Peter Robert Jackson made his first short-film āThe Valleyā (1978) at 15, winning a prize.
Jackson made his feature-film debut with the splatter horror-comedy āBad Tasteā (1987), which was screened at the āCannes Film Festival.ā Jackson appeared in cameo or bit roles in most of his films. He co-wrote and directed the puppet-animated musical black-comedy āMeet the Feeblesā (1989), followed by the horror-comedy āBraindeadā (1992).
Thereafter, Jacksonās creative style took a turn as he co-wrote, produced-directed the psychological-drama āHeavenly Creaturesā (1994), based on a true-life murder case. Its success brought several honors, including āOscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay.ā Further, he co-directed theĀ mocumentary āForgotten Silverā (1995).
Moving on to Hollywood, his first major film was the supernatural comedy-horror āThe Frightenersā (1996), which wasnāt very successful.
After gaining filming rights of J.R.R. Tolkienās fantasy novel, Jackson worked extensively on āThe Lord of the Ringsā epic trilogy: āThe Fellowship of the Ringā (2001), āThe Two Towersā (2002), and āThe Return of the Kingā (2003), which was a massive block-buster, especially the third installment that swept 11 Oscars, including āBest Pictureā and āBest Director.ā
Jacksonās next was the remake of āKing Kongā (2005), again a huge critical and commercial success. He was the writer-director of the short war-film āCrossing the Lineā (2007) set in WWI, followed by the supernatural thriller āThe Lovely Bonesā (2009).
After co-producing āThe Adventures of Tin Tinā (2011), Jackson adapted Tolkienās another novel into fantasy-adventure trilogy āThe Hobbit: An Unexpected Journeyā (2012), āThe Desolation of Smaugā (2013), and āThe Battle of Five Armiesā (2014), which became one of the highest-earning film-franchise, winning several accolades.
Using advanced digital technology, Jackson produced-directed a documentary on WWI soldiers āThey Shall Not Grow Oldā (2018), and the documentary-series āThe Beatles: Get Backā (2021).