry. Jackson has been awarded three [[Academy Awards]] for ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]'' (2003), including [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]], [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]], and [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Adapted Screenplay]]. His other awards include three [[BAFTA Award for Best Direction|BAFTAs]], a [[Golden Globe Award for Best Director|Golden Globe]], two [[Primetime Emmy Awards]], and four [[Saturn Award for Best Direction|Saturn Awards]] among others.

His production company is [[WingNut Films]], and his most regular collaborators are co-writers and producers Walsh and [[Philippa Boyens]]. Jackson was made a Companion of the [[New Zealand Order of Merit]] in 2002. He was later [[knighted]] (as a Knight Companion of the order) by [[Sir Anand Satyanand]], the [[Governor-General of New Zealand]], at a ceremony in Wellington in April 2010. In December 2014, Jackson was awarded a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Peter Jackson gets star on Hollywood Walk of Fame |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=11364213 |newspaper=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |date=25 November 2014 |access-date=25 November 2014}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Jackson was born on 31 October 1961 in [[Wellington]]<ref name=Pryor-2003>{{cite book |last=Pryor |first=Ian |year=2003 |title=Peter Jackson: From prince of splatter to Lord of the Rings |publisher=[[Random House]] |location=New York, NY |isbn=978-0-7528-6970-4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?isbn=1466872608 |access-date=3 October 2015}}</ref>{{rp|25}}{{refn|Pryor (2003)<ref name=Pryor-2003/>{{rp|style=ama|p= 25}} states "Shortly before sunset on October 31, Joan Jackson gave birth to her first child at Wellington Hospital."
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and was raised in its far northern suburb of [[Pukerua Bay]].<ref name=NZonScreen>{{cite web |url=http://www.nzonscreen.com/person/peter-jackson/biography |title=Peter Jackson – biography |publisher=[[NZ On Screen]] |access-date=16 January 2014}}</ref> His parents – Joan (''née'' Ruck),<ref name=Pryor-2003/>{{rp|style=ama|p= 20}}<ref name="Richard Hill: The Autobiography pp22">{{cite book |last=Hill |first=Richard |title=Richard Hill: The Autobiography |edition=Hardcover |publisher=[[Orion Books]] |year=2006 |page=22 |isbn=1-86941-555-8}}</ref> a factory worker and housewife, and William "Bill" Jackson, a wages clerk – were [[English New Zealanders|immigrants]] from [[England]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/87/Peter-Jackson.html |title=Peter Jackson |publisher=FilmReference.com |access-date=24 March 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |author=Smith, David |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2003/nov/30/lordoftherings.features |title=King Kiwi |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=30 November 2003 |location=London, UK |access-date=24 March 2010}}</ref>

As a child, Jackson was a keen film fan, growing up on [[Ray Harryhausen]] films, as well as finding inspiration in the television series ''[[Thunderbirds (TV series)|Thunderbirds]]'' and ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]''. After a family friend gave the Jacksons a [[Super 8 film|Super 8]] cine-camera with Peter in mind, he began making short films with his friends. Jackson has long cited ''[[King Kong (1933 film)|King Kong]]'' as his favourite film, and around the age of nine he attempted to remake it using his own [[Stop motion|stop-motion]] models.<ref>{{cite web |author=Fischer, Paul |title=Interview: Peter Jackson on ''King Kong'' |series=Gorilla Nation |date=5 December 2005 |url=http://www.darkhorizons.com/interviews/623/peter-jackson-for-king-kong- |access-date=27 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090714055902/http://www.darkhorizons.com/interviews/623/peter-jackson-for-king-kong-|url-status=dead |archive-date=14 July 2009}}</ref> Also, as a child Jackson made a World War II epic called ''The Dwarf Patrol'' seen on the ''Bad Taste'' bonus disc, which featured his first special effect of poking pinholes in the film for gun shots, and a [[James Bond]] spoof named ''Coldfinger''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2009/12/salute-your-shorts-peter-jacksons-forgotten-silver.html |title=Salute your shorts: Peter Jackson's "Forgotten Silver" |publisher=Paste Magazine |date=11 December 2009 |first=Sean |last=Gandert |access-date=26 May 2010}}</ref> Most notable though was a 20-minute [[short film|short]] called ''[[The Valley (1976 film)|The Valley]]'', which won him a special prize because of the shots he used.{{citation needed|date=July 2024}}

Jackson attended [[Kāpiti College]], where he expressed no interest in sports.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/from-splatterfest-to-epic-tale-the-price-of-building-an-empire/A4344XM5PJKJ3GCNJQXUC7SAFQ/ |access-date=5 June 2023 |title=From splatterfest to epic tale: The price of building an empire}}</ref> His classmates also remember him wearing a [[duffel coat]] with "an obsession verging on religious". He had no formal training in film-making, but learned about editing, special effects and make-up largely through his own trial and error. As a young adult, Jackson discovered the work of author [[J. R. R. Tolkien]] after watching ''[[The Lord of the Rings (1978 film)|The Lord of the Rings]]'' (1978), an animated film by [[Ralph Bakshi]] that was a part-adaptation of Tolkien's fantasy trilogy.<ref name="NZ_Herald_10408133">{{cite news |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/movies/news/article.cfm?c_id=200&objectid=10408133&pnum=0 |title=Peter Jackson's trip from splatstick to RAF |author=Baillie, Russell |date=29 October 2006 |newspaper=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |access-date=2 November 2011}}</ref> When he was 16 years old, Jackson left school and began working full-time as a [[photoengraving|photo-engraver]] for a Wellington newspaper, ''[[The Evening Post (New Zealand)|The Evening Post]]''. For the seven years he worked there, Jackson lived at home with his parents so he could save as much money as possible to spend on film equipment. After two years of work Jackson bought a [[16 mm film|16 mm]] [[camera]], and began shooting a film that later became ''[[Bad Taste]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Peter Jackson Biography and Interview |website=www.achievement.org |publisher=[[American Academy of Achievement]] |date= 3 June 2006 |url=https://www.achievement.org/achiever/sir-peter-jackson/#interview
}}</ref>

== Influences and inspirations ==
Jackson has long cited several films as influences. It is well known that Jackson has a passion for ''King Kong'', often citing it as his favourite film and as the film that inspired him early in his life. Jackson recalls attempting to remake ''King Kong'' when he was nine. At the 2009 [[San Diego Comic-Con]], while being interviewed alongside ''Avatar'' and ''Titanic'' director [[James Cameron]], Jackson said certain films gave him a "kick". He mentioned [[Martin Scorsese]]'s crime films ''[[Goodfellas]]'' and ''[[Casino (1995 film)|Casino]]'', remarking on "something about those particular movies and the way Martin Scorsese just fearlessly rockets his camera around and has shot those films that I can watch those movies and feel inspired."<ref name="PJI">{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ospb1YaFMg |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/6ospb1YaFMg |archive-date=15 December 2021 |url-status=live|title=Peter Jackson Inspiration |via=Youtube |access-date=2 February 2013}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Jackson said the 1970 film [[Waterloo (1970 film)|''Waterloo'']] inspired him in his youth.<ref name="PJI2">{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsDHxbLR6fE |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/IsDHxbLR6fE |archive-date=15 December 2021 |url-status=live|title=Peter Jackson Inspiration 2|date=28 October 2011 |via=Youtube |access-date=2 February 2013}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Other influences include [[George A. Romero]], [[Steven Spielberg]], [[Sam Raimi]] and the special effects by [[Ray Harryhausen]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/atthemovies/txt/s1529210.htm |title=At the Movies: Peter Jackson Interview |website=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] |access-date=23 September 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140911063435/http://www.abc.net.au/atthemovies/txt/s1529210.htm |archive-date=11 September 2014 }}</ref>

== Career ==

=== Splatter phase ===
{{Main|Bad Taste|Meet the Feebles|Braindead (film)}}
Jackson's first feature was ''[[Bad Taste]]'', a haphazard fashion [[splatter film|splatter]] comedy which took years to make. It included many of Jackson's friends acting and working on it for free. Shooting was normally done on weekends since Jackson was then working full-time. ''Bad Taste'' is about aliens that come to earth with the intention of turning humans into food. Jackson had two acting roles including a famous scene in which he fights himself on top of a cliff. The film was finally completed thanks to a late injection of finance from the [[New Zealand Film Commission]], after [[Jim Booth]], the body's executive director, became convinced of Jackson's talent (Booth later left the commission to become Jackson's producer). ''Bad Taste'' debuted at the [[Cannes Film Festival]] in May 1987.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/jac0int-6 |title=Lord of the cinema |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111016065003/http://achievement.org/autodoc/page/jac0int-6 |archive-date=16 October 2011 |website=achievement.org}}</ref>

Around this time, Jackson began working on writing a number of film scripts, in varied collaborative groupings with playwright Stephen Sinclair, writer [[Fran Walsh]] and writer/actor [[Danny Mulheron]]. Walsh would later become his life partner.<ref name="barnes" /> Some of the scripts from this period, including a sequel to ''[[A Nightmare on Elm Street]]'', have never been made into movies; the proposed [[zombie]] film ''[[Braindead (film)|Braindead]]'' underwent extensive rewrites.<ref name=barnes/>

Jackson's next film to see release was ''[[Meet the Feebles]]'' (1989), co-written with Sinclair, Walsh and Mulheron. Begun on a very low budget, ''Meet the Feebles'' went weeks over schedule. Jackson stated of his second feature-length film, "It's got a quality of humour that alienates a lot of people. It's very black, very satirical, very savage."<ref>{{cite news |first=Ian |last=Pryor |title=Meet the Feebles |newspaper=Evening Post |date=24 August 1989 |page=25 |type=film review}}</ref>

=== ''Heavenly Creatures'' and ''Forgotten Silver'' ===
{{Main|Heavenly Creatures|Forgotten Silver}}
Released in 1994 after Jackson won a race to bring the story to the screen, ''[[Heavenly Creatures]]'' marked a major change for Jackson in terms of both style and tone. The real-life 1950s [[Parker–Hulme murder case]], in which two teenage girls murdered one of their mothers, inspired the film. It was [[Fran Walsh]] that persuaded him that these events had the makings of a movie;<ref name=Pryor-2003/>{{rp|style=ama|p= 466}} Jackson has been quoted saying that the film "only got made" because of her enthusiasm for the subject matter.<ref name=Webster96>Webster, Andy (1996). "The Frightener" [Cover: "The Twisted Genius Behind 'The Frighteners{{'"}}], ''Premiere'' (magazine, U.S.; discontinued), August, pp. 33–37, esp. p. 26. No online archive of magazine or article available (October 2015).</ref> The film's fame coincided with the New Zealand media tracking down the real-life Juliet Hulme, who wrote books under the name [[Anne Perry]]. [[Melanie Lynskey]] and [[Kate Winslet]] played Parker and Hulme, respectively. ''Heavenly Creatures'' was critically acclaimed and was nominated for [[Best Original Screenplay]] at the [[Academy Awards]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkA3AoD-0oQ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/dkA3AoD-0oQ |archive-date=15 December 2021 |url-status=live|title=Pulp Fiction Wins Original Screenplay: 1995 Oscars|date=12 May 2010 |via=www.youtube.com}}{{cbignore}}</ref> and made top ten of the year lists in ''Time'', ''[[The Guardian]]'', ''[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]'', and ''[[The New Zealand Herald]]''.<ref>{{cite book|last=Thompson|first=Kristin|title=The Frodo Franchise: The Lord of the Rings and Modern Hollywood|url={{Google books|1odPDYvGBygC|page=22|plainurl=yes}}|page=22}}</ref>{{failed verification|date=July 2022}}

