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New Zealand Screenwriters: Vincent Ward, Peter Jackson, Sima Urale, Fran Walsh, Roger Mirams, Peter Salmon, Taika Waititi, Niki Caro
Paperback. Books LLC 2010-09-15.
ISBN 9781155677507
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Chapters: Vincent Ward, Peter Jackson, Sima Urale, Fran Walsh, Roger Mirams, Peter Salmon, Taika Waititi, Niki Caro, Raymond Thompson, Rawiri Paratene, Charles Knight Aka Tankboy, Philippa Boyens, Greg Mcgee, Andrew Niccol, Ken Catran, Duncan Sarkies, David Mcphail, Riwia Brown, Toa Fraser. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 77. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Sir Peter Robert Jackson, KNZM (born 31 October 1961) is a New Zealand film director, producer, actor, and screenwriter, best known for his adaption of the multiple academy award winning The Lord of the Rings trilogy adapted from the novel by J. R. R. Tolkien. He is also known for his 2005 remake of King Kong and as the producer of District 9. He won international attention early in his career with his "splatstick" horror comedies, before coming to mainstream prominence with Heavenly Creatures, for which he shared an Academy Award Best Screenplay nomination with his wife, Fran Walsh. Jackson has been awarded three Academy Awards in his career. Jackson, an only child, was born on 31 October 1961. He grew up in Pukerua Bay, a coastal town near Wellington, New Zealand. His parents - Joan, a factory worker and housewife, and William Jackson, a wages clerk - were both immigrants from England. 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 and Monty Python's Flying Circus. After a family friend gave the Jacksons a Super 8 cine-camera with Peter in mind, he began making short films with his friends. Jackson has long cited King Kong as his favourite film and around the age of nine he attempted to remake it using his own stop-motion models. Also as a child the young Jackson made a WWII epic and a James bond spoof named Coldfinger. Jacks...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=19222532
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