(born 31 October 1961) is a New Zealand film director, producer, actor, and screenwriter, known for his The Lord of the Rings film trilogy
(2001 to 2003), adapted from the novel by J. R. R. Tolkien
.
He won international attention early in his career with his "splatstick
" horror comedies such as Bad Taste
(1987) and Braindead (1992), before coming to mainstream prominence with Heavenly Creatures
(1994), for which he shared an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay nomination with his wife, Fran Walsh
.
Fantasy is an 'F' word that hopefully the five second delay won't do anything with
I don't take stuff seriously. I saw 'Hellraiser 3' the other day at Cannes; it's OK, it's a good film, I didn't hate it or anything. I thought it was quite good, but it was all just so serious. Some guy walking round with pins sticking out of his face. I just can't sit there and think ,'this is really scary.' If I made a 'Hellraiser' film, I'd like Pinhead to be whacked against a wall and have all the pins flattened into his face.
And so I look back on not just the last ten years but everything that I've done as being sort of an ongoing growing continual film school. I mean I don't think I've got to a point where I've achieved anything that feels like, a particular milestone, but there's still a lot more to learn and hopefully a lot more films to make.
Kong bites his head off in a PG13 kinda way
I'm a Derek and Dereks don't run
Remember, pain is temporary; film is forever.