The following year, in collaboration with Wellington film-maker Costa Botes, Jackson co-directed the [[mockumentary]] ''[[Forgotten Silver]]'' (1995). This ambitious made-for-television piece told the story of a fictitious New Zealand film pioneer, Colin McKenzie, who had supposedly invented colour film and 'talkies', and attempted an epic film of ''[[Salome]]'' before being forgotten by the world. Though the programme played in a slot normally reserved for drama, no other warning was given that it was fictionalised and many viewers were outraged at discovering Colin McKenzie had never existed.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/?p=596|title=Observations on film art and ''Film Art''|publisher=David Bordwell|access-date=27 March 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Craig |last=Hight |url=http://www.waikato.ac.nz/film/mock-doc/fs.shtml |series=Forgotten Silver |title=Mock-documentary: The subversion of factuality |department=Screen and Media Studies Department |publisher=University of Waikato |place=Waikato, New Zealand |access-date=27 March 2007}}<br />Derived from<br />{{cite book |last1=Roscoe |first1=Jane |first2=Craig |last2=Hight |year=2001 |title=Faking It: Mock-documentary and the subversion of factuality |url=http://www.waikato.ac.nz/film/mock-doc/book.shtml |publisher=Manchester University Press |location=Manchester, UK |isbn=0-7190-5641-1}}</ref> The number of people who believed the increasingly improbable story provides testimony to Jackson and Botes' skill at playing on New Zealand's [[national myth]] of a nation of innovators and forgotten trail-blazers.<ref>{{cite magazine |first=Geoff |last=Chapple |title=Gone, not forgotten |magazine=[[New Zealand Listener]] |date=25 November 1995 |page=26}}</ref>

=== Hollywood, Weta, and the Film Commission ===
{{Main|The Frighteners}}
The success of ''[[Heavenly Creatures]]'' helped pave the way for Jackson's first big budget Hollywood film, ''[[The Frighteners]]'' starring [[Michael J. Fox]], in 1996. Jackson was given permission to make this comedy / horror film entirely in New Zealand despite being set in a North American town. This period was a key one of change for both Jackson and [[Weta Workshop]], the special effects company – born from the one-man contributions of George Port to ''Heavenly Creatures'' – with which Jackson is often associated.

Weta, initiated by Jackson and key collaborators, grew rapidly during this period to incorporate both digital and physical effects, make-up and costumes, the first two areas normally commanded by Jackson collaborator Richard Taylor.<ref name=Leotta-2016>{{cite book |last=Leotta |first=Alfio |year=2016 |title=Peter Jackson |editor=Wilson, Scott |series=Bloomsbury Companions to Contemporary Filmmakers |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |isbn=978-1-6235-6948-8}} <!-- |url={{Google books|Gua2CgAAQBAJ|page=229|plainurl=yes}} |url-status=dead --></ref>{{rp|style=ama|p= 229}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://wetaworkshop.com/about-us/history/ |title=The History of Weta Workshop |website=wetaworkshop.com |access-date=24 March 2016}}</ref>

''The Frighteners'' was regarded as a box office failure.<ref>{{cite book |author-link1=Yvonne Tasker |last=Tasker |first=Yvonne |title=Fifty Contemporary Film Directors |url={{Google books|9IxaBwAAQBAJ|page=202|plainurl=yes}} |page=202}}</ref> Film critic [[Roger Ebert]] expressed disappointment stating that "incredible effort has resulted in a film that looks more like a demo reel than a movie".<ref>{{cite web |author=Ebert, Roger |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-frighteners-1996 |title=The Frighteners |website=rogerebert.com |date=19 July 1996 |access-date=24 March 2016 |type=film review}}</ref> In February 1997, Jackson launched legal proceedings against the ''[[New Zealand Listener]]'' magazine for [[defamation]], over a review of ''The Frighteners'' which claimed that the film was "built from the rubble of other people's movies".<ref>{{cite news |first=Philip |last=Matthews |title=Spectral steel |magazine=[[New Zealand Listener]] |date=14 December 1996}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Heal |first=Andrew |date=December 1997 |title=Horror Story |location=New Zealand |magazine=[[Metro (magazine)|Metro]] |page=198 }}</ref> In the end, the case was not pursued further. Around this time Jackson's remake of ''King Kong'' was shelved by [[Universal Pictures|Universal Studios]], partly because of ''[[Mighty Joe Young (1998 film)|Mighty Joe Young]]'' and ''[[Godzilla (1998 film)|Godzilla]]'', both giant monster movies, that had already gone into production. Universal feared it would be thrown aside by the two higher budget movies.<ref>{{cite book|last=Morton |first=Ray |title=King Kong: The history of a movie icon from Fay Wray to Peter Jackson |url={{Google books|UPXbsJLVgCcC|page=168|plainurl=yes}} |page=168}}</ref>

This period of transition seems not to have been entirely a happy one; it also marked one of the high points of tension between Jackson and the [[New Zealand Film Commission]] since ''Meet the Feebles'' had gone over-budget earlier in his career. Jackson has claimed the Commission considered firing him from ''Feebles'', though the NZFC went on to help fund his next three films. In 1997, the director submitted a lengthy criticism of the commission for a magazine supplement meant to celebrate the body's 20th anniversary, criticising what he called inconsistent decision-making by inexperienced board members. The magazine felt that the material was too long and potentially defamatory to publish in that form; a shortened version of the material went on to appear in ''[[Metro (magazine)|Metro]]'' magazine.<ref>{{cite magazine |first=Andrew |last=Heal |title=Horror story |magazine=[[Metro (magazine)|Metro]] |date=December 1997}}</ref>{{full citation needed|date=October 2015}}<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.newshub.co.nz/nznews/peter-jackson-to-head-film-commission-review-2009061910#axzz43puojiSk |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107030004/http://www.newshub.co.nz/nznews/peter-jackson-to-head-film-commission-review-2009061910#axzz43puojiSk |url-status=dead |archive-date=7 November 2017 |title=Peter Jackson to head Film Commission review |newspaper=[[Newshub]] |date=19 June 2009 |access-date=24 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Drinnan, John |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10687006 |title=Media: ASB bank begins life after Goldstein |website=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |date=12 November 2010 |access-date=24 March 2016}}</ref><ref name=Pryor-2003/>{{rp|style=ama|p= 321}} In the ''[[Metro (magazine)|Metro]]'' article Jackson criticised the Commission over funding decisions concerning a film he was hoping to executive produce, but refused to drop a client-confidentiality provision that would have allowed them to publicly reply to his criticisms.

=== ''The Lord of the Rings'' ===
{{Main|The Lord of the Rings (film series)}}
[[File:Peter Jackson01.jpg|thumb|upright|Peter Jackson at the premiere of ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]'' on 1 December 2003 at the [[Embassy Theatre, Wellington|Embassy Theatre]] in [[Wellington]].]]
Jackson won the rights to film Tolkien's epic in 1997 after meeting with producer [[Saul Zaentz]]. Originally working with [[Miramax|Miramax Films]] towards a two-film production, Jackson was later pressured to render the story as a single film,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://archives.theonering.net/perl/newsview/8/990530617 |title=Saul Zaentz tells the story of how the Rings films were born |website=theonering.net |date=22 May 2001 |access-date=24 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |author=Sturm, Rüdiger |url=http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/kino/herr-der-ringe-produzent-saul-zaentz-wir-waren-total-glueckliche-arschloecher-a-134605.html |title=Herr der Ringe-produzent Saul Zaentz: "Wir waren total glückliche Arschlöcher" |magazine=[[Der Spiegel]] |date=18 May 2001 |access-date=24 March 2016 |lang=de}}</ref> and finally overcame a tight deadline by making a last-minute deal with [[New Line]], which was keen on a trilogy.<ref>{{cite web |author=Goldstein, Patrick |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-aug-24-ca-15963-story.html |title=New Line Gambles on Becoming Lord of the 'Rings' |website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=24 August 1998 |access-date=24 March 2016}}</ref>

[[Principal photography]] stretched from 11 October 1999 to 22 December 2000 with extensive location filming across New Zealand. With the benefit of extended post-production and extra periods of shooting before each film's release, the series met with huge success and sent Jackson's popularity soaring. ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King|The Return of the King]]'' received huge critical acclaim, winning all eleven Oscars it was nominated for, including [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]] and [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]]. The film was the first of the fantasy film genre to win the award for Best Picture and was the second sequel to win Best Picture (the first being ''[[The Godfather Part II]]''). Jackson's mother, Joan, died three days before the release of the first movie in the trilogy, ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring|The Fellowship of the Ring]]''. There was a special showing of the film after her funeral.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Charlie Rose - PETER JACKSON |url=http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7355590305075440586 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20110629092554/http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7355590305075440586 |archive-date=2011-06-29 |access-date=2025-04-07 |website=video.google.com}}</ref>

=== ''King Kong'' ===
{{Main|King Kong (2005 film)|King Kong (2005 video game)}}
Universal Studios signed Jackson for a second time to remake the 1933 classic ''[[King Kong (1933 film)|King Kong]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna10299834 |title='King Kong': Peter Jackson's labor of love – Dateline NBC |publisher=NBC News |date=29 February 2004 |access-date=3 October 2015 }}</ref> The film was released on 14 December 2005 to critical acclaim and grossed around US$562 million worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=kingkong05.htm |title=King Kong (2005) |publisher=Box Office Mojo |access-date=3 October 2015}}</ref> He also collaborated with game designer [[Michel Ancel]] from [[Ubisoft]] to make a [[Peter Jackson's King Kong|video game adaptation]] of the film, which released 21 November 2005 and was also a critical and commercial success.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20051027005851/en/Ubisoft-Announces-Peter-Jacksons-King-Kong-The-Official-Game-of-the-Movie-Has-Gone-Gold-Award-Winning-Video-Game-Creator-and-Three-Time-Academy-Award-R-Winner-Finalize-Video-Game-and-Launch-Date|title=Ubisoft Announces Peter Jackson's King Kong|date=27 October 2005|website=www.businesswire.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/peter-jacksons-king-kong-the-official-game-of-th/critic-reviews/?platform=playstation-2|title=Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie|website=Metacritic}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170921081906/https://www.ubisoft.com/en-US/company/press/detail.aspx?id=33239 | url=https://www.ubisoft.com/en-US/company/press/detail.aspx?id=33239 | url-status=live | title=Ubisoft Entertainment Reports Revenue for Fiscal Year 2005–2006 | archive-date=21 September 2017 | publisher=[[Ubisoft]] | date=27 April 2006}}</ref>

=== ''Crossing the Line'' ===
{{Main|Crossing the Line (2008 film)}}
In 2007, Jackson directed a short film entitled ''[[Crossing the Line (2008 film)|Crossing the Line]]'', to test a new model of digital cinema camera, the [[Red One (camera)|Red One]]. The film takes place during [[World War I]], and was shot in two days. "Crossing the Line" was shown at NAB 2007 (the USA [[National Association of Broadcasters]]). Clips of the film can be found at Reduser.net.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.reduser.net/|title=RedUser.net|publisher=RedUser.net|access-date=24 March 2010}}</ref>

=== ''The Lovely Bones'' ===
{{Main|The Lovely Bones (film)}}
Jackson completed an [[The Lovely Bones (film)|adaptation]] of [[Alice Sebold]]'s bestseller, ''[[The Lovely Bones]]'', which was released in the United States on 11 December 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/34035/the-lovely-bones-is-fit-a-queen|title=The Lovely Bones Is Fit for a Queen|publisher=Dreadcentral.com|date=15 October 2009|access-date=24 March 2010}}</ref> Jackson has said the film was a welcome relief from his larger-scale epics. The storyline's combination of fantasy aspects and themes of murder share some similarities with ''Heavenly Creatures''. The film ended up receiving generally mixed reviews and middling box office returns yet earned [[Stanley Tucci]] an [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor]] nomination.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-ZEeYcSb6M |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/j-ZEeYcSb6M |archive-date=15 December 2021 |url-status=live|title=Christoph Waltz Wins Supporting Actor: 2010 Oscars|date=12 March 2010 |via=www.youtube.com}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2010|title=The 82nd Academy Awards |website=Oscars.org |date=4 December 2015 }}</ref>

=== ''Tintin'' franchise ===
[[File:PeterJacksonCCJuly09.jpg|thumb|right|upright|Jackson at the 2009 [[San Diego Comic-Con]]]]
{{Main|The Adventures of Tintin (film)}}
Jackson was one of three producers on ''[[The Adventures of Tintin (film)|The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn]]'', directed by [[Steven Spielberg]] and released in 2011. He is officially credited as producer but before he began working on ''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey|The Hobbit]]'', helped Spielberg direct the film. [[Jamie Bell]] and [[Andy Serkis]] were cast due to their collaboration with Peter Jackson on ''[[King Kong (2005 film)|King Kong]]'' and ''[[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|The Lord of the Rings]]''. Spielberg chose to work with Peter Jackson due to his work on the ''Lord of the Rings'' series, and knew Peter Jackson's company [[Weta Digital]] would make his vision a reality. It received positive reviews and grossed $374 million at the box office.

