Fran Walsh

Fran Walsh

1959-01-10 Wellington, New Zealand 24 Credits

Biography

Dame Frances Rosemary Walsh DNZM (born 10 January 1959) is a New Zealand screenwriter and film producer. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Fran Walsh, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of co...

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The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum

The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum

2027

Producer, Writer

Producing Writing

A new film based on the novels.

The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim

The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim

2024

Executive Producer

6.6
Producing

A sudden attack by Wulf, a clever and traitorous lord of Rohan seeking vengeance for the death of his father, forces Helm Hammerhand, the King of Roha...

Mortal Engines

Mortal Engines

2018

Producer, Screenplay

6.2
Producing Writing

Many thousands of years in the future, Earth’s cities roam the globe on huge wheels, devouring each other in a struggle for ever diminishing resources...

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

2014

Producer, Screenplay

7.3
Producing Writing

Following Smaug's attack on Laketown, Bilbo and the dwarves try to defend Erebor's mountain of treasure from others who claim it: the men of the ruine...

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

2013

Producer, Screenplay

7.6
Producing Writing

The Dwarves, Bilbo and Gandalf have successfully escaped the Misty Mountains, and Bilbo has gained the One Ring. They all continue their journey to ge...

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

2012

Producer, Screenplay

7.4
Producing Writing

Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit enjoying his quiet life, is swept into an epic quest by Gandalf the Grey and thirteen dwarves who seek to reclaim their mounta...

West of Memphis

West of Memphis

2012

Producer

7.4
Producing

The documentary tells the hitherto unknown story behind an extraordinary and desperate fight to bring the truth to light. Told and made by those who l...

The Lovely Bones

The Lovely Bones

2009

Screenplay, Producer

7.1
Writing Producing

After being brutally murdered, 14-year-old Susie Salmon watches from heaven over her grief-stricken family -- and her killer. As she observes their da...

Crossing the Line

Crossing the Line

2008

Executive Producer

8.0
Producing

In WWI, a pilot’s teddy bear and an infantryman’s lost photo drift through chaos, their fragile presence briefly disrupting the brutal rhythm of battl...

King Kong

King Kong

2005

Producer, Writer

6.9
Producing Writing

In 1933 New York, an overly ambitious movie producer coerces his cast and hired ship crew to travel to mysterious Skull Island, where they encounter K...

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

2003

Screenplay, Producer

8.5
Writing Producing

As armies mass for a final battle that will decide the fate of the world--and powerful, ancient forces of Light and Dark compete to determine the outc...

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

2002

Producer, Screenplay

8.4
Producing Writing

Frodo Baggins and the other members of the Fellowship continue on their sacred quest to destroy the One Ring--but on separate paths. Their destinies l...

The Making of The Fellowship of the Ring

The Making of The Fellowship of the Ring

2002

as Self

8.8
Acting

A behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring." Created by filmmaker Costa Botes (personally sel...

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

2001

Screenplay, Producer

8.4
Writing Producing

Young hobbit Frodo Baggins, after inheriting a mysterious ring from his uncle Bilbo, must leave his home in order to keep it from falling into the han...

Forgotten Silver

Forgotten Silver

1997

Script Supervisor

7.2

The life story of Colin McKenzie, a forgotten pioneer of international cinema who was born in rural New Zealand in 1888.

The Frighteners

The Frighteners

1996

as Passerby (uncredited)

6.9
Acting

Once an architect, Frank Bannister now passes himself off as an exorcist of evil spirits. To bolster his facade, he claims his "special" gift is the r...

The Frighteners

The Frighteners

1996

Screenplay, Associate Producer

6.9
Writing Producing

Once an architect, Frank Bannister now passes himself off as an exorcist of evil spirits. To bolster his facade, he claims his "special" gift is the r...

Dirty Creature

1995

Screenplay, Casting

Writing

A little girl and her dog impersonate a crocodile at the edge of a muddy bog and then go on a chaotic rampage through the suburbs of Wellington.

Heavenly Creatures

Heavenly Creatures

1994

Screenplay

7.0
Writing

Precocious teenager Juliet moves to New Zealand with her family and soon befriends the quiet, brooding Pauline through their shared love of fantasy an...

Jack Brown: Genius

Jack Brown: Genius

1994

Writer

5.2
Writing

A thousand years ago, in England, the crazy monk Elmer wears a pair of wings and tries to fly from a high tower. He dies, and his soul is doomed to th...

Braindead

Braindead

1992

as Mother at Park

7.4
Acting

When a Sumatran rat-monkey bites Lionel Cosgrove's mother, she's transformed into a zombie and begins killing (and transforming) the entire town while...

Braindead

Braindead

1992

Screenplay, Casting

7.4
Writing

When a Sumatran rat-monkey bites Lionel Cosgrove's mother, she's transformed into a zombie and begins killing (and transforming) the entire town while...

Meet the Feebles

Meet the Feebles

1989

Screenplay

6.3
Writing

Heidi, star of the "Meet The Feebles Variety Hour" discovers her lover Bletch the Walrus is cheating on her. And with all the world waiting for the sh...

The Ray Bradbury Theater: A Sound of Thunder

The Ray Bradbury Theater: A Sound of Thunder

1989

Casting

S04E06 of "The Ray Bradbury Theater." A company provides big game hunters with expeditions to the past to kill dinosaurs. They only have one rule that...