Peter Jackson

Started professional filmmaking career with gory, splatter-filled horror comedies, including cult favorite Dead Alive (1992). Produced, wrote, filmed, edited, starred in and created the makeup and special effects for his 1987 film Bad Taste . Jump-started the film career of Kate Winslet by casting her in 1994's Heavenly Creatures . Owns two miniatures, a Kong and a dinosaur, used in the original 1933 production of King Kong . Was paid $20 million to produce, write and direct his remake of… Show more King Kong (2005). Lost approximately 50 lbs. between The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) and King Kong (2005). Was awarded a knighthood of the New Zealand Order of Merit by Queen Elizabeth in 2010. Frequently collaborates with his wife, writer Fran Walsh. Collects models of WWI fighter planes. ~ Rovi

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