In December 2011, Spielberg said that a sequel was planned, but this time he would be in a producing role, with Jackson as director.<ref name="spielberg sequel">{{cite web|title=Spielberg announces new Tintin movie|url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gJE9Z-SXPv0AItjGdknjmOqfLNGw?docId=CNG.908b271c4ec03309357a9d96165f22d0.961|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120525162806/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gJE9Z-SXPv0AItjGdknjmOqfLNGw?docId=CNG.908b271c4ec03309357a9d96165f22d0.961|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 May 2012|access-date=13 December 2011|date=13 December 2011}}</ref> [[Kathleen Kennedy (film producer)|Kathleen Kennedy]] said the script might be done by February or March 2012 and motion-captured in summer 2012, so that the movie would be on track to be released by Christmas 2014 or mid-2015.<ref>{{cite web |title=Producer Kathleen Kennedy talks ''Jurassic Park'' 4, a 3D re-release for ''Jurassic Park'', and the ''Tintin'' sequel |url=https://collider.com/kathleen-kennedy-jurassic-park-4-tintin-sequel-jurassic-park-3d/130315/ |publisher=collider.com |author=Chitwood, Adam |access-date=7 January 2012 |date=4 December 2011}}</ref> In February 2012, Spielberg said that a story outline for the sequel had been completed. In December 2012, Jackson said that the Tintin schedule was to shoot performance-capture in 2013, aiming for a release in 2015.<ref>{{cite web |last=Connelly |first=Brendon |title=Peter Jackson won't finish ''Hobbit'' before shooting next ''Tintin'' |url=http://www.bleedingcool.com/2012/12/12/peter-jackson-wont-finish-hobbit-before-shooting-next-tintin/|publisher=Bleeding Cool |access-date=12 December 2012 |date=12 December 2012}}</ref> On 12 March 2013, Spielberg said, "Don't hold me to it, but we're hoping the film will come out around Christmas-time in 2015. We know which books we're making, we can't share that now but we're combining two books which were always intended to be combined by [[Hergé|Herge]]."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Steven-Spielberg-plans-film-based-on-Indo-Pak-border/articleshow/18916601.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130323002513/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-03-12/india/37650493_1_steven-spielberg-movies-indiana-jones |url-status=live |archive-date=23 March 2013 |title=Steven Spielberg plans film based on Indo-Pak border |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |date=12 March 2013 | access-date=12 March 2013 |last1=Singh |first1=Vikas |first2=Srijana Mitra |last2=Das}}</ref>

In December 2014, Peter Jackson said that the ''Tintin'' sequel would be made "at some point soon", although he intended to focus on directing two New Zealand films before that.<ref>{{cite news |author=Suskind, Alex |url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/12/04/no-regrets-peter-jackson-says-goodbye-to-middle-earth.html |title='No regrets': Peter Jackson says goodbye to Middle-Earth |newspaper=[[The Daily Beast]] |date=4 December 2014 |access-date=3 October 2015}}</ref> The following year, [[Anthony Horowitz]], who was hired as the sequel's screenwriter even before the release of the first film,{{citation needed|date=May 2022}} stated that he was no longer working on the sequel, and was unsure if it was still being made.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/live/2015/nov/06/anthony-horowitz-webchat-trigger-mortis-dinner-with-saddam|title=Anthony Horowitz webchat |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=9 November 2015 |access-date=13 November 2015}}</ref> In June 2016, Spielberg confirmed that the sequel was still in development, but Jackson is working on a secret project in the meantime.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.slashfilm.com/adventures-of-tintin-2/|title=Peter Jackson Working on a Secret Project with Steven Spielberg, But It's Not Adventures of Tintin 2|date=30 June 2016|work=slashfilm.com}}</ref>

=== ''The Hobbit'' ===
{{Main|The Hobbit (film series)}}
Jackson's involvement in the making of a film version of ''[[The Hobbit]]'' has a long and chequered history. In November 2006, a letter from Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh stated that due to an ongoing legal dispute between Wingnut Films (Jackson's production company) and [[New Line Cinema]], Jackson would not be directing the film.<ref>{{cite news |title=Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh talk ''The Hobbit'' |publisher=The One Ring|date=19 November 2006 |url=http://www.theonering.net/torwp/2006/11/19/24053-peter-jackson-and-fran-walsh-talk-the-hobbit-2 |access-date=2 January 2010}}</ref> New Line Cinema's head [[Robert Shaye]] commented that Jackson "... will never make any movie with New Line Cinema again while I'm still working at the company ...".<ref name="NZ_Herald_10418732">{{cite news|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/movies/news/article.cfm?c_id=200&objectid=10418732 |title=New Line boss hits out at Peter Jackson |date=12 January 2007 |agency=[[Agence France-Presse|AFP]], [[NZPA]] |newspaper=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |access-date=2 November 2011}}</ref> This prompted an online call for a boycott of New Line Cinema,<ref name="NZ_Herald_10412112">{{cite news |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lord-of-the-rings/news/article.cfm?c_id=594&objectid=10412112 |title=McKellen 'sad' that Jackson may not make ''Hobbit'' |date=23 November 2006 |agency=[[Reuters]] |newspaper=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |access-date=2 November 2011}}</ref> and by August 2007 Shaye was trying to repair his working relationship.<ref name="Stuff.co.nz_1382">{{cite news |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/1382 |title=''Hobbit'' studio sweet-talks Jackson |date=11 August 2007 |newspaper=[[The Dominion Post (Wellington)|The Dominion Post]] |access-date=2 November 2011}}</ref> On 18 December 2007, it was announced that Jackson and New Line Cinema had reached agreement to make two prequels, both based on ''The Hobbit'', and to be released in 2012 and 2013 with Jackson as a writer and [[executive producer]] and [[Guillermo del Toro]] directing.<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.newline.com/press/pr_2007-12-18_announcingthehobbit.html |title=Announcing ''The Hobbit'' |access-date=29 December 2007 |publisher=[[New Line Cinema]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2008/jan/31/news3 |title=Del Toro to take charge of ''The Hobbit'' |date=3 January 2008 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=2 January 2010 |location=London, UK}}</ref>

In early 2010, del Toro dropped out due to production delays<ref>{{Cite news |title=Why Guillermo del Toro left 'The Hobbit' – and Peter Jackson will not replace him as director |url=http://popwatch.ew.com/2010/05/31/guillermo-del-toro-leaves-the-hobbit|access-date=31 May 2010 |newspaper=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=31 May 2010 |author=Vary, Adam }}</ref> and a month later Jackson was back in negotiations to direct ''The Hobbit'';<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2010/06/25/peter-jackson-in-negotiations-for-the-hobbit|title=Peter Jackson in negotiations for ''The Hobbit'' |author=Sperling, Nicole |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116151106/http://insidemovies.ew.com/2010/06/25/peter-jackson-in-negotiations-for-the-hobbit/ |archive-date=16 January 2013}}</ref> and on 15 October he was finalised as the director<ref>{{cite news |last=Cieply |first=Michael |title=Peter Jackson's deal for ''The Hobbit'' is finalized |url=http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/15/peter-jacksons-deal-for-the-hobbit-is-finalized/ |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |series=Artsbeat blog |date=15 October 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/4241119/Jackson-to-direct-The-Hobbit-in-3-D |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120914143126/http://www.stuff.co.nz/4241119/Jackson-to-direct-The-Hobbit-in-3-D |url-status=dead |archive-date=14 September 2012 |title=Peter Jackson to direct ''The Hobbit'' in 3-D |newspaper=[[The Dominion Post (Wellington)|The Dominion Post]] |author=Cardy, Tom |date=16 October 2010 |access-date=27 October 2010 }}</ref> – with New Zealand confirmed as the location a couple of weeks later.<ref name="NZ_Herald_10683486">{{cite news |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10683486|title=Hobbit to stay in NZ|author=Cheng, Derek |date=27 October 2010|work=[[The New Zealand Herald]]|access-date=2 November 2011}}</ref>

The film started production on 20 March 2011. On 30 July 2012, Jackson announced on his Facebook page that the two planned ''Hobbit'' movies would be expanded into a trilogy. He wrote that the third film would not act as a bridge between ''The Hobbit'' and ''[[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|The Lord of the Rings]]'' films, but would continue to expand ''The Hobbit'' story by using material found in the ''Lord of the Rings Appendices''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Peter Jackson Confirms Third 'Hobbit' Film|date=30 July 2012|url=http://www.theonering.net/torwp/2012/07/30/59780-peter-jackson-confirms-third-film/#more-59780|access-date=2 August 2012}}</ref>

=== Documentaries and Beatles-related works ===
On 16 October 2018, Jackson's documentary about the [[First World War]], ''[[They Shall Not Grow Old]]'', was premiered as the Special Presentation at the [[BFI London Film Festival]] and followed by a question-and-answer session hosted by English film critic [[Mark Kermode]].<ref name=iwm>{{cite web|url=https://www.iwm.org.uk/events/peter-jackson-they-shall-not-grow-old|title=Peter Jackson They Shall Not Grow Old|website=Imperial War Museums|access-date=16 October 2018|archive-date=18 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190118072829/https://www.iwm.org.uk/events/peter-jackson-they-shall-not-grow-old|url-status=dead}}</ref> The film was created using original footage from [[Imperial War Museum]]s' extensive archive, much of it previously unseen, alongside [[BBC]] and IWM interviews with servicemen who fought in the conflict. The majority of the footage (save for the start and end sections) has been [[Film colorization|colourised]], converted to 3D and transformed with modern production techniques to present detail never seen before.<ref name=iwm /><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/av/entertainment-arts-45803977/peter-jackson-world-war-one-footage-brought-to-life-by-lord-of-the-rings-director|title=WW1 footage transformed into colour|work=[[BBC News]] |access-date=16 October 2018}}</ref>

Before the screening, Jackson said, "This is not a story of the First World War, it is not a historical story, it may not even be entirely accurate but it's the memories of the men who fought – they're just giving their impressions of what it was like to be a soldier."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/1032449/prince-william-news-peter-jackson-they-shall-not-grow-old-ww1-film|title='You tried to get me in an ORC suit' Prince William jokes with director Peter Jackson|date=16 October 2018|publisher=The Express |access-date=16 October 2018}}</ref>

Reviewing the film for ''[[The Guardian]]'', critic [[Peter Bradshaw]] said:

:To mark the centenary of the [[First World War]]'s end, Peter Jackson has created a visually staggering thought experiment; an immersive deep-dive into what it was like for ordinary British soldiers on the [[Western Front (World War I)|western front]]. This he has done using state-of-the-art digital technology to restore flickery old black-and-white archive footage of the servicemen's life in training and in the [[Trench warfare|trenches]]. He has colourised it, sharpened it, put it in 3D and, as well as using diaries and letters for narrative voiceover, he has used [[Lip reading|lip-readers]] to help dub in what the men are actually saying.

