Peter Jackson Biography

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NAME: Peter Jackson
OCCUPATION: Director, Producer
BIRTH DATE: October 31, 1961 (Age: 51)
PLACE OF BIRTH: Pukerua Bay, New Zealand
ZODIAC SIGN: Scorpio

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New Zealand native Peter Jackson is best known as a director for his adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy, which has won 11 Oscars.

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They have two children, Billy and Katie.

As the director of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, Peter Jackson is one of the most popular and acclaimed film directors alive. He is the rare director who makes films that are both action-packed, special effects-laden blockbusters and high quality, critically acclaimed works of art. Jackson credits his enormous success to his tireless work ethic,

obsessively working and reworking a film until the last possible moment. "There's no such thing as perfection," he says. "You're never finished with a film. You run out of time."

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