Fran Walsh
Fran Walsh
10.01.1959 (65 years) (Wellington, New Zealand)
Frances Rosemary Walsh (born 10 January 1959) is a New Zealand screenwriter, film producer and lyricist. She has won BAFTA and Academy awards for her music, film producing, and script writing. She is the long-time partner of filmmaker Peter Jackson. Fran Walsh has contributed to all of Peter Jackson's films since 1989: as co-writer since Meet the Feebles, and as producer since The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. She won three Academy Awards in 2003, for Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Original Song, all for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. She has received seven Oscar nominations.