:The effect is electrifying. The soldiers are returned to an eerie, hyperreal kind of life in front of our eyes, like ghosts or figures summoned up in a [[séance]]. The faces are unforgettable.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/oct/16/they-shall-not-grow-old-review-first-world-war-peter-jackson|title=They Shall Not Grow Old review – Peter Jackson's electrifying journey into the first world war trenches|first=Peter|last=Bradshaw|date=16 October 2018|website=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=16 October 2018}}</ref>

The film was broadcast on [[BBC Two]] on 11 November 2018 (the hundredth anniversary of the [[Armistice of 11 November 1918|Armistice of World War I]]), earning acclaim for its restoration work, immersive atmosphere, and portrayal of war.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0brzkzx|publisher=BBC Two |title=They Shall Not Grow Old |access-date=11 November 2018}}</ref>

In October 2016, Jackson, who had announced his interest in a [[Mortal Engines (film)|film adaptation]] of the novel ''[[Mortal Engines]]'' in 2009, stated that the film would be his next project as producer and co-writer, once again alongside [[Fran Walsh]] and [[Philippa Boyens]]. The film was directed by his long-time collaborator [[Christian Rivers]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Barton |first=Steve |url=https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/35085/peter-jackson-revving-his-mortal-engines |title=Peter Jackson Revving His Mortal Engines |publisher=Dread Central |date=23 December 2009 |access-date=3 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Evans |first=Alan |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/oct/25/peter-jackson-to-produce-film-based-on-mortal-engines-books |title=Peter Jackson to produce film based on Mortal Engines books|newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=25 October 2016 |access-date=25 October 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.avclub.com/article/peter-jackson-try-his-hand-dystopian-ya-films-mort-244773|title=Peter Jackson to try his hand at dystopian YA films with Mortal Engines|date=25 October 2016|access-date=25 October 2016}}</ref> It stars [[Robert Sheehan]], [[Hera Hilmar]], [[Hugo Weaving]], [[Jihae (rock musician)|Jihae]], Leila George, [[Ronan Raftery]], and [[Stephen Lang]]. It premiered on 27 November 2018 in London,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://collider.com/mortal-engines-movie-release-date/|title=Peter Jackson-Scripted 'Mortal Engines' Lands Prime 2018 Release Date|website=[[Collider (website)|Collider]]|date=27 November 2016|access-date=16 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/celebrities/108926737/london-hosts-the-world-premiere-of-sir-peter-jacksons-mortal-engines|title=London hosts the world premiere of Sir Peter Jackson's Mortal Engines|website=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]] |date=28 November 2018|language=en|access-date=29 November 2018}}</ref> received negative reviews and was a [[box-office bomb]].<ref name=dAlessandro-2019-04-08>{{cite magazine |url=https://deadline.com/2019/04/box-office-bombs-2018-solo-a-star-wars-story-mortal-engines-wrinkle-in-time-robin-hood-nutcracker-1202591271/ |title=What Were The Biggest Bombs At The 2018 B.O.? Deadline's Most Valuable Blockbuster Tournament |first=Anthony |last=d'Alessandro |magazine=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |date=8 April 2019 |access-date=8 April 2019}}</ref>

On 30 January 2019, the fiftieth anniversary of [[the Beatles]]' [[The Beatles' rooftop concert|rooftop concert]], which was the band's final performance, Jackson announced that his next directorial work would be a documentary about the making of their final album ''[[Let It Be (album)|Let It Be]]''. In a process similar to his previous documentary project ''They Shall Not Grow Old'', this created around "55 hours of never-before-seen footage and 140 hours of audio made available to [Jackson's team]", which are "the only footage of any note that documents them at work in the studio". The documentary used the techniques developed for ''They Shall Not Grow Old'' to transform the footage with modern production techniques, and seeks to display a new side of a period in the Beatles' history usually remembered as highly conflictual.<ref name=HiFolksLetItBe>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/PeterJacksonNZ/posts/10156873982586558?__tn__=K-R|title=Hi Folks|website=Peter Jackson's [[Facebook]]|last=Jackson|first=Peter|date=30 January 2019|access-date=30 January 2019}}</ref><ref name=NPRLetItBe>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2019/01/30/689961544/peter-jackson-to-direct-documentary-on-the-beatles-recording-let-it-be?t=1548882910217|title=Peter Jackson To Direct Documentary On The Beatles Recording 'Let It Be'|website=[[NPR]]|date=30 January 2019|access-date=30 January 2019}}</ref><ref name=NYTLetItBe>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/30/movies/peter-jackson-beatles-film.html|title=Peter Jackson to Direct Beatles Film|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=30 January 2019|access-date=30 January 2019}}</ref> Most of the used footage was originally recorded for the [[Let It Be (1970 film)|1970 ''Let It Be'' documentary]].<ref name=ColliderLetItBe>{{cite web|url=https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/the-beatles-get-back-documentary/ |title=The Beatles' 'Get Back' Documentary: Everything You Need To Know |website=Udiscovermusic.com|last=Smith|first=Sophie|date=17 April 2020|access-date=20 April 2020}}</ref>

Clare Olssen and [[Jabez Olssen]], respectively producer and editor of ''They Shall Not Grow Old'', returned for this new project, with Ken Kamins, [[Jeff Jones (music industry executive)|Jeff Jones]] and Jonathan Clyde as executive producers. The project was made with "the full co-operation" of [[Paul McCartney]] and [[Ringo Starr]], the last two living Beatles, as well as [[John Lennon]] and [[George Harrison]]'s widows [[Yoko Ono]] and [[Olivia Harrison]].<ref name=HiFolksLetItBe /><ref name=NPRLetItBe /><ref name=NYTLetItBe /> The film includes the full 42-minute last rooftop concert.<ref name="ColliderLetItBe" />

In March 2020, [[Walt Disney Studios (division)|Walt Disney Studios]] announced they had acquired the worldwide distribution rights to Jackson's documentary, now titled ''[[The Beatles: Get Back]]'' (the name of a track featured on ''Let It Be'', and the originally-planned name for the album). It was originally set to be released by [[Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures]] on 27 August 2021 in the US and Canada with a subsequent global release to follow.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2020/03/disney-to-bring-peter-jacksons-beatles-documentary-to-theaters-in-september-1202879378/|title=Disney Sets Release Date For Peter Jackson's Beatles Documentary|last=White|first=Peter|date=11 March 2020|website=Deadline|language=en|access-date=11 March 2020}}</ref> In June 2021, it was announced that it would be released on [[Disney+]] as a three-part documentary series on  25, 26 and 27 November 2021.<ref>{{cite web|last=Aswad|first=Jem|date=17 June 2021|title='The Beatles: Get Back' Documentary, Directed by Peter Jackson, to Debut on Disney Plus Over Thanksgiving|url=https://variety.com/2021/film/news/the-beatles-get-back-peter-jackson-disney-1234999072/|access-date=17 June 2021|website=Variety|language=en-US}}</ref> The documentary was released to critical acclaim, and won five [[Primetime Emmy Award]]s, including [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series|Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series]] and [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program|Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program]] for Jackson.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/the_beatles_get_back |access-date=4 July 2022|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |title=The Beatles: Get Back }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/tv/the-beatles-get-back/season-1 |access-date=4 July 2022|website=[[Metacritic]] |title=The Beatles: Get Back }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2022/outstanding-documentary-or-nonfiction-series |title=Nominees/Winners {{!}} Television Academy |publisher=[[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]] |access-date=July 12, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2022/outstanding-directing-for-nonfiction-programming |title=Nominees/Winners {{!}} Television Academy |publisher=[[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]] |access-date=July 12, 2022}}</ref>

The "de-mixing" technology developed to isolate instruments and vocals from old audio recordings to achieve a better sound quality in ''Get Back'' would have an effect on Beatles records themselves: ''[[Revolver: Special Edition]]'', a 2022 [[reissue]] of the band's 1966 album ''[[Revolver (Beatles album)|Revolver]]'', would use the technology to improve the album's audio quality. [[Annie Zaleski]] of ''[[The Guardian]]'', who gave ''Special Edition'' a five out of five stars rating, wrote that: "new details tease out deeper meanings in the songs. Now more prominent, the low-lit backing harmonies on 'Here, There and Everywhere' remake the tune as an old-fashioned rock'n'roll love song; the piano bending out of key on 'I Want to Tell You' mirrors the narrator's insecurity; and McCartney's booming walking bass on 'Taxman' illuminates the biting, cynical tone of Harrison's lyrics... ''Revolver'' still sounds so vibrant."<ref>{{cite web |last=Zaleski |first=Annie |author-link=Annie Zaleski |title=The Beatles: Revolver Special Edition (Super Deluxe) review – experimental genius in real time|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/oct/27/the-beatles-revolver-album-special-edition-super-deluxe-review |language=en|work= The Guardian |date= 27 October 2022 |access-date=28 October 2022}}</ref> It would eventually lead to the release on 2 November 2023 of "[[Now and Then (Beatles song)|Now and Then]]", dubbed "the last Beatles song", which used the technology to salvage audio from a 1977 demo by Lennon and a failed 1995 attempt by the other three ex-Beatles to complete the song (Lennon having been [[Murder of John Lennon|murdered in 1980]]), together with newly recorded music by McCartney and Starr, to finally release the song over 55 years after it was first conceived. The short documentary film ''Now and Then – The Last Beatles Song'', featuring Jackson, chronicled the making of the song.<ref name="NowThenShort">{{Cite web |date=1 November 2023 |title=The Beatles - Now And Then - The Last Beatles Song (Short Film) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APJAQoSCwuA&t=546 |publisher=[[Apple Corps]] |via=[[YouTube]] |access-date=1 November 2023 |archive-date=1 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231101211509/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APJAQoSCwuA&t=546 |url-status=live }}</ref> "Now and Then" received received widespread attention and acclaim upon release, winning a [[Grammy Award]] and being considered a worthy finale for the Beatles.<ref>{{cite web |title=Now and Then [Single] by The Beatles|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/now-and-then-single/the-beatles |accessdate=3 November 2023 |publisher=Metacritic |archive-date=3 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231103155039/https://www.metacritic.com/music/now-and-then-single/the-beatles |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Petridis |first=Alexis |date=2 November 2023 |title=The Beatles: Now and Then review – 'final' song is a poignant act of closure |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/nov/02/the-beatles-now-and-then-review |access-date=2 November 2023 |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=2 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231102154658/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/nov/02/the-beatles-now-and-then-review |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Sheffield |first=Rob |date=2 November 2023 |title=The Beatles Return for One More Masterpiece With New Song 'Now And Then' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/beatles-new-song-now-and-then-1234868643/ |access-date=2 November 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone |archive-date=2 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231102151501/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/beatles-new-song-now-and-then-1234868643/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Jackson personally directed the "Now and Then" music video, using new footage of McCartney and Starr and using restored old footage similarly to ''Get Back'' to have all four Beatles visually on-screen.<ref name=":NYT GB">{{cite news|last=Sisario|first=Ben|date=11 November 2021|title=Know How the Beatles Ended? Peter Jackson May Change Your Mind.|language=en-US|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/11/arts/music/beatles-get-back-peter-jackson.html|access-date=15 November 2021|issn=0362-4331|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211111102004/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/11/arts/music/beatles-get-back-peter-jackson.html|archive-date=11 November 2021|url-status=live}}</ref> In an interview days before the song's release, Jackson claimed that he had originally been "very reluctant" when offered to direct the video, but that McCartney, Starr and Apple "didn't even wait for me to say no" before proceeding to send him footage for the video. I found myself swept along as they quickly addressed my concerns. Paul and Ringo shot footage of themselves performing and sent that to me." He stated that he made the video thinking of it as a short film rather than a music video.<ref name="TalksNowThen">{{cite web |title=Peter Jackson Talks About Making The Beatles' Last Music Video, 'Now And Then'. "It was going to be far easier to do a runner." |url=https://www.thebeatles.com/peter-jackson-talks-about-making-beatles-last-music-video-it-was-going-be-far-easier-do-runner |website=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]|date=October 31, 2023 |access-date=7 February 2025}}</ref> The video was met with a mixed response, with praise for its emotional weight but criticism for the inclusion of the dead Harrison and Lennon into more recent footage.<ref name="ZapNow">{{cite web |last1=Woods |first1=Mark |title=Review: Now and Then music video |url=https://zapthebeatles.com/2023/11/03/review-now-and-then-music-video/ |website=zap|date=3 November 2023 |access-date=7 February 2025}}</ref><ref name="AVNow">{{cite web |last1=Carr |first1=Mary Kate |title=The Beatles' "Now And Then" music video is a goofy little time capsule |url=https://www.avclub.com/the-beatles-now-and-then-music-video-peter-jackson-1850989279 |website=[[The A.V. Club]]|date=3 November 2023 |access-date=7 February 2025}}</ref><ref name="OxfordNowThen">{{cite web |last1=Menon |first1=Purav |title=The Beatles’ ‘Now and Then’ Review |url=https://www.oxfordstudent.com/2023/11/12/the-beatles-now-and-then-review-4-5/ |website=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]|date=12 November 2023 |access-date=7 February 2025}}</ref><ref name="SlateAbomination">{{cite web |last1=Adams |first1=Sam |title=The Beatles’ “Final” Music Video Is an Abomination |url=https://slate.com/culture/2023/11/beatles-now-and-then-new-song-video-peter-jackson.html |website=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]|date=6 November 2023 |access-date=7 February 2025}}</ref>

