<P> Sir Peter Robert Jackson ONZ KNZM ( born 31 October 1961 ) is a New Zealand film director , screenwriter and film producer . He is best known as the director , writer , and producer of The Lord of the Rings trilogy ( 2001 -- 03 ) and The Hobbit trilogy ( 2012 -- 14 ) , both of which are adapted from the novels of the same name by J.R.R. Tolkien . Other films include the critically lauded drama Heavenly Creatures ( 1994 ) , the mockumentary film Forgotten Silver ( 1995 ) , the horror comedy The Frighteners ( 1996 ) , the epic monster remake film King Kong ( 2005 ) , and the supernatural drama film The Lovely Bones ( 2009 ) . He produced District 9 ( 2009 ) , The Adventures of Tintin : The Secret of the Unicorn ( 2011 ) , West of Memphis ( 2012 ) and Mortal Engines ( 2018 ) . </P>
<P> Sir Peter Robert Jackson ONZ KNZM ( born 31 October 1961 ) is a New Zealand film director , screenwriter and film producer . He is best known as the director , writer , and producer of The Lord of the Rings trilogy ( 2001 -- 03 ) and The Hobbit trilogy ( 2012 -- 14 ) , both of which are adapted from the novels of the same name by J.R.R. Tolkien . Other films include the critically lauded drama Heavenly Creatures ( 1994 ) , the mockumentary film Forgotten Silver ( 1995 ) , the horror comedy The Frighteners ( 1996 ) , the epic monster remake film King Kong ( 2005 ) , and the supernatural drama film The Lovely Bones ( 2009 ) . He produced District 9 ( 2009 ) , The Adventures of Tintin : The Secret of the Unicorn ( 2011 ) , West of Memphis ( 2012 ) and Mortal Engines ( 2018 ) . </P>
who is the director of lord of the rings
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Sir Peter Robert Jackson
Sir Peter Robert Jackson