Peter Jackson — New Zealander Director born on October 31, 1961,
Sir Peter Robert Jackson ONZ KNZM is a New Zealand filmmaker and screenwriter. He is best known as the director and producer of The Lord of the Rings trilogy and The Hobbit trilogy, both of which are adapted from the novels of the same name by J. R. R. Tolkien. Other notable films include the drama Heavenly Creatures, the mockumentary Forgotten Silver, the horror comedy The Frighteners, the epic monster film King Kong and the supernatural drama film The Lovely Bones. He also produced District 9, The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn and the documentary West of Memphis... (wikipedia)