=== New ''Lord of the Rings'' series ===
In May 2024, [[Warner Bros. Discovery]] CEO [[David Zaslav]] confirmed that Jackson and his partners [[Fran Walsh]] and [[Philippa Boyens]] would be producing a new ''Lord of the Rings'' film with the [[working title]] ''The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum''. The film is intended to be released in 2027, with [[Andy Serkis]] directing from a screenplay written by Walsh, Boyens, Phoebe Gittins and Arty Papageorgiou. ''The Hunt for Gollum'' is the first slate in a new ''Lord of the Rings'' film series developed through Warner Bros. label [[New Line Cinema]]. In February 2023, Warner Bros. Discovery had signed a deal with the Embracer Group to produce a new series of ''Lord of the Rings'' live-action films.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Maas |first=Jennifer |date=9 May 2024 |title=Warner Bros. to Release New 'Lord of the Rings' Movie 'The Hunt for Gollum' in 2026, Peter Jackson to Produce and Andy Serkis to Direct |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/news/lord-of-the-rings-movie-2026-release-warner-bros-1235997102/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240509131204/https://variety.com/2024/film/news/lord-of-the-rings-movie-2026-release-warner-bros-1235997102/ |archive-date=9 May 2024 |access-date=13 May 2024 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref> On 10 May, [[RNZ]] reported that [[Wellington]] would serve as the production hub for the new ''Lord of the Rings'' films.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hickman |first1=Bill |title=Revealed: Lord of the Rings movies production hub to be in Wellington |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/516517/revealed-lord-of-the-rings-movies-production-hub-to-be-in-wellington |access-date=13 May 2024 |work=[[RNZ]] |date=10 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240512085212/https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/516517/revealed-lord-of-the-rings-movies-production-hub-to-be-in-wellington |archive-date=12 May 2024}}</ref>

== Games ==
Jackson was set to make games with [[Microsoft Game Studios]], a partnership announced on 27 September 2006, at [[X06 (Xbox show)|X06]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uk.gamespot.com/news/6158809.html?sid=6158809|title=X06: Halo Wars revealed at Microsoft briefing|publisher=Uk.gamespot.com|date=27 September 2006|access-date=24 March 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081206003040/http://uk.gamespot.com/news/6158809.html?sid=6158809|archive-date=6 December 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> Specifically, Jackson and Microsoft were teaming together to form a new studio called Wingnut Interactive.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3154047|title=X06: Peter Jackson Forms a Game Studio|publisher=1UP.com|date=27 September 2006|access-date=27 September 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927193554/http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3154047|archive-date=27 September 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> In collaboration with [[Bungie]], he was to co-write, co-design and co-produce a new game taking place in the [[Halo universe]] – tentatively called ''[[Halo: Chronicles]]''. On 27 July 2009, in an interview about his new movie (as producer) ''[[District 9]]'', he announced  that ''[[Halo: Chronicles]]'' had been cancelled, while Microsoft confirmed that the game is "on hold". In July 2009 Jackson's game studio Wingnut Interactive were said to be at work on original intellectual property.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://comic-con.gamespot.com/story/6214359/peter-jackson-studio-developing-original-game|title=Peter Jackson's game studio to work on original IP|publisher=Comic-con.gamespot.com|date=28 July 2009|access-date=24 March 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110813212324/http://comic-con.gamespot.com/story/6214359/peter-jackson-studio-developing-original-game|archive-date=13 August 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> As of August 2023, there are no games released nor developed by Wingnut Interactive.

== Charitable activities ==
In 2006, Jackson gave [[New Zealand dollar|NZ]]$500,000 to [[embryonic stem cell research]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/peter-jackson-gives-500000-for-stem-cell-research/VX4YOAUYBIT4XZHUXIRNXKIGA4/|title=Peter Jackson gives $500,000 for stem cell research|work=[[New Zealand Herald]] |date=14 July 2006|access-date=26 September 2021|first=Kent|last=Atkinson}}</ref> He purchased a church in the Wellington suburb of [[Seatoun]] for $1.06 million, saving it from demolition.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0709/S00138.htm|title=Stella Maris Retreat Centre and Chapel saved|publisher=[[Scoop (website)|Scoop]]|date=12 September 2007|access-date=18 October 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/71024429/sir-peter-jackson-and-fran-walsh-buy-church-for-the-community|title=Sir Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh buy church for the community|newspaper=Dominion-Post|date=12 August 2015|first=Katie|last=Chapman}}</ref> He also contributes his expertise to [[48HOURS]], a New Zealand film-making competition, through annually selecting 3 "Wildcards" for the National Final.

Jackson, a [[Aviation in World War I|World War I aviation]] enthusiast, is chair of the 14–18 Aviation Heritage Trust.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nzs.com/new-zealand-articles/motoring/new-zealand-aircraft-history.html|title=New Zealand Aircraft History|publisher=Nzs.com|access-date=3 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924053744/http://www.nzs.com/new-zealand-articles/motoring/new-zealand-aircraft-history.html|archive-date=24 September 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> He donated his services and provided replica aircraft to create a 10-minute multimedia display called ''Over the Front'' for the [[Australian War Memorial]] in 2008.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/16/2365976.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080918111506/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/16/2365976.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 September 2008|title=Jackson behind War Memorial display|publisher=ABC News|date=16 September 2008}}</ref> He contributed to the defense fund for the [[West Memphis Three]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/peter-jackson-west-memphis-three-225823|work=The Hollywood Reporter|first=Pip|last=Bulbeck|title=Peter Jackson Helped West Memphis Three Defense|date=22 August 2011}}</ref> In 2011, Jackson and Walsh purchased 1 Kent Terrace, the home of [[BATS Theatre]] in Wellington, effectively securing the theatre's future.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/culture/performance/6030928/Peter-Jackson-buys-Bats-theatre|title=Peter Jackson buys Bats theatre|year=2011}}</ref>

In 2012 Jackson supported the [[American Red Cross]] "Zombie Blood Drive"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/popcandy/2012/09/25/walking-dead-red-cross/1591865/|title=Makes sense: 'Walking Dead' launches blood drive|website=USA TODAY|language=en|access-date=16 May 2019}}</ref> together with other famous artists such as [[The Black Keys]] band members and the cast of the show ''[[The Walking Dead (TV series)|The Walking Dead]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eonline.com/uk/news/349753/walking-dead-enlists-peter-jackson-maria-menounos-and-more-for-zombie-blood-drive|title=Walking Dead Enlists Peter Jackson, Maria Menounos and More for Zombie Blood Drive|date= 28 September 2012|website=E! News|access-date=16 May 2019}}</ref>

== Other activities ==
His property portfolio in 2018 was estimated at [[New Zealand dollar|NZ$]]150 million.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/jacksonville-sir-peters-150m-real-estate-empire/WPA24REMBOK7SR4HFCHIYQZYQY/|title=Jacksonville: Sir Peter's $150m real estate empire|website=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |date=26 June 2023 }}</ref>

In 2009, he purchased a [[Gulfstream G550]] jet registered ZK-KFB; Jackson is one of the [[List of celebrities by net worth|richest people in entertainment industry]], with an estimated [[net worth]] by ''[[National Business Review]]'' at [[New Zealand dollar|NZ$]]450 million.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10566283|title=Peter Jackson's jet set upgrade|author=Lewis, Rebecca |date=12 April 2009|work=[[The New Zealand Herald]]|access-date=11 April 2009}}</ref> In early 2014 he replaced his Gulfstream G550, with a [[Gulfstream G650]] also registered ZK-KFB.<ref>{{cite web|last=Minty|first=Sir|date=28 April 2016|title=NZ Civil Aircraft: Gulfstream G VI ZK-KFB at Auckland International 27-4-2016|url=http://nzcivair.blogspot.com/2016/04/gulfstream-g-vi-zk-kfb-at-auckland.html|access-date=4 September 2021|website=NZ Civil Aircraft}}</ref> In April 2014, the aircraft was used in the [[Search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370|search]] for [[Malaysia Airlines Flight 370|MH370]].<ref>{{cite web|date=1 April 2014|title=Peter Jackson's jet helps in MH370 search|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/9894838/Peter-Jacksons-jet-helps-in-MH370-search|access-date=4 September 2021|website=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=ZK-KFB {{!}} Gulfstream G650 {{!}} Private {{!}} Brenden|url=https://www.jetphotos.com/photo/7807252|access-date=4 September 2021|website=JetPhotos|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|title=Lord of the Rings Director Peter Jackson's Jet Joins MH370 Search|url=https://time.com/46120/peter-jacksons-jet-mh370/|access-date=4 September 2021|magazine=Time|language=en}}</ref> The aircraft has subsequently been sold. Jackson owns an aircraft restoration and manufacturing company, The Vintage Aviator (based in Kilbirnie, Wellington, and at the [[Hood Aerodrome]], Masterton), which is dedicated to World War I<ref>{{cite web | url=http://thevintageaviator.co.nz/about-us | title=About us | publisher=The Vintage Aviator Ltd | access-date=25 December 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/95387028/sir-peter-jacksons-replica-vintage-plane-company-suspends-sales-during-investigation | title=Sir Peter Jackson's replica vintage plane company suspends sales during investigation | publisher=[[Stuff.co.nz]] | date=3 August 2017 | access-date=25 December 2018 | author=Rutherford, Hamish }}</ref> and World War II fighter planes among other planes from the 1920s and 1930s.{{citation needed|date=December 2018|reason=on the 2 refs given, mention is only made of WWI planes}} He is chairman of the [[Omaka Aviation Heritage Trust]], which hosts a biennial air show.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/2330267/Peter-Jackson-causes-stir|title=Peter Jackson causes stir|author=Buckley, Tammy |date=13 April 2009|work=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]] |access-date=14 April 2009|publisher=[[Fairfax New Zealand]]}}</ref>

He owns a [[scale model|scale modell]]ing company Wingnut Wings that specializes in World War I subjects.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wingnutwings.com/ww/aboutus|title=Wingnut Wings – About Us|website=www.wingnutwings.com}}</ref> Wingnut Wings, however, closed in March 2020 with the ultimate fate of the company and its moulds not yet known.<ref name=ModellingNews-2020-04>{{cite web |url=https://www.themodellingnews.com/2020/04/sad-news-from-new-zealand-wingnut-wings.html |title=Sad news from New Zealand – Wingnut Wings has temporarily closed its doors |website=The Modelling News}}</ref>

Peter Jackson is a key investor in [[Colossal Bioscience]].<ref>https://colossal.com/is-colossal-biosciences-a-real-company/</ref>

