10 facts about Peter Jackson - director, opened for us the world of hobbits and elves

October 31 celebrated the birthday of Peter Jackson - director of two notorious trilogy constituting one of the most successful franchises in the history of cinema.

Congratulating Jackson's 54 th anniversary, Website said the main thing that you need to know about it.

1. Peter Jackson in Wellington born and raised in a small village Pukerua Bay, 30 kilometers north of the capital city of New Zealand. His parents, Joan and housewife who fought in the Second World clerk, Bill, was a native of England, and encouraged creative impulses son - when a family friend gave Jacksons The Super 8 camera, it immediately found itself in the hands of Peter.

2. Do not parting with a camera and being in shock from watching the original "King Kong», Jackson began his own film school - learning the (trial and error) the basics of directing, editing, makeup and even special effects. With his future, Peter finally decided, when his short film "The Valley" took the children's TV show and was awarded a special prize.

3. After leaving school and started working in a Wellington newspaper, Jackson postponed all earn on shooting his first feature film, what was the 1987 horror comedy "Alien stew." Having played in it two roles at once (in one of the most famous scenes Peter throws himself off a cliff), the director began the tradition, according to which he, like Hitchcock, takes at least a cameo appearance in each of his films.





4. After removing a couple of cult horror stories (for the recognition of Simon Pegg on the scenario of "Shaun of the Dead" it largely inspired "braindead" Jackson), yesterday's newcomer was approved for the role of director "Heavenly Creatures" - indie drama about the bloodthirsty schoolgirl Kate Winslet gave the world and has earned Peter and his wife Fran Walsh a nomination for "Oscar" for best original screenplay.

5. The first movie with a serious Hollywood budget was for Jackson's horror comedy "The Frighteners," with Michael J.. Fox - having failed at the box office, and which was the one of the reasons to postpone the production conceived by Peter remake "King Kong" (the other was an early exit "Godzilla" and "Mighty Joe Young" - two more blockbusters as huge anti-heroes).

6. Grieved Jackson briefly: obtaining the film rights to "The Lord of the Rings" and access to the 300 million budget, Peter made sure that film were three, and filmed them in his native New Zealand, and started take a few years of work, which culminated in February 2004, an unprecedented triumph Academy Award 11 "Oscars" of the 11 possible, including the three - for Jackson himself (as a producer, director and co-author of the script "Return of the King»).

7. After becoming the first fantasy and only the second sequel (after "The Godfather 2"), awarded the "Oscar" for the best film of the year, the third "Lord of the Rings" officially sanctioned place of Jackson's Hollywood elite: out of ten pictures that he took in the last 20 years, with no Oscar nominations was only one - the same "Scarecrow».



8. Less than two years as Jackson fulfilled finally his childhood dream and took the 200 millionth remake of "King Kong» - terribly long and not that outstanding but earned 550 million and three technical "Oscars" and made smiling Kiwi highest paid director in the history of (his modest advance of $ 20 million).

9. dealt with blockbusters, Jackson has had an opportunity to do more intimate projects - such as faulty, but gentle adaptation of "Lovely Bones" or producing excellent (and important) documentary "West of Memphis". Peter and participate in the highly anticipated Hollywood debut comic book Tintin - spilbergovskuyu "Secret of the Unicorn" was produced by Jackson, and its upcoming sequel supposedly remove.

10. screen adaptation of "The Hobbit" first entrusted with Guillermo del Toro, but when a Mexican visionary recused himself, it will inevitably replace the New Zealand - eventually turning prequel "The Lord of the Rings" into one more massive trilogy and ensure that in the ranking the most successful franchises cinematic saga of Middle-earth is ranked fourth - after bondiane, ahead of "Star Wars».



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