Peter+Jackson

 =  Peter Jackso n =



Born on [|31 October] [|1961] in [|Pukerua Bay], a coastal town near Wellington New Zealand, Jackson was an only child to Bill and Joan Jackson, both immigrants from [|England]. As a child, Jackson was a keen film fan, growing up on [|Ray Harryhausen] films as well finding inspiration in the television series //[|Thunderbirds]// and [|Monty Python's Flying Circus]. After a family friend gave the Jacksons a [|Super 8] cine-camera with Peter in mind, he began making short films with his friends. Jackson has long cited //[|King Kong]// as his favourite film, and around the age of nine he attempted to remake it using his own stop-motion models.[|[3]] Jackson has had no formal training in film-making, but learnt about editing, special effects and makeup largely through his own trial and error. As a teenager Jackson discovered the work of author [|J. R. R. Tolkien], after watching [|The Lord of the Rings](1978), the part-adaptation of Tolkien's fantasy trilogy.[|[4]] After leaving school Jackson began working as a photoengraver at a newspaper company in Wellington, and shooting a feature-length vampire movie that was later abandoned before completion. || media type="youtube" key="DsaVEHdXqs4&hl=en" height="355" width="425" ||