Peter Jackson

Jackson won three Academy Awards for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King:. He is also a vegetarian and practices yoga. Jackson said that production on "The Hobbit" will take at least three or four years, which would place a likely release date in 2010. He has finished in the money in several events and has been tutored by poker pro Daniel Negreanu. Late in 2004 it appeared unlikely, as MGM (the studio, which holds the rights to The Hobbit) was sold to Sony in the race between Warner Brothers in December of 2004. In 2004 Maguire also took up tournament poker. His comments to date seem to indicate that he is interested, if the studios can work out the rights. He will reprise the role of Spider-Man in 2007 with the third Spider-Man movie in the series.

Much speculation has occurred as to whether Jackson might direct a film of The Hobbit, prequel to The Lord of the Rings. Spider-Man 2, the sequel to the original blockbuster, was released in 2004. After King Kong, he will be writing and directing the film version of Alice Sebold's bestseller The Lovely Bones, which he has said will be a welcome relief from the larger-scale epics and bears some similarities to Heavenly Creatures. He further solidified his stardom in 2003 with a leading role as the jockey, Jonathan "Red" Pollard, in an acclaimed film Seabiscuit, about the famous American racehorse, Seabiscuit. The film has a scheduled release of December 14, 2005, and has a cast that includes Oscar-nominated actress Naomi Watts, Oscar-winning actor Adrien Brody, Jack Black, Colin Hanks and Andy Serkis. In 2002, he shot to stardom in the title role in Spider-Man, where he was praised for his performance of the troubled superhero. He is reportedly being paid a fee of US$20 million upfront, plus 20% take of the total box-office gross. As of 2004, this would make him the highest-paid motion picture director in history. This soon was parlayed in a variety of lead roles where he played a thoughtful boy coming of age in a variety of films such as Pleasantville, The Cider House Rules and Wonder Boys.

Universal Studios has signed Peter Jackson for his next film, a remake of the 1933 classic King Kong — the film that inspired him to become a film director when he was 8 years old. Maguire gained significant attention for with his role in the film The Ice Storm, directed by Ang Lee. Despite this perfectionism, he has a reputation for needing significantly less budget than his peers to achieve spectacular results. He auditioned for a part in the series Parenthood, where he met best friend actor Leonardo DiCaprio (Dicaprio got the part although Maguire would appear as a guest star in later episodes). On the other hand, many of his most beautiful scenes result from purely serendipitous shots taken while flying from one location to another. Working as a child actor since his early teens, he appeared in a variety of commercials and TV and movie roles. He demands countless takes of every scene (with his "One more for luck"), pushes his special-effects crew to make their work seamless and invisible, and insists in authenticity in miniatures even on the sides that never appear in a film. Tobias Vincent Maguire (born June 27, 1975 in Santa Monica, California) is an American film actor.

Although appearing casual and relaxed, inevitably dressing in his trademark baggy shorts and without shoes, Jackson is a perfectionist with his film projects. This Boy's Life (1993). He was an early user of computer enhancement technology and provided digital special effects to a number of Hollywood films by use of telecommunications and satellite links to transmit raw images and the enhanced results across the Pacific Ocean, making good use of time differences between New Zealand and North America. S.F.W. (1994). In the process he has set up or acquired a number of local businesses in order to support film production at home basing himself in Miramar, New Zealand. Revenge of the Red Baron (1994). Unlike some other New Zealand film directors, Jackson has remained in New Zealand to make films, preferring to have Hollywood come to him, rather than going to Hollywood to make his films. Don's Plum (shot 1995-1996, premiere 2001, blocked in US and Canada by DiCaprio and Maguire, black and white).

This allowed him to start a professional career as a film director. Joyride (1996). When one of his projects, the horror comedy Bad Taste, over a period of four years grew from the originally planned half-hour to a 90-minute feature film, Jackson and his crew took the end result to the film festival in Cannes, received critical acclaim and sold the rights to twelve countries. The Ice Storm (1997). Jackson started his career in film as a fanatical hobbyist, creating small movies with simple technical means and with the help of a couple of friends. Deconstructing Harry (1997). He and his wife Fran Walsh have two children, Billy and Katie. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998).

Tolkien. Pleasantville (1998). R. Ride With The Devil (1999). R. The Cider House Rules (1999). Jackson is currently best-known as the director of the epic film trilogy, The Lord of the Rings, based on the books by J. Wonder Boys (2000).

He first gained attention with his "splatstick" horror comedies, and came to prominence with his movie Heavenly Creatures, for which he shared an Oscar nomination for Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen with Fran Walsh. Cats & Dogs (2001) (voice). Peter Jackson CNZM (born October 31, 1961), is a film writer, director and producer born in Pukerua Bay, New Zealand to Bill and Joan Jackson. Spider-Man (2002). The Hobbit (Rumoured). Seabiscuit (2003). ANZACS Film (Rumoured). Spider-Man 2 (2004).

The Lovely Bones (2007). Spider-Man 3 (2007). King Kong (2005). The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003). The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002).

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001). The Frighteners (1996). Forgotten Silver (1995) - mockumentary. Heavenly Creatures (1994).

Dead Alive) (1992). Braindead (a.k.a. Meet the Feebles (1989). Bad Taste (1987).

Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay. Academy Award for Best Picture. Academy Award for Directing.