PhilippaBoyens
- Writer
Philippa Boyens (incredibly) began her screenwriting career with The Lord of the Rings trilogy. Before then the long-time Tolkien fan had worked mainly in theatre. Return of the King won Boyens an Oscar, a BAFTA, and many other awards. She next worked with Jackson and Walsh on King Kong, and an adaptation of novel The Lovely Bones. Boyens returned to Middle-earth for The Hobbit.
Screenography
Biography
Philippa Boyens began her screen career helping adapt one of the most ambitious pieces of writing in the history of fantasy. Since then she has become a vital cog in the writing team behind Peter Jackson’s screen reimaginings of 30s classic King Kong, modern-day tragedy The Lovely Bones and JRR Tolkien's first novel, The Hobbit. Aside from her writing contributions, Boyens has been listed as a co-producer on all of Jackson's features since The Lord of the Rings, as well as sci-fi hit District 9.
Awards
2004 Academy Awards
Adapted Screenplay (shared with Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh): for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2004 Bafta Awards
Adapted Screenplay (shared with Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh): for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
“We started with 27 copies of the paperback, and none of them are intact. Some of them are probably in caravans left on the side of Mount Ruapehu. There’s probably some left in little tiny hotel rooms in Te Anau.”