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| − | '''Peter Jackson''' is a [[New Zealand]] born [[director]] best known for his films [[The Lord of the Rings]]. | + | '''Peter Jackson''' is a [[New Zealand]] born [[director]] best known for his films [[The Lord of the Rings]] [[trilogy]] and upcoming move [[The Hobbit]]. |
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| | ==Early Life== | | ==Early Life== |
| − | Peter Jackson was born in near [[Wellington]], [[New Zealand]] on [[Halloween]] 1961. His parents gave him a 8mm [[Camera]] for his 1969 [[Christmas]] and started his ambition to be a [[director]]<ref>http://www.houseofhorrors.com/jacksonbio.htm</ref>. | + | Peter Jackson was born in near [[Wellington]], [[New Zealand]] on [[Halloween]] 1961. His parents gave him a 8mm [[Camera]] for his 1969 [[Christmas]] and started his ambition to be a [[director]]<ref>http://www.houseofhorrors.com/jacksonbio.htm</ref>. His first movies were all [[stop-motion]] with his friends and himself spending hours making scenes and editing until late. |
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| | + | ==First Films== |
| | + | In 1987 Peter Jackson made his first full length [[movie]] titled [[Bad taste]]. Made on a meager budget, [[Bad Taste]] tells the story of a small [[New Zealand]] community which has been invaded by aliens. What followed started Peter Jackson's early style of flim which he would he would follow up with [[Brain Dead]] in 1992<ref>http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001392/bio</ref>. Shot with [[humour]] and [[gore]], both films did well and cemented his career as a [[movie]] [[director]]. |
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| | ==References== | | ==References== |
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