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Fran Walsh
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New Zealand screenwriter and producer
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Fran Walsh is a New Zealand screenwriter, film producer, songwriter, and composer. Born Frances Rosemary Walsh in Wellington in 1959, she resides in the same city. She is married to Peter Jackson and has two children. Walsh began her work period in 1983 and is a member of the Writers Guild of America West. She speaks English and was educated at Victoria University of Wellington.
Her professional recognition includes an Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay, an Academy Award for Best Picture, a BAFTA Award for Best Film, and a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song. She has also been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay, an Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay, an Academy Award for Best Picture, and a BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Her work is included in the Bafta Best Film collection.
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Vinony's link graph records 840 inbound references to Fran Walsh, and connects out to Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, King Kong and Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay.
It is catalogued under topics including 1959 births, 20th-century New Zealand women writers and 21st-century New Zealand women writers.
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Film & TV
Wellington, New Zealand
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…
Known for
- Reunited Apart — Self2020
- The Making of 'The Fellowship of the Ring' — Self2002
- The Frighteners — Passerby (uncredited)1996
- Braindead — Mother at Park1992
- The Oscars — Self1953
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Rosemary
- Family name
- Walsh
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- New Zealand
- Place of birth
- Wellington
- Spouse
- Peter Jackson
- Occupation
- film director
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- Fran Walsh DNZM (cropped).jpg
- Number of children
- 2
- Residence
- Wellington
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- date of birth
- 1959-01-10
- start of work period
- 1983-00-00
- related category
- Category:Films with screenplays by Fran Walsh
- Commons category
- Fran Walsh
- member of
- Writers Guild of America West
- name in native language
- Fran Walsh
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