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OUTSTANDING CITIZEN

By Joshua Rapson room 2

PETER JACKSON

PROFILE

D.O. B =31 October 1961 (1961-10-31)

Nickname = PJ Grew up=Pukerua Bay, New

Zealand

PROFILE

Peter Jackson got married in 1987, to Fran Walsh and they have two kids Billy (born in 1995) and Katie ( born in 1996)

SCHOOLING

Peter Jackson went to Kapiti College

CARRIER

At the age of 17 Peter Jackson dropped out of school .

He got into his movie live at the age of 17 by taking a job in the photo shop at the local newspaper .

And that’s how his carrier started.

FAMOUS MOVIES lord of the rings: The Fellowship of the

Ring lord of the rings: The Two Towers lord of the rings: The Return of the King King Kong

AWARDSOver the years Peter Jackson as made a

rang of movies and has won awardsPeter Jackson no no sorry I mean sir peter

Jackson was knighted on the 31 Dec 2009

AWARDS

Peter Jackson has been nominated 8 times as Producer, Director and Screenwriter. He won all three categories in 2003 for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.Three

1 Best Director for: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

AWARD 2

2 Best Picture for: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) Shared with: Barrie M. Osborne and Fran Walsh

3 Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay for: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) Shared with: Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens

WHY I THINK THAT PETER JACKSON IS MY OUT SANDING CITIZEN

He has put us on the map He has made really good movies and

won awards He makes all his movies in New

Zealand so all the young movie makers can try it out and learn from him.

WHY I THINK THAT PETER JACKSON IS MY OUTSTANDING CITIZEN

He gave all the young and old New Zealand people the opportunity to work in his movies.

With the famous movies that he made is helping the New Zealand economy.

CONCLUSION

In conclusion I think that he is a Great nz citizen

He has helped NZ by making movies here (money).

Showed the world how beautiful NZ is. He is a great role model and I think that

other young movie makers will be Inspired by him follow and make a lot of movies in NZ too .