Peter Jackson
Sir Peter Robert Jackson, (born 31 October 1961) is a New Zealand film director, producer, actor, and screenwriter, known for his Lord of the Rings film trilogy, adapted from the novel by J. R. R. Tolkien. He is also known for his 2005 remake of King Kong and as the producer of District 9. He won international attention early in his career with his "splatstick" horror comedies, before coming to mainstream prominence with Heavenly Creatures, for which he shared an Academy Award Best Screenplay nomination with his wife, Fran Walsh. Jackson has been awarded three Academy Awards in his career, including the award for Best Director in 2003.
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| Known For | Directing |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 2.6496 |
| Birthday | 1961-10-31 |
| Place of Birth | Pukerua Bay, North Island, New Zealand |
| Also Known As | Sir Peter Jackson, Peter Robert Jackson, Sir Peter Robert Jackson, |
1992
Braindead
7.4/1913
When a Sumatran rat-monkey bites Lionel Cosgrove's mother, she's transformed into a zombie and begins killing (and transforming) the entire town while...
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Braindead
1988
Good Taste Made Bad Taste
6.868/19
A very informative documentary on the making of Peter Jackson's gore classic Bad Taste. Highlights include behind-the-scenes footage, detailed explana...
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Good Taste Made Bad Taste
1997
Forgotten Silver
7.2/128
The life story of Colin McKenzie, a forgotten pioneer of international cinema who was born in rural New Zealand in 1888.
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Forgotten Silver
1987
Bad Taste
6.275/947
A team from the intergalactic fast food chain Crumb's Crunchy Delights descends on Earth, planning to make human flesh the newest taste sensation. Aft...
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Bad Taste
2012
Close Up
9.5/2
More than 150 silent short films about singers, actors and directors captured during Press Conferences in Cannes, Venice and Berlin, between 1993 and...
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Close Up
2005
Ringers: Lord of the Fans
6.435/23
'Ringers: Lord of the Fans' is a feature-length documentary that explores how "The Lord of the Rings" has influenced Western popular culture over the...
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Ringers: Lord of the Fans
2005
King Kong: Peter Jackson's Production Diaries
7.5/38
Academy Award - winning filmmaker Peter Jackson invites you behind the scenes of his latest movie to witness the birth of King Kong.
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King Kong: Peter Jackson's Production Diaries
2006
The Sci-Fi Boys
7/12
Legendary all-stars of cinema bring to life the evolution of science-fiction and special effects films from the wild and funny days of B-movies to blo...
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The Sci-Fi Boys
2006
Recreating the Eighth Wonder: The Making of 'King Kong'
5.7/3
Following the immense success of The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Peter Jackson directs King Kong (2005). This documentary follows him, and the immense...
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Recreating the Eighth Wonder: The Making of 'King Kong'
2012
Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan
7.4/39
There’s only one person who so accurately personifies movie magic in the history of film, and that man is special effects maestro Ray Harryhausen. Foc...
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Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan
2023
Attack of the Doc!
5.5/8
Before the rise of big tech, social media and Marvel movies, Attack of the Show! chronicled the rise of nerd culture. G4TV's flagship show launched th...
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Attack of the Doc!
2004
Frodo Is Great... Who Is That?!!
7.5/4
The documentary looks at the rise to celebrity status of NZ actor and musician Bret McKenzie, who appeared for 3 seconds as an extra in "The Lord of t...
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Frodo Is Great... Who Is That?!!
2004
DNZ: The Real Middle Earth
7/1
Jim Hickey travels around New Zealand discovering the real people behind the making of the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
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DNZ: The Real Middle Earth
The Making of The Lord of the Rings Collection
0/0
Created by filmmaker Costa Botes (personally selected by Peter Jackson), this documentary uses raw footage to reveal the inside story on how the great...
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The Making of The Lord of the Rings Collection
2024
The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee
7.5/20
Aristocratic Italian roots, a close family connection to James Bond novelist Ian Fleming, wartime experiences in the British and Finnish military, pos...
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The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee
2000
Behind the Bull
8/1
When Forgotten Silver — the story of pioneer filmmaker Colin McKenzie — unspooled on 29th October 1995, in a Sunday TV slot normally reserved for dram...
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Behind the Bull
2006
The Making of 'The Two Towers'
8.8/11
A behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of 2002's "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers." Created by filmmaker Costa Botes, personally selected...