== Style ==
Jackson is known for his attention to detail, a habit of shooting scenes from many angles, a [[macabre]] sense of humour, and a general playfulness – the latter to a point that ''The Lord of the Rings'' conceptual designer [[Alan Lee (illustrator)|Alan Lee]] jokingly remarked, "the film is kind of incidental, really".<ref>"Pete's the biggest kid of all, the film is kind of incidental, really". Alan Lee, ''Big-atures'' (ROTK Appendices : DVD Documentary).</ref>

Jackson was a noted perfectionist on the ''Lord of the Rings'' shoot, where he demanded numerous takes of scenes, requesting additional takes by repeatedly saying, "one more for luck".{{efn|[[Christopher Lee]] remarked about having twelve takes for one scene, and later he was told by [[Ian McKellen]] he did 24 takes for two lines the previous day.}}<ref>{{cite AV media |title=Cameras in Middle-earth: The Fellowship of the Ring |edition=Special Extended |type=DVD documentary |people=actor/commentary [[Christopher Lee|Lee, C.]]}}{{full citation needed|date=October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.siad.in/icon_peterjackson.html |title=Peter Jackson Icon of the Month |website=siad.in |access-date=25 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100627143720/http://www.siad.in/icon_peterjackson.html |archive-date=27 June 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Jackson is also renowned within the New Zealand film industry for his insistence on "coverage" – shooting a scene from as many angles as possible, giving him more options during editing. Jackson has been known to spend days shooting a single scene. This is evident in his work where even scenes featuring simple conversations often feature a wide array of multiple camera angles and shot-sizes as well as zooming closeups on characters' faces. One of his most common visual trademarks is shooting close-ups of actors with wide-angle lenses.<ref>{{cite web |author=Corrigan, Darcy |website=D. Corrigan film blog |url=https://dcorriganfilmblog.wordpress.com/2015/04/27/part-3-camera-angles-and-shot-sizes/ |type=blog |title=Peter Jackson Film Analysis Part 3: Camera Angles and Shot-sizes |via=wordpress.com |date=26 April 2015 |access-date=10 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160531225757/https://dcorriganfilmblog.wordpress.com/2015/04/27/part-3-camera-angles-and-shot-sizes/ |archive-date=31 May 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was an early user of computer enhancement technology and provided [[Visual effects|digital special effects]] to a number of Hollywood films.<!-- |url={{Google books|Gua2CgAAQBAJ|page=159|plainurl=yes}} |url-status=dead --><ref name=Leotta-2016/>{{rp|style=ama|p= 159}}

=== Cameo roles ===
Jackson is one of the lead actors in two of his films: in ''Bad Taste'', he plays [[Dual role|two characters]] named Derek and Robert, even engaging them both in a fight.<!-- |url={{Google books|Gua2CgAAQBAJ|page=124|plainurl=yes}} |url-status=dead --><ref name=Leotta-2016/>{{rp|style=ama|p= 124}} In the mockumentary ''Forgotten Silver'', he plays himself.<!-- |url={{Google books|Gua2CgAAQBAJ|page=129|plainurl=yes}} |url-status=dead --><ref name=Leotta-2016/>{{rp|style=ama|p= 129}}

However, he appears in most films he directs,<ref>{{cite web |author=Lee, Ann |url=http://metro.co.uk/2014/01/15/peter-jacksons-lord-of-the-ring-and-hobbit-cameos-brought-to-life-in-gifs-4264166/ |title=Peter Jackson's Lord Of The Rings and Hobbit cameos brought to life in GIFs |website=metro.co.uk |date=15 January 2014 |access-date=24 March 2016}}</ref> mostly in cameos, just as director [[Alfred Hitchcock]] had done:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://hitchcock.tv/cam/cameos2.html |title=Cameo Appearances |website=hitchcock.tv|date=26 March 1995 |access-date=24 March 2016}}</ref><!-- |url={{Google books|Gua2CgAAQBAJ|page=123|plainurl=yes}} |url-status=dead --><ref name=Leotta-2016/>{{rp|style=ama|p= 123}}<ref>{{cite web |author=Parkinson, David |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2009/jan/20/notorious-hitchcock-cameo |title=Hitchcock's cameos make him a wallflower compared to today's directors |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=20 January 2009 |access-date=10 March 2016}}</ref>
* In ''Meet the Feebles'', Jackson appears as an audience member disguised as one of the aliens from ''Bad Taste''.<ref name=Leotta-2016/>
* In ''Braindead'', he is the mortician's assistant.<ref name=Leotta-2016/>
* In ''Heavenly Creatures'', he is the tramp who gets kissed by [[Parker–Hulme murder case|Juliet Hulme]].{{citation needed|date=August 2019}}
* In ''The Frighteners'', Jackson is a biker bumped into by Frank Bannister.<ref name=Leotta-2016/>
* In ''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'', Jackson plays a carrot-chomping citizen of [[Bree (Middle-earth)|Bree]] when the four [[hobbit]]s are entering the town.<ref name=Leotta-2016/>
* In ''The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers'', he plays a spear-throwing defender of [[Helm's Deep]].<ref name=Leotta-2016/>
* In ''The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King'' he is seen as the boatswain of a murderous [[Privateer|corsair]] ship.<ref name=Leotta-2016/> This character is seen very briefly in the theatrical version. In the extended version he is onscreen for a longer period and is accidentally killed by [[Legolas]]'s "warning shot". A detailed [[action figure]] of Jackson was made of this character in the same line as the rest of the Lord of the Rings toys.
* Also in ''The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King'': during the scene of [[Shelob]]'s Lair, [[Samwise Gamgee|Sam's]] hands (i.e. Jackson's) are seen entering the shot as [[Shelob]] is wrapping [[Frodo Baggins|Frodo]] in cobweb. This was due to [[Sean Astin]]'s temporary absence, and Jackson wanted to progress the production of the scene as much as possible, even without the actor.<ref>{{cite book |last=Oliver |first=Sarah |title=A–Z of J.R.R. Tolkien's ''The Hobbit'': An unendorsed, colourful, and critical Guide |url={{Google books|ODz0UETrcOkC|page=90|plainurl=yes}} |page=90}}</ref>
* In his 2005 ''King Kong'' he appears as a [[biplane]] gunner attacking [[King Kong|Kong]] in [[New York City]], reprising the cameo that original ''[[King Kong (1933 film)|King Kong]]'' filmmaker [[Merian C. Cooper]] made in the [[King Kong (1933 film)|original 1933 film]].<ref name=Leotta-2016/>
* In ''The Lovely Bones'', he appears as a customer in a camera store playing with a camera.<ref name=Leotta-2016/>
* In ''The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey'', Jackson plays one of the [[Dwarf (Middle-earth)|dwarves]] escaping from [[Lonely Mountain|Erebor]] after [[Smaug]] has attacked.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=36033 |title=Peter Jackson talks the Dambusters |access-date=15 December 2012}}</ref>
* In ''The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug'', he reprises his ''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'' role as the carrot-chomping citizen of [[Bree (Middle-earth)|Bree]].<ref>{{cite web |author=Lee, Ann |url=http://metro.co.uk/2014/01/15/peter-jacksons-lord-of-the-ring-and-hobbit-cameos-brought-to-life-in-gifs-4264166/ |title=Peter Jackson's ''Lord of the Rings'' and ''Hobbit'' cameos brought to life in GIFs |website=metro.co.uk |date=14 January 2014 |access-date=24 March 2016}}</ref>
* At the end of ''The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies'', when [[Bilbo Baggins]] restores the fallen portraits of his parents, Bungo Baggins and [[Belladonna Took]], to the wall from which they had fallen or been removed, Jackson and [[Fran Walsh]] have cameos as Bungo and Belladonna, as the portraits were painted in their likeness.{{efn|Jackson and Walsh point this out in the DVD commentary of the film's extended edition.}}

He has also made cameos in several films not directed by him. In the opening sequence of ''[[Hot Fuzz]]'' (2007), he played a demented man dressed as [[Father Christmas]], who stabs Nicholas Angel (played by [[Simon Pegg]]) in the hand.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bullz-eye.com/mguide/reviews_2007/hot_fuzz.htm |title=Hot Fuzz review |first=Jason |last=Zingale |access-date=30 April 2008}}</ref>

Jackson's eldest son, Billy (born 1995), has made cameo appearances in almost every one of his father's films since his birth, namely ''The Frighteners'', ''The Lord of the Rings'' film trilogy, ''King Kong'', ''The Lovely Bones'', and the third film of ''The Hobbit'' trilogy. His daughter, Katie (born 1996), appears in all the above films except ''The Frighteners''. His partner Fran Walsh makes a short cameo in ''The Frighteners'' as a woman walking next to Cyrus and Stuar just prior the scene featuring their son Billy.<ref>{{cite AV media |medium=Audio commentary |edition=4-disc special |title=The Frighteners}}{{full citation needed|date=October 2015}}</ref>{{full citation needed|date=October 2015}}

=== Other appearances ===
Jackson had a cameo on the HBO show [[Entourage (U.S. TV series)|''Entourage'']] on 5 August 2007 episode, "[[Gary's Desk]]", in which he offers a business proposal to [[Eric Murphy (Entourage)|Eric Murphy]], manager to the lead character, [[Vincent Chase]].<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=[[The Dominion Post (Wellington)|The Dominion Post]] |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/10126/Jackson-wears-skin-tight-suit-in-Entourage-cameo |title=Jackson wears skin-tight suit in Entourage cameo |via=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]] |date=8 August 2007 |access-date=25 March 2016}}</ref>

Jackson appears as himself in the 2013 ''[[Doctor Who]]'' 50th anniversary spoof ''[[The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot]]'', alongside Sir [[Ian McKellen]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03lv3mj |title=The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot |publisher=BBC |date=23 November 2013 |access-date=3 October 2015}}</ref>

Jackson appears as himself in the 2019 episode "Dogfight Derby" of ''Savage Builds''.<ref>{{cite episode |url=https://go.discovery.com/tv-shows/savage-builds/full-episodes/dogfight-derby |title=Dogfight Derby |series=Savage Builds |year=2019 |number=7 |publisher=[[Discovery Channel|Discovery]] |lang=en-US |access-date=11 April 2020}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Jackson and his partner, [[Fran Walsh|Dame Fran Walsh]], a New Zealand [[screenwriter]], [[film producer]], and [[lyricist]], have two children. Walsh has contributed to all of Jackson's films since 1989, as co-writer since ''[[Meet the Feebles]]'', and as producer since ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]''. She won three [[Academy Award]]s in 2003, for [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]], [[Academy Award for Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)|Best Adapted Screenplay]] and [[Academy Award for Best Original Song|Best Original Song]], for ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]''. She has received seven Oscar nominations.<ref>{{cite news |author=Barnes, Brooks |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/02/movies/middle-earth-wizards-not-so-silent-partner.html?_r=0 |title=Middle-Earth Wizard's Not-So-Silent Partner |newspaper=The New York Times |date=30 November 2012 |access-date=25 March 2016}}</ref>

Jackson is an avid [[aviation]] enthusiast and owns a collection of over 40 airworthy [[World War I]]-era [[warbird]]s housed at [[Hood Aerodrome]] near [[Masterton]],<ref>{{cite news |first=Jeremy |last=Kahn |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11329981 |title=Peter Jackson dogfighting over vintage warbirds|newspaper=[[New Zealand Herald]] |date=23 September 2014}}</ref> and a [[Gulfstream G650]] in Wellington.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/celebrities/8728148/Jackson-takes-to-skies-in-80m-style |title=Jackson takes to skies in $80M style |first=Matt |last=Nippert |date=28 May 2013 |magazine=[[Stuff (magazine)|Stuff]] |access-date=18 August 2017}}</ref> Jackson also owns the main driving Chitty Chitty Bang Bang car that was built for the film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cooke |first=Michelle |date=22 October 2011 |title=Jackson picks up Chitty Chitty Bang Bang |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/capital-life/5836316/Jackson-picks-up-Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang |access-date=8 January 2023 |website=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]] |language=en}}</ref> He is also interested in building scale models and owns a company that makes models of World War I aircraft.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wingnutwings.com/ww/aboutus |series=Wingnut Wings |title=About us |website=wingnutwings.com}}</ref> Wingnut Wings, his model making company, has stopped producing kits as of 2020; however, the future of the company is unknown.<ref name=ModellingNews-2020-04/>

