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List activity. Peter Jackson. Sir Peter Jackson made history with The Lord of the Rings trilogy, becoming the first person to direct three major feature films simultaneously. The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers and The Return of the King were nominated for and collected a slew of awards from around the globe, with The Return of the King receiving his most impressive collection of awards. Other film credits include The Frighteners, starring Michael J.
Fox; the adult puppet feature Meet the Feebles; and Braindead, which won 16 international science fiction awards, including the Saturn.
Jackson also co-directed the television documentary Forgotten Silver, which also hit the film festival circuit. He was a producer on Steven Spielberg's The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn in , with two more films set to come out in the future. His most recent films include producer of 's action film Mortal Engines, based on a post-apocalyptic world where cities ride on wheels and consume each other to survive.
Jackson's next project is the music documentary The Beatles: Get Back, which he directed and produced, due to be released August, Jackson works closely with partner Dame Fran Walsh, with whom he shares his writing and producing credits, as well as a family.