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The Making of 'The Two Towers'
2007
Star Wars: The Legacy Revealed
7.222/45
The special focuses on how Star Wars is relevant today and the history that inspired it, and also makes various connections to Greek mythology. It con...
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Star Wars: The Legacy Revealed
2002
New Zealand as Middle Earth
8/1
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New Zealand as Middle Earth
2021
Peter Jackson's Military Treasures
7/1
An exclusive look at Oscar-winning filmmaker Peter Jackson's secret passion – an astonishing collection of First World War memorabilia, including warp...
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Peter Jackson's Military Treasures
2023
Now and Then - The Last Beatles Song
7.636/11
The story of The Beatles' last song featuring exclusive footage and commentary.
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Now and Then - The Last Beatles Song
2013
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
7.806/62
With the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who about to film, the "classic" Doctors Peter Davison, Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy are keen to be involved. B...
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The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
1998
The Making of 'The Frighteners'
8.5/10
Documentary about the making of the 1996 horror-comedy.
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The Making of 'The Frighteners'
2005
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
10/1
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Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
1989
Meet the Feebles
6.33/327
Heidi the Hippo, star of 'The Feebles Variety Hour', discovers her lover Bletch the Walrus is cheating on her. And with all the world waiting for the...
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Meet the Feebles
2001
Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring
6.6/19
A documentary about the influences on Tolkien, covering in brief his childhood and how he detested the onslaught of industry through the idyllic count...
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Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring
2012
West of Memphis
7.369/160
The documentary tells the hitherto unknown story behind an extraordinary and desperate fight to bring the truth to light. Told and made by those who l...
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West of Memphis
1989
Sex, Drugs and Soft Toys - The Making of Meet the Feebles
6/1
This documentary looks at how the strings were pulled on Peter Jackson's low-budget puppet movie Meet the Feebles. An old Wellington railway shed fizz...
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Sex, Drugs and Soft Toys - The Making of Meet the Feebles
2007
Hot Fuzz
7.57/8590
Former London constable Nicholas Angel finds it difficult to adapt to his new assignment in the sleepy British village of Sandford. Not only does he m...
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Hot Fuzz
2004
A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'
6.5/2
A documentary about the making of 'The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King'.
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A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'
2003
The Making of 'The Long and Short of It'
0/0
A documentary about the making of 'The Long and Short of It'.
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The Making of 'The Long and Short of It'
2003
Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King
8.1/15
Documentary exploring the parallels between 'The Return of the King' and real events and people in history.
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Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King
2001
Quest for the Ring
5.7/10
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Quest for the Ring
2001
Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings'
8/17
The making of Peter Jackson's adaptation of Tolkien's classic work.
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Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings'
2003
The Long and Short of It
6.467/15
A workman gets some unexpected help from two people of vastly different sizes.
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The Long and Short of It
2005
Lord of the Brush
0/0
"Lord of the Brush" details the artist John Howe's history and passion for J.R.R. Tolkien's works. John's story is brought to life with over 100 of hi...
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Lord of the Brush
1976
The Valley
10/1
The story is mainly about a cyclops and the misadventures of a boy, that takes place in the valley to which the monster lives.
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The Valley
2005
The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz
5.333/3
"The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz" - a featurette narrated by Sydney Pollack.
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The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz
2006
The Making of 'The Return of the King'
8.8/12
A behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of 2003's "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King." Created by filmmaker Costa Botes, personally...
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The Making of 'The Return of the King'
2003
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
8.505/27322
As armies mass for a final battle that will decide the fate of the world--and powerful, ancient forces of Light and Dark compete to determine the outc...
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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
1994
Heavenly Creatures
6.96/1061
Precocious teenager Juliet moves to New Zealand with her family and soon befriends the quiet, brooding Pauline through their shared love of fantasy an...
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Heavenly Creatures
2003
The Quest Fulfilled: A Director's Vision
6.438/8
Making of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.
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The Quest Fulfilled: A Director's Vision
2004
The Characters of Star Wars
6.85/10
The Characters of Star Wars is a Video Documentary included in the 2004 DVD release of the Star Wars Original Trilogy. It explained the Mythos of many...
