Peter Jackson

Peter Robert Jackson was born in Wellington on 31 October 1961 and grew up in Pukerua Bay, north of the city, the son of parents who had come from England. As a child he was given a Super 8 camera and shot his first films with his friends. He left school at sixteen to become a photoengraver, and for years, mostly at weekends, shot a first feature film in the hills of Pukerua Bay. In 1987 he founded his production company, worked with his partner Fran Walsh, was knighted in 2010 and made a member of the Order of New Zealand in 2012.

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• CinemaBraindeadPeter Jackson · 1992Cinema