As well as this, [[Omaka Aviation Heritage Centre]] presents the Knights of the Sky exhibition, featuring Jackson's own collection of WW1 aircraft and artifacts. This story of [[aviation in the Great War]] is brought to life in sets created by the internationally acclaimed talent of WingNut Films and Weta Workshop.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.omaka.org.nz/ |title=Omaka Aviation Heritage Centre |place=Blenheim, New Zealand |website=omaka.org.nz}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.newzealand.com/au/article/omakas-knights-of-the-sky/ |title=Omaka's Knights of the Sky |place=Marlborough, New Zealand |work=newzealand.com}}</ref>

Jackson received some criticism during the 2019 Wellington City Council Elections, with his support for then-city councillor [[Andy Foster (politician)|Andy Foster]]. Foster won the election against then incumbent mayor [[Justin Lester (politician)|Justin Lester]] by 62 votes, with critics noting Jackson's public support and $30,000 of funding to Foster's election campaign being pivotal for Foster's victory.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/405645/sir-peter-jackson-behind-30-000-for-wellington-mayor-s-campaign |title=Sir Peter Jackson behind $30,000 for Wellington mayor's campaign |publisher=[[RNZ]] |date= 17 December 2019|accessdate=19 March 2022}}</ref> Both Jackson and Foster had criticised the previous city council's decision to support property development at [[Shelly Bay]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/wellington/122138963/sir-peter-jackson-comes-out-swinging-after-shelly-bay-damages-threat |title=Sir Peter Jackson comes out swinging after Shelly Bay damages threat |publisher=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]] |date=16 July 2020 |accessdate=19 March 2022}}</ref>

== Awards and honours ==

=== Awards and nominations ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Award
! Category
! Title
! Result
|-
| [[67th Academy Awards|1995]]
|rowspan=9|[[Academy Award]]s
| [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]]
| ''[[Heavenly Creatures]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
|rowspan=3|[[74th Academy Awards|2002]]
| [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]]
|rowspan=3|''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Adapted Screenplay]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[75th Academy Awards|2003]]
| rowspan="2" | Best Picture
| ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
|rowspan=3|[[76th Academy Awards|2004]]
|rowspan=3|''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]''
| {{Won}}
|-
| Best Director
| {{Won}}
|-
| Best Adapted Screenplay
| {{Won}}
|-
| [[82nd Academy Awards|2010]]
| Best Picture
| ''[[District 9]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| 1995
|rowspan=4|[[AACTA Awards|Australian Film Institute Awards]]
| rowspan=4|[[Australian Film Institute Award for Best Foreign Film|Best Foreign Film]]
| ''Heavenly Creatures''
| {{nom}}
|-
| 2002
| ''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring''
| {{Won}}
|-
| 2003
| ''The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers''
| {{Won}}
|-
| 2004
| ''The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King''
| {{Won}}
|-
| rowspan=3|[[55th British Academy Film Awards|2002]]
|rowspan=9|[[British Academy Film Awards]]
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Film|Best Film]]
|rowspan=3|''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring''
| {{Won}}
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Direction|Best Direction]]
| {{Won}}
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Adapted Screenplay]]
| {{nom}}
|-
|rowspan=2|[[56th British Academy Film Awards|2003]]
| Best Film
|rowspan=2|''The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers''
| {{nom}}
|-
| Best Direction
| {{nom}}
|-
|rowspan=3|[[57th British Academy Film Awards|2004]]
| Best Film
|rowspan=3|''The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King''
| {{Won}}
|-
| Best Direction
| {{nom}}
|-
| Best Adapted Screenplay
| {{Won}}
|-
| [[72nd British Academy Film Awards|2019]]
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Documentary|Best Documentary]]
| ''[[They Shall Not Grow Old]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[7th Critics' Choice Awards|2002]]
|rowspan=3|[[Broadcast Film Critics Association Award|Critics' Choice Awards]]
|rowspan=3|[[Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| ''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring''
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[9th Critics' Choice Awards|2004]]
| ''The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King''
| {{Won}}
|-
| [[11th Critics' Choice Awards|2006]]
| ''[[King Kong (2005 film)|King Kong]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[54th Directors Guild of America Awards|2002]]
|rowspan=3|[[Directors Guild of America Award]]s
|rowspan=3|[[Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film|Outstanding Directing – Motion Pictures]]
| ''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring''
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[55th Directors Guild of America Awards|2003]]
| ''The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers''
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[56th Directors Guild of America Awards|2004]]
| ''The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King''
| {{Won}}
|-
| [[7th Empire Awards|2002]]
|rowspan=7|[[Empire Awards]]
|rowspan=7|[[Empire Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| ''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring''
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[8th Empire Awards|2003]]
| ''The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers''
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[9th Empire Awards|2004]]
| ''The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King''
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[11th Empire Awards|2006]]
| ''King Kong''
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[18th Empire Awards|2013]]
| ''The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey''
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[19th Empire Awards|2014]]
| ''The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug''
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[20th Empire Awards|2015]]
| ''The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies''
| {{nom}}
|-
|rowspan=2| [[59th Golden Globe Awards|2002]]
|rowspan=7|[[Golden Globe Awards]]
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama|Best Motion Picture – Drama]]
|rowspan=2| ''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring''
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| {{nom}}
|-
|rowspan=2| [[60th Golden Globe Awards|2003]]
| Best Motion Picture – Drama
|rowspan=2| ''The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers''
| {{nom}}
|-
| Best Director
| {{nom}}
|-
|rowspan=2| [[61st Golden Globe Awards|2004]]
| Best Motion Picture – Drama
|rowspan=2| ''The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King''
| {{Won}}
|-
| Best Director
| {{Won}}
|-
| [[63rd Golden Globe Awards|2006]]
| Best Director
| ''King Kong''
| {{nom}}
|-
|rowspan=2|1993
|rowspan=3|New Zealand Film and TV Awards
| Best Director – Film
|rowspan=2|''[[Braindead (film)|Braindead]]''
| {{Won}}
|-
| Best Screenplay – Film
| {{Won}}
|-
| 1995
|| Best Director – Film
| ''Heavenly Creatures''
| {{Won}}
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[74th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards|2022]]
|rowspan=2|[[Creative Arts Emmy Awards|Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards]]
|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series|Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series]]
|''[[The Beatles: Get Back]]''
| {{won}}
|-
|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program|Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program]]
|''The Beatles: Get Back'' {{small|(for "Part 3: Days 17–22")}}
|{{won}}
|-
| [[13th Producers Guild of America Awards|2002]]
|rowspan=6|[[Producers Guild of America Award]]s
|rowspan=4|[[Producers Guild of America Award#Theatrical Motion Picture|Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Picture]]
| ''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring''
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[14th Producers Guild of America Awards|2003]]
| ''The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers''
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[15th Producers Guild of America Awards|2004]]
| ''The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King''
| {{Won}}
|-
| [[21st Producers Guild of America Awards|2010]]
| ''District 9''
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[23rd Producers Guild of America Awards|2012]]
| [[Producers Guild of America Award for Best Animated Motion Picture|Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Picture]]
| ''[[The Adventures of Tintin (film)|The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn]]''
| {{Won}}
|-
| [[33rd Producers Guild of America Awards|2022]]
| [[Producers Guild of America Award for Best Non-Fiction Television|Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Television]]
| ''The Beatles: Get Back''
| {{Won}}
|-
| 2004
| [[Santa Barbara International Film Festival]]
| [[Santa Barbara International Film Festival#Maltin Modern Master Award|Maltin Modern Master Award]]
|
| {{won}}
|-
|rowspan=2|[[23rd Saturn Awards|1997]]
|rowspan=14|[[Saturn Award]]s
| [[Saturn Award for Best Direction|Best Director]]
| rowspan=2|''[[The Frighteners]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Saturn Award for Best Writing|Best Writing]]
| {{nom}}
|-
|rowspan=2|[[28th Saturn Awards|2002]]
| Best Director
|rowspan=2|''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring''
| {{Won}}
|-
| Best Writing
| {{nom}}
|-
|rowspan=2|[[29th Saturn Awards|2003]]
| Best Director
|rowspan=2|''The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers''
| {{nom}}
|-
| Best Writing
| {{nom}}
|-
|rowspan=2|[[30th Saturn Awards|2004]]
| Best Director
|rowspan=2|''The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King''
| {{Won}}
|-
| Best Writing
| {{Won}}
|-
|rowspan=2|[[32nd Saturn Awards|2006]]
| Best Director
|rowspan=2|''King Kong''
| {{Won}}
|-
| Best Writing
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[39th Saturn Awards|2013]]
| rowspan="2" | Best Director
| ''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
|rowspan=2|[[40th Saturn Awards|2014]]
|rowspan=2|''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | Best Writing
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[41st Saturn Awards|2015]]
| ''[[The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[47th Writers Guild of America Awards|1995]]
|rowspan=3|[[Writers Guild of America Award]]s
| [[Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]]
| ''Heavenly Creatures''
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[54th Writers Guild of America Awards|2002]]
|rowspan=2|[[Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Adapted Screenplay]]
| ''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring''
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[56th Writers Guild of America Awards|2004]]
| ''The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King''
| {{nom}}
|-
|[[19th Visual Effects Society Awards|2021]]
|[[Visual Effects Society]]
|Lifetime Achievement Award<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2021/03/peter-jackson-ves-lifetime-achievement-award-1234719267/|title=Peter Jackson To Receive Visual Effects Society Lifetime Achievement Award Next Month|work=Deadline|first=Tom|last=Tapp|date=22 March 2021|access-date=22 March 2021}}</ref>
|
|{{won}}
|-
|}

=== As director ===
Since 1994's ''Heavenly Creatures'' Peter Jackson's films have enjoyed success in the annual awards season, earning many nominations and winning several awards; ''The Frighteners'' being his only fictional directed effort since 1994 not to be nominated for an [[Academy Award]]. The ''Lord of the Rings'' trilogy is one of the most successful trilogies of all time in terms of awards, winning more [[Academy Awards]] than the [[Francis Ford Coppola]] directed ''[[Godfather Trilogy]]'', with 2003's ''The Return of the King'' winning in all 11 categories for which it was nominated including Best Picture, Director and Adapted Screenplay. Jackson's films have fared extremely well in the technical categories as well as the major categories; all three ''Lord of the Rings'' pictures as well as ''King Kong'' won the [[Academy Award for Best Visual Effects]] in their respective years. In total Jackson's directed efforts have been the most awarded films at three separate Academy Award ceremonies, the 74th, 76th, and 78th.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Film
! [[Academy Award]] Nominations
! [[Academy Award]] Wins
! [[Golden Globe]] Nominations
! [[Golden Globe]] Wins
! [[BAFTA]] Nominations
! [[BAFTA]] Wins
|-
| 1987
|''[[Bad Taste]]''
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
| 1989
| ''[[Meet the Feebles]]''
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
| 1992
| ''[[Braindead (film)|Braindead]]''
| align=center|
| align=center|
| align=center|
| align=center|
| align=center|
| align=center|
|-
| 1994
| ''[[Heavenly Creatures]]''
|align=center|1
|
|align=center|
|
|align=center|
|
|-
| 1995
| ''[[Forgotten Silver]]''
| align=center|
| align=center|
| align=center|
| align=center|
| align=center|
| align=center|
|-
| 1996
| ''[[The Frighteners]]''
| align=center|
| align=center|
| align=center|
| align=center|
| align=center|
| align=center|
|-
| 2001
| ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]''
|align=center|13
|align=center|4
|align=center|4
|align=center|
|align=center|13
|align=center|5
|-
| 2002
| ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers]]''
|align=center|6
|align=center|2
|align=center|2
|align=center|
|align=center|10
|align=center|3
|-
| 2003
| ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]''
|align=center|11
|align=center|11
|align=center|4
|align=center|4
|align=center|12
|align=center|5
|-
| 2005
| ''[[King Kong (2005 film)|King Kong]]''
|align=center|4
|align=center|3
|align=center|2
|align=center|
|align=center|3
|align=center|1
|-
| 2009
| ''[[The Lovely Bones (film)|The Lovely Bones]]''
|align=center|1
|align=center|
|align=center|1
|align=center|
|align=center|2
|align=center|
|-
| 2012
| ''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey]]''
|align=center|3
|align=center|
|align=center|
|align=center|
|align=center|3
|align=center|
|-
| 2013
| ''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug]]''
|align=center|3
|align=center|
|align=center|
|align=center|
|align=center|2
|align=center|
|-
| 2014
| ''[[The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies]]''
|align=center|1
|align=center|
|align=center|
|align=center|
|align=center|1
|align=center|
|-
| 2018
| ''[[They Shall Not Grow Old]]''{{efn|name=a|Because its release date did not match their deadlines, ''They Shall Not Grow Old'' was ineligible for the [[Academy Awards]]; the [[Golden Globe Awards]] do not reward documentaries.}}
|{{n/a}}
|{{n/a}}
|{{n/a}}
|{{n/a}}
|align=center|1
|align=center|
|- style="border-top: 3px solid silver;"
|colspan="2" |  '''Total'''
|align=center|43
|align=center|20
|align=center|13
|align=center|4
|align=center|47
|align=center|14
|}