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The Characters of Star Wars
2006
The Eighth Blunder of the World
0/0
Blooper reel for Peter Jackson's King Kong (2005)
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The Eighth Blunder of the World
2001
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
8.445/28321
Young hobbit Frodo Baggins, after inheriting a mysterious ring from his uncle Bilbo, must leave his home in order to keep it from falling into the han...
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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2002
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
8.428/24544
Frodo Baggins and the other members of the Fellowship continue on their sacred quest to destroy the One Ring--but on separate paths. Their destinies l...
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The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2013
River Deep, Mountain High: James Nesbitt in New Zealand
5/1
James Nesbitt moved to New Zealand in 2011 when he landed the role of Bofur in Peter Jackson's Hobbit trilogy, but he says the country remains largely...
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River Deep, Mountain High: James Nesbitt in New Zealand
2012
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
7.381/20043
Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit enjoying his quiet life, is swept into an epic quest by Gandalf the Grey and thirteen dwarves who seek to reclaim their mounta...
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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
1996
The Frighteners
6.968/1817
Once an architect, Frank Bannister now passes himself off as an exorcist of evil spirits. To bolster his facade, he claims his "special" gift is the r...
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The Frighteners
2009
The Lovely Bones
7.057/5062
After being brutally murdered, 14-year-old Susie Salmon watches from heaven over her grief-stricken family -- and her killer. As she observes their da...
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The Lovely Bones
2005
King Kong
6.902/8712
In 1933 New York, an overly ambitious movie producer coerces his cast and hired ship crew to travel to mysterious Skull Island, where they encounter K...
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King Kong
2018
Mortal Engines
6.3/5320
Many thousands of years in the future, Earth’s cities roam the globe on huge wheels, devouring each other in a struggle for ever diminishing resources...
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Mortal Engines
2014
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
7.337/15730
Following Smaug's attack on Laketown, Bilbo and the dwarves try to defend Erebor's mountain of treasure from others who claim it: the men of the ruine...
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The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
2013
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
7.58/14552
The Dwarves, Bilbo and Gandalf have successfully escaped the Misty Mountains, and Bilbo has gained the One Ring. They all continue their journey to ge...
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The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
2003
The Race for Everest
10/1
The dramatic story of the British expedition that made the first ascent of Everest. Combining interviews with the surviving members of the 1953 Briti...
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The Race for Everest
2006
The Making of 'The Fellowship of the Ring'
8.769/13
A behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of 2001's "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring." Created by filmmaker Costa Botes, persona...
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The Making of 'The Fellowship of the Ring'
2003
No Feat But What We Make: 'Terminator 2' and the Rise of Digital Effects
7/4
A look at the digital effects in Terminator 2: Judgment Day.
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No Feat But What We Make: 'Terminator 2' and the Rise of Digital Effects
2008
RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World”
8/1
The astonishing story of the genesis, production, worldwide success, and legacy of King Kong (1933), directed by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoed...
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RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World”
2006
Kong's New York, 1933
8/1
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Kong's New York, 1933
2004
The Force Is with Them: The Legacy of 'Star Wars'
8/2
The Force Is with Them: The Legacy of Star Wars is a Video Documentary included in the 2004 DVD of the Star Wars Original Trilogy. It explained the im...
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The Force Is with Them: The Legacy of 'Star Wars'
2005
Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection
8/3
For over a half century, Ray Harryhausen has amazed and inspired countless filmmakers and fans around the world with his breathtaking motion picture e...
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Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection
2003
J.R.R. Tolkien: Origins of Middle-Earth
7/1
Peter Jackson, Jude Fisher, Philippa Boyens, a few Tolkien experts (such as Tom Shippey), and others tell the narrative of J.R.R. Tolkien's friendship...
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J.R.R. Tolkien: Origins of Middle-Earth
2003
From Book to Script: Finding the Story
10/1
From Book to Script - Finding the Story is a 19-minute documentary discussing the how the plot lines of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Two Towers were fit and a...
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From Book to Script: Finding the Story
2015
Farewell, Friends!
0/0
BTS of The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
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Farewell, Friends!
