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Director Facts
Birth:
October 31, 1961
Biography:
Peter Jackson was born as an only child in a small coast-side town in New Zealand in 1961. When a friend of his parents bought him a super 8mm movie camera (because she saw how much he enjoyed taking photos), the then eight-year-old Peter instantly grabbed the thing to start recording his own movies, which he made with his friends. ...more about Peter Jackson
Peter Jackson
DIRECTOR RANKINGS:
CAREER SPAN
Decade
Movie Score
# Movies
1970s
No Reviews
1
1980s
2.1238
2
1990s
2.5245
3
2000s
3.2794
5
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews & awards for each movie.
Overall Director Score: 
3.3820
3.3820Peter Jackson Movie Rankings
1
3.6919A small Hobbit named Frodo is entrusted with sealing Middle Earth's fate by destroying the 'One Ring.' Accompanying him is a fellowship of eight, all sworn to protect Frodo and his mission. ...more about Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Director Awards
- Academy Awards, USA - Best Art Direction-Set Decoration
- Academy Awards, USA - Best Director
- Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA - Best Director
- Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards - Best Director
- Chicago Film Critics Association Awards - Best Director
- Directors Guild of America, USA - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
- Empire Awards, UK - Best Director
- Florida Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Director
- Golden Globes, USA - Best Director - Motion Picture
- Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Director
- Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards - Best Director
- National Board of Review, USA - Best Production Design/Art Direction
- Online Film Critics Society Awards - Best Director
- Satellite Awards - Best Art Direction
- Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards - Best Director
- DVD Best Pricing:
Herman Street
2
3.6351The final chapter in the Lord of the Rings epic. Frodo is on a mission to destroy the 'One Ring' and struggling to resist its power. Meanwhile, the rest of the fellowship is preparing for a war against the evil wizard Sauron. ...more about Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Director Awards
- Academy Awards, USA - Best Art Direction-Set Decoration
- Academy Awards, USA - Best Director
- Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA - Best Director
- Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards - Best Director
- Central Ohio Film Critics Association - Best Director
- Chicago Film Critics Association Awards - Best Director
- Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards - Best Director
- Directors Guild of America, USA - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
- Directors Guild of Great Britain - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in International Film
- Empire Awards, UK - Best Director
- Florida Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Director
- Golden Globes, USA - Best Director - Motion Picture
- Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Director
- Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards - Best Art Direction
- Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards - Best Director
- Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards - Best Director
- Online Film Critics Society Awards - Best Art Direction
- Online Film Critics Society Awards - Best Director
- Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards - Best Director
- San Diego Film Critics Society Awards - Best Director
- San Francisco Film Critics Circle - Best Director
- Satellite Awards - Best Art Direction
- Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards - Best Director
- Toronto Film Critics Association Awards - Best Director
- Vancouver Film Critics Circle - Best Director
- Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards - Best Director
- DVD Best Pricing:
Wal Mart
3
3.4768In the second installment of the trilogy the fellowship must split up. Frodo and Samwise forge on to destroy the 'One Ring' and the rest must save two captured Hobbits and prepare for the war ahead. ...more about Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Director Awards
- Academy Awards, USA - Best Art Direction-Set Decoration
- Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA - Best Director
- Chicago Film Critics Association Awards - Best Director
- Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards - Best Director
- Directors Guild of America, USA - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
- Empire Awards, UK - Best Director
- Golden Globes, USA - Best Director - Motion Picture
- Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Director
- Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards - Best Director
- Online Film Critics Society Awards - Best Art Direction
- Online Film Critics Society Awards - Best Director
- Satellite Awards - Best Director
- Visual Effects Society Awards - Best Effects Art Direction in a Motion Picture
- DVD Best Pricing:
Wal Mart
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4
3.3536A remake of the 1933 classic. A film crew goes to a remote island, captures a giant ape and brings him back to New York for exhibition. When Kong escapes he reeks havoc on the crowded city. ...more about King Kong
Director Awards
- Academy Awards, USA - Best Achievement in Art Direction
- Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA - Best Direction
- ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards - Best Achievement in Art Direction
- ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards - Best Director
- ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards - Best Director - Motion Picture
- ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards - Best Direction
- ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards - Best Art Direction
- Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards - Best Director
- Empire Awards, UK - Best Director
- Golden Globes, USA - Best Director - Motion Picture
- Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards - Best Art Direction
- Online Film Critics Society Awards - Best Director
- DVD Best Pricing:
Wal Mart
5
3.2205Mild-mannered Lionel is left taking care of his protective, overbearing mother, who was bitten by a monkey with a mysterious disease and turns into a zombie. When she and her zombie gang escape from the basement during a party, the guests become lunch. ...more about Dead Alive
Director Awards
- New Zealand Film and TV Awards - Best Director
- DVD Best Pricing:
Wal Mart
6
3.2076Two best friends create a fantasy world, which at first, is harmless make-believe, but soon the line between fantasy and reality becomes blurred. In a desperate attempt to save their sanity, their parents separate the girls; however, that fuels their anger resulting in a brutal murder. ...more about Heavenly Creatures
Director Awards
- Academy Awards, USA - Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
- London Critics Circle Film Awards - Director of the Year
- New Zealand Film and TV Awards - Best Director
- Writers Guild of America, USA - Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
- DVD Best Pricing:
Overstock.com
7
3.0818Aliens from outer space come to earth hunting for human flesh to supply their growing fast food chain on their home planet. ...more about Bad Taste
- Not Available on DVD
8
2.9257Heidi The Hippo, the star of the Meet The Feebles Variety Hour discovers her husband Bletch, The Walrus is cheating and with all the world waiting for the show the assorted co-stars must contend with their own problems. ...more about Meet the Feebles
- Not Available on DVD
9
2.8554A psychic private detective who consorts with deceased souls becomes engaged in a mystery as members of the town community begin dying mysteriously. ...more about Frighteners
Director Awards
- Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA - Best Director
- DVD Best Pricing:
Newegg.com
10
Based on the best selling book by Alice Sebold, The Lovely Bones is the story of a 14-year-old girl from suburban Pennsylvania who is murdered by her neighbor. ...more about Lovely Bones
- Not Available on DVD
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