Born:  October 31, 1961, Pukerua Bay, New Zealand

 

1987:  Bad Taste

1989:  Meet the Feebles

1992:  Braindead

1994:  Heavenly Creatures

1996:  The Frighteners

2001:  The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

2002:  The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

2003:  The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

2005:  King Kong

2009:  The Lovely Bones

2012:  The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

2013:  The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

2014:  The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

2018:  They Shall Not Grow Old

 

Academy Awards:  Best Picture, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003); Best Director, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003); Best Screenplay, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
Nominations:  Best Screenplay, Heavenly Creatures (1994); Best Picture, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001); Best Director, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001); Best Screenplay, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001); Best Picture, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002); Best Picture, District 9 (2009)

Golden Globe Award:  Best Director, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
Nominations:  Best Director, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001); The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002); King Kong (2005)

Venice Film Fesival Award:  Silver Lion, Heavenly Creatures (1994)

 

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