2015
Under the Shadow of the Mountain
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BTS of The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
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Under the Shadow of the Mountain
2014
Summoning Smaug: The Last of the Fire-drakes
0/0
BTS of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
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Summoning Smaug: The Last of the Fire-drakes
2014
In the Halls of the Elven-king
0/0
BTS of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
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In the Halls of the Elven-king
2013
The Company of Thorin
0/0
BTS of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
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The Company of Thorin
2013
The Journey Back to Middle-earth
0/0
BTS of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
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The Journey Back to Middle-earth
2004
The Passing of an Age
10/1
BTS documentary of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
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The Passing of an Age
2004
From Book to Script: Forging the Final Chapter
8/1
BTS documentary from The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
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From Book to Script: Forging the Final Chapter
2003
Warriors of the Third Age
7/1
BTS documentary from The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers.
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Warriors of the Third Age
2002
A Day in the Life of a Hobbit
7/1
A behind the scenes documentary for The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring in which Sean Astin, Elijah Wood, Billy Boyd, and Dominic Monagh...
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A Day in the Life of a Hobbit
2016
Adam Savage Tours Peter Jackson's Movie Prop Collection
0/0
Earlier in 2016, Adam Savage visited Peter Jackson in his cave--his world-class collection of props, costumes, and cinema artifacts that inspired him...
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Adam Savage Tours Peter Jackson's Movie Prop Collection
2002
J.R.R. Tolkien - Creator of Middle-earth
0/0
A behind-the-scenes documentary from The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring that traces J.R.R. Tolkien's early life, the conception, succes...
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J.R.R. Tolkien - Creator of Middle-earth
2002
The Fellowship of the Ring: From Book to Script
0/0
Recounting of the long process of adapting the text of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Fellowship of the Ring for film, a project that had begun in 1997. This in...
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The Fellowship of the Ring: From Book to Script
2002
The Fellowship of the Ring: Storyboards and Pre-Viz: Making Words into Images
0/0
This documentary covers the early storyboard, pre-visualization, and screening processes in the production. Christian Rivers, a Wētā Workshop art dir...
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The Fellowship of the Ring: Storyboards and Pre-Viz: Making Words into Images
2002
The Fellowship of the Ring: Designing and Building Middle-earth + Weta Workshop + Costume Design
0/0
This documentary introduces Wētā Workshop (and its design crew of sculptors and set-designers), renowned artists Alan Lee and John Howe who were broug...
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The Fellowship of the Ring: Designing and Building Middle-earth + Weta Workshop + Costume Design
2002
The Fellowship of the Ring: The Fellowship of the Cast
0/0
The nine cast members of the Fellowship, other actors, and director Jackson tell of one another, and of their initial meetings and bonding. They intro...
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The Fellowship of the Ring: The Fellowship of the Cast
2002
The Fellowship of the Ring: Cameras in Middle-earth
0/0
Documentary directed about the scene rehearsals, set locations, and camera logistics in the production of the Peter Jackson's 2002 film The Fellowshi...
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The Fellowship of the Ring: Cameras in Middle-earth
2002
The Fellowship of the Ring: Scale
0/0
Behind the scenes documentary of the Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
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The Fellowship of the Ring: Scale
2002
The Fellowship of the Ring: Big-atures
0/0
Behind-the-scenes documentary of the Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
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The Fellowship of the Ring: Big-atures
2002
Weta Digital
0/0
Peter Jackson, members of Weta, and film production personnel are interviewed, telling of the birth of a small company in 1993 (for the making of Heav...
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Weta Digital
2002
The Fellowship of the Ring: Assembling an Epic
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Behind-the-scenes documentary of the Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
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The Fellowship of the Ring: Assembling an Epic
2002
The Fellowship of the Ring: Digital Grading
0/0
Documentary that covers how the scenes of Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings films were, after principal photography, altered to achieve the desire...
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The Fellowship of the Ring: Digital Grading
2002
The Soundscapes of Middle-earth
0/0
Behind-the-scenes documentary of the Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
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The Soundscapes of Middle-earth
2002
Music for Middle-earth
0/0
Behind-the-scenes documentary of the Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.
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Music for Middle-earth
2002
The Fellowship of the Ring: The Road Goes Ever On..
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Behind-the-scenes documentary of the Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.
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The Fellowship of the Ring: The Road Goes Ever On..
1997
Hillary and Tenzing - Everest and After
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Hillary and Tenzing - Everest and After is a documentary about alpinism that takes place on Everest. It was directed by David Upshal in 1997 and produ...
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Hillary and Tenzing - Everest and After
2005
King Kong: Peter Jackson's Post-Production Diaries
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A series of short behind-the-scenes video logs that document the intense, week-by-week post-production phase of the 2005 film King Kong
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