Fran Walsh
Born: 1959-01-10 in Wellington, New Zealand
Known For: Writing
Biography
Dame Frances Rosemary Walsh DNZM (born 10 January 1959) is a New Zealand screenwriter and film producer. The partner of filmmaker Peter Jackson, Walsh has contributed to all of their films since 1989: as co-writer since Meet the Feebles, and as producer since The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. She has won three Academy Awards for the final film of the trilogy, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. Together with her partner Peter Jackson, Walsh was named the fifth richest on the 2025 NBR Rich List in New Zealand. Together, their estimated net worth is $2.6 billion NZD. Description above from the Wikipedia article Fran Walsh, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2027
- The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum ... (Producer)
2024
- The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim ... (Executive Producer)
2020
- Reunited Apart as Self
2018
- Mortal Engines ... (Producer)
2014
- The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies ... (Producer)
2013
- The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug ... (Screenplay)
- Sex Box
2012
- The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey ... (Screenplay)
- West of Memphis ... (Producer)
2009
- The Lovely Bones ... (Screenplay)
2008
- Crossing the Line ... (Executive Producer)
2005
- King Kong ... (Producer)
2003
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King ... (Screenplay)
2002
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers ... (Producer)
- The Making of 'The Fellowship of the Ring' as Self
2001
- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring ... (Screenplay)
1997
- Forgotten Silver ... (Script Supervisor)
1996
- The Frighteners as Passerby (uncredited)
- Jack Brown: Genius ... (Writer)
1995
- Dirty Creature ... (Screenplay)
1994
- Heavenly Creatures ... (Screenplay)
1992
- Braindead as Mother at Park
1989
- Meet the Feebles ... (Screenplay)
- The Ray Bradbury Theater: A Sound of Thunder ... (Casting)
1987
- Worzel Gummidge Down Under ... (Writer)
1953
- The Oscars as Self