Peter Jackson

format_quote 'Return of the King' is the most enjoyable because in the structure of the movies, it is nothing other than pay-off, there is no more setting up to do, no more exposition, no more introducing characters. The pay-off is very character-based. It is action-orientated as well, but all of our characters have been pushed to a point where their life and death depends on what happens in the third movie. It is very emotional, and from an actors point of view it is very enjoyable to work on, because they were able to play some pretty intense drama. From my point of view it was always great, because we were heading toward an ending, a climax which we never had in the other two.

stars  Met Fran Walsh in 1987, during post-production for the gross-out cult classic Bad Taste (1987).

stars  He is among an elite group of 7 Directors who have won Best Picture, Best Director & Best Screenplay (Orig/Adapted) for the same film. In 2004 he won all three for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003). The other Directors are Billy Wilder, Leo McCarey, Francis Ford Coppola, James L. Brooksand Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (the brothers co-produced, co-directed and co-wrote No Country for Old Men (2007) with each other).

stars  Father of Katie Jackson.

stars  Father of Billy Jackson.

stars  For his first movie, Bad Taste (1987), he did all the special effects, the make-up effects and built exact replicas of the weapons.