News for Oct. 28, 2006

Peter Jackson hopes biography will inspire new film-makers

10/28/06, 11:43 am EST - Xoanon

Top movie maker Peter Jackson is just about to launch the first book to explore behind the scenes of his films and his life. Rebecca Quilliam chats to one of Hollywood's most influential men, who warns film-making is not for the faint hearted. Peter Jackson was six-years-old when he watched a Batman movie and first heard the words "special effects". He says it was a moment he will never forget. The words are now synonymous with the man who started his career in Wellington's Pukerua Bay filming splatter movies with his friends and grew to direct top-grossing box office hits such as Lord of the Rings and King Kong. [More]