FILM DIRECTOR

Peter Jackson

1961 - Today

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Sir Peter Robert Jackson (born 31 October 1961) is a New Zealand filmmaker. He is best known as the director, writer and producer of the Lord of the Rings trilogy (2001–2003) and the Hobbit trilogy (2012–2014), both of which are adapted from the novels of the same name by J. R. R. Tolkien. Other notable films include the critically lauded drama Heavenly Creatures (1994), the horror comedy The Frighteners (1996), the epic monster remake film King Kong (2005), the World War I documentary film They Shall Not Grow Old (2018) and the documentary The Beatles: Get Back (2021). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter Jackson has received more than 10,757,235 page views. His biography is available in 85 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 80 in 2019). Peter Jackson is the 116th most popular film director (down from 114th in 2019), the 6th most popular biography from New Zealand and the most popular New Zealander Film Director.

Peter Jackson is most famous for his work as a film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is best known for directing the Lord of the Rings trilogy and the Hobbit trilogy.

Memorability Metrics

  • 11M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 69.26

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 85

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.11

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.24

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Peter Jackson ranks 116 out of 2,041. Before him are John Huston, Terrence Malick, Kenji Mizoguchi, Otar Iosseliani, Manoel de Oliveira, and Jules Dassin. After him are Jerzy Grotowski, David Lean, Sergei Bondarchuk, John Woo, Howard Hawks, and Victor Fleming.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Peter Jackson ranks 15. Before him are Eddie Murphy, Joko Widodo, Michael J. Fox, Enya, Carl Lewis, and Julia Gillard. After him are Petr Pavel, Hibatullah Akhundzada, Carlos Valderrama, Robert Carlyle, Manu Chao, and Joseph Kony.

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In New Zealand

Among people born in New Zealand, Peter Jackson ranks 6 out of 303. Before him are Ernest Rutherford (1871), Edmund Hillary (1919), Russell Crowe (1964), Maurice Wilkins (1916), and Bruce McLaren (1937). After him are Katherine Mansfield (1888), Denny Hulme (1936), Alan MacDiarmid (1927), Thomas Williams (1930), Helen Clark (1950), and Chris Amon (1943).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In New Zealand

Among film directors born in New Zealand, Peter Jackson ranks 1. After him are Martin Campbell (1943), Jane Campion (1954), Andrew Niccol (1964), Fran Walsh (1959), Rupert Julian (1879), Lee Tamahori (1950), Andrew Adamson (1966), Geoff Murphy (1938), Niki Caro (1967), and Andrew Dominik (1967).

New Zealander born Film Directors

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