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Peter Jackson is a director, writer and producer of films. His most current work is movies from New Line Cinema called, “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy. These are three different movies, called,”The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings”, “The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers”, and “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King”. Peter Jackson was born October 31, 1961 on Halloween in New Zealand. He was raised in Pukerua Bay, New Zealand. Born to Bill and Joan Jackson, he was an only child. He learned to be creative to keep himself busy. On Christmas 1969 Jackson’s parents bought him an 8 mm film camera. Peter loved his new camera and experimented with many different creative shots and angles. Peter was influenced by the Thunderbirds on TV. He found it fascinating on how you could create new worlds with the help of stop motion technique and puppets. In 1973 he started making movies with a couple of friends. They dug a hole in Jackson’s backyard and they made a WW11 film. They named the movie “The Dwarf Patrol”.
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