Occupation: Film Director Birth: October 31, 1961
I don’t really like the Hollywood blockbuster bandwagon that exists right now. The industry and the advent of all the technology, has kind of lost it….
The one thing with 3D presentations is I think that 3D itself, whether it's 24 or 48, is at a very interesting point in time..
I think 3D at 24 frames is interesting, but it's the 48 that actually allows 3D to achieve the potential that it can achieve, because it's less eye s….
What I love about films is that you can see "King Kong" and you can be affected by it and then you realize that he was just this little guy when he m….
With the right movie, 3D can enhance the experience. Absolutely, it can make a good film a great film. It can make a great film a really amazing film….
When you're directing, you're right at the coal face, always exhausted, often emotional - and I'll enjoy being a couple of steps back from that and s….
There's no real rules about what you do [while directing]; it's just you just use your instincts as to the pacing of a film and what is repetitive an….
Motion-capture is not a genre. Motion-capture is a tool and technique and what we tried to do was to really use both motion-capture and traditional a….
Remember, pain is temporary; film is forever..
I think there's still a little bit of that 9 year-old in me and I'm pretty happy..
When I start a film, I can sort of shut my eyes, sit somewhere quiet and imagine the movie finished. I can imagine the camera angles, I can even imag….
Defeat is always momentary..
You shouldn't think of these movies as being 'The Lord of the Rings.' The Lord of the Rings is, and always will be, a wonderful book - one of the gre….
It's all about his determination. You never, ever, give up once you start something, once you're on the trail of something you don't stop and that's ….
The most honest form of filmmaking is to make a film for yourself..
New Zealand is not a small country but a large village..
Elijah can register such subtle emotion on his face that I loved doing close-ups on him. He really brings a superb emotional level to Frodo's scenes ….
As a filmmaker, you are going to manipulate the character as you need to make the scenes work..
I think that's the job of a director really, to sort of funnel all the creativity into one centralized point of being..
Some believe it is only great power that can hold evil in check, but that is not what I have found. I found it is the small everyday deeds of ordinar….
I adore physical miniatures and try to use them as much as I can and have a bit of a fetish about that..