=== Honours ===
In the [[2002 New Year Honours (New Zealand)|2002 New Year Honours]], Jackson was appointed a [[Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit]] (CNZM), for services to film.<ref name="dpmc.govt.nz">{{cite web | url=https://dpmc.govt.nz/publications/new-year-honours-list-2002 | title=New Year honours list 2002 |date=31 December 2001 | publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet | access-date=3 August 2019}}</ref> In the [[2010 New Year Honours (New Zealand)|2010 New Year Honours]], he was promoted to [[Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit]] (KNZM), also for services to film.<ref name="auto1">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8648443.stm |title=Peter Jackson knighted in New Zealand |website=bbc.co.uk |date=28 April 2010 |access-date=25 March 2016}}</ref> The investiture ceremony took place at [[Premier House]] in Wellington on 28 April 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dpmc.govt.nz/honours/lists/list.asp?id=47|title=New Year Honours 2010|date=31 December 2009|publisher=Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100521222044/http://www.dpmc.govt.nz/honours/lists/list.asp?id=47|archive-date=21 May 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10617918|title=Better than the Oscars, says Sir Peter Jackson|last=Tan|first=Lucinda|date=31 December 2009|publisher=[[New Zealand Herald]] |access-date=30 December 2009}}</ref>

In 2006, Jackson received the Golden Plate Award of the [[American Academy of Achievement]].<ref>{{cite web|title= Golden Plate Awardees of the American Academy of Achievement |website=www.achievement.org|publisher=[[American Academy of Achievement]]|url=https://www.achievement.org/our-history/golden-plate-awards/}}</ref> His Golden Plate was presented by Awards Council member [[Steven Spielberg]].<ref>{{cite web|title= 2006 International Achievement Summit|publisher= [[Academy of Achievement|American Academy of Achievement]]|url= https://achievement.org/summit/2006/}}</ref>

In the [[2012 Birthday Honours (New Zealand)|2012 Queen's Birthday and Diamond Jubilee Honours]], Jackson was awarded New Zealand's highest civilian honour as [[Additional Member of the Order of New Zealand]] (ONZ), this for services to New Zealand.<ref name="dia.govt.nz">{{cite web|url=http://www.dia.govt.nz/MSOS118/On-Line/NZGazette.nsf/6cee7698a9bbc7cfcc256d510059ed0b/5f1585403a02c851cc25799400554bb4!OpenDocument |title=New Zealand Gazette |publisher=Dia.govt.nz |access-date=3 October 2015}}</ref><ref name=ONZ>{{cite web|title=The Queen's Birthday and Diamond Jubilee Honours List 2012|url=http://www.dpmc.govt.nz/node/1045|work=New Zealand Honours Lists|publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet|access-date=29 June 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120604202359/http://www.dpmc.govt.nz/node/1045|archive-date=4 June 2012}}</ref><ref name="Dastgheib">{{cite news |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/queens-birthday/7038915/Peter-Jackson-Makes-Order-of-New-Zealand |title=Peter Jackson Makes Order of New Zealand |last=Dastgheib |first=Shabnam |date=4 June 2012|newspaper=Dominion Post |access-date=4 June 2012}}</ref>

In 2016, Jackson was inducted into the [[New Zealand Business Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.businesshalloffame.co.nz/past-laureates/ |title=Past laureates |website=Business Hall of Fame |access-date=19 February 2023}}</ref>

==Filmography==
===Feature films===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! [[Film director|Director]]
! [[Screenwriter|Writer]]
! [[Film producer|Producer]]
! Notes
|-
| 1987
| ''[[Bad Taste]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| Also editor, makeup effects supervisor<br>and special effects supervisor
|-
| 1989
| ''[[Meet the Feebles]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| Also camera operator and puppet maker
|-
| 1992
| ''[[Braindead (film)|Braindead]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{No}}
| Also stop motion animator
|-
| 1994
| ''[[Heavenly Creatures]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|
|-
| 1995
| ''[[Forgotten Silver]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{No}}
| Co-written & directed with Costa Botes
|-
|rowspan=2|1996
| ''[[Jack Brown Genius]]''
| {{partial|2nd unit}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|
|-
| ''[[The Frighteners]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|
|-
| 2001
| ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|
|-
| 2002
| ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|
|-
| 2003
| ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|
|-
| 2005
| ''[[King Kong (2005 film)|King Kong]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|
|-
|rowspan=2|2009
| ''[[The Lovely Bones (film)|The Lovely Bones]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|
|-
| ''[[District 9]]''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{yes}}
|
|-
| 2011
| ''[[The Adventures of Tintin (film)|The Adventures of Tintin]]''
| {{partial|2nd unit}}
| {{No}}
| {{yes}}
|
|-
| 2012
| ''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|
|-
| 2013
| ''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| 
|-
| 2014
| ''[[The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|
|-
| 2018
| ''[[Mortal Engines (film)|Mortal Engines]]''
| {{No}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|
|-
| 2024
| ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim]]''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{partial|Executive}}
|
|}

'''Acting roles'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 1976
| ''[[The Valley (1976 film)|The Valley]]''
| Prospector #4
|
|-
| 1987
| ''[[Bad Taste]]''
| Derek and Robert
|
|-
|rowspan=2| 1989
| ''[[Meet the Feebles]]''
| Audience Member in the Theater wearing "Bad Taste" Mask
| Uncredited
|-
| ''[[Worzel Gummidge Down Under]]''
| Speaking role playing as Jock
| Also worked on special effects
|-
| 1992
| ''[[Braindead (film)|Braindead]]''
| Undertaker's assistant
|rowspan=2|Uncredited
|-
| 1994
| ''[[Heavenly Creatures]]''
| Bum outside theater
|-
| 1995
| ''[[Forgotten Silver]]''
| Himself
|
|-
| 1996
| ''[[The Frighteners]]''
| Man with piercings
| rowspan="10" |Uncredited
|-
| 2001
| ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]''
| Albert Dreary eating carrot / portrait of Bungo Baggins
|-
| 2002
| ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers]]''
| Rohan warrior throwing spear at the gate of Helms Deep
|-
|rowspan=3|2003
| ''Boogans''
| Himself
|-
| ''[[The Long and Short of It]]''
| Bus driver
|-
| ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]''
| Pirate being shot by Legolas at Umbar
|-
| 2005
| ''[[King Kong (2005 film)|King Kong]]''
| Gunner
|-
| 2007
| ''[[Hot Fuzz]]''
| Thief dressed as Father Christmas
|-
| 2009
| ''[[The Lovely Bones (film)|The Lovely Bones]]''
| Man at pharmacy
|-
| 2012
| ''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey]]''
| Dwarf fleeing from Smaug
|-
|rowspan=2|2013
| ''[[The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot]]''
| Himself
|
|-
| ''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug]]''
| Albert Dreary eating carrot
|rowspan=3|Uncredited
|-
| 2014
| ''[[The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies]]''
| Painting of Bungo Baggins
|-
| 2018
| ''[[Mortal Engines (film)|Mortal Engines]]''
| Sooty Pete
|-
|}

===Short film===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Director
! Writer
! Producer
! Notes
|-
| 1976
| ''[[The Valley (1976 film)|The Valley]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| Also cinematographer, editor, makeup designer, costume<br>designer and special effects supervisor
|-
| 1992
| ''[[Valley of the Stereos]]''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{yes}}
|
|-
| 2003
| ''[[The Long and Short of It]]''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{partial|Executive}}
|
|-
| 2008
| ''[[Crossing the Line (2008 film)|Crossing the Line]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{No}}
|
|}

===Documentary film===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Director
! Producer
! Writer
! Notes
|-
| 2008
| ''[[Australian War Memorial#Memorial building|Over the Front: The Great War in the Air]]''<ref name="abcnews">[http://www.abc.net.au/news/2008-09-16/jackson-behind-war-memorial-display/511858] – Article about 'Over The Front: The Great War In The Air' by Penny McLintock ([[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]).</ref>
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| Documentary short
|-
| 2012
| ''[[West of Memphis]]''
| {{No}}
| {{yes}}
| {{No}}
|
|-
| 2018
| ''[[They Shall Not Grow Old]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{No}}
| 
|-
| 2022
| ''[[The Beatles: Get Back – The Rooftop Concert]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{No}}
|
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Director
! Producer
! Notes
|-
| 2021
| ''[[The Beatles: Get Back]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| Documentary series
|}

'''Acting roles'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Episode
! Notes
|-
| 2007
| ''[[Entourage (U.S. TV series)|Entourage]]''
|rowspan=3|Himself
| "[[Gary's Desk]]"
|
|-
|rowspan=2|2023
| ''[[The Muppets Mayhem]]''
| "Track 7: Eight Days a Week"
| Uncredited cameo
|-
| ''[[The Simpsons]]''
| "[[Thirst Trap: A Corporate Love Story]]"
| Voice role
|}

===Music video===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Artist
! Title
|-
| 2023
| [[The Beatles]]
| "[[Now and Then (Beatles song)|Now and Then]]"
|}

==See also==
* [[Peter Jackson's unrealized projects]]
* [[Cinema of New Zealand]]
* [[List of New Zealand film makers]]
* [[Park Road Post]]

==Notes==
{{Notelist}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Sources==
* {{cite book |year=2004 |author-link=Christopher Lee |first=C. |last=Lee |others=Jackson, P. (contributor) |title=Lord of Misrule: The autobiography of Christopher Lee |publisher=Orion Books |isbn=9780752859330}}
* {{cite book |year=2007 |author-link=J. W. Rinzler |first=J.W. |last=Rinzler |title=The Making of ''Star Wars.'' The definitive story behind the original film |others=Jackson, P. (contributor) |publisher=Ebury |isbn=9780091920142}}
* {{cite book |year=2019 |author-link=J. W. Rinzler |first=J.W. |last=Rinzler |title=The Art of Rick Baker |others=Jackson, P. (contributor) |publisher=Cameron Books |isbn=9781944903435}}

==Bibliography==
{{Main|Peter Jackson bibliography}}
* Bordoni, Andrea & Matteo Marino (2002). ''Peter Jackson.'' Milan, ITA: Il Castoro. {{ISBN|9788880332251}}. {{in lang|it}}
* Sibley, Brian (2006). ''Peter Jackson: A Film-maker's Journey.'' Sydney, AUS: HarperCollins. {{ISBN|0732285623}}.

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* {{NYTtopic|people/j/peter_jackson}}

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