Writer
Fran Walsh
Fran Walsh
- Date of birth
- Age
- 67
- Place of birth
- Wellington, New Zealand
- Citizenship
- New Zealand
- Occupations
- screenwriter, film producer, songwriter, composer, lyricist, film director
- Languages
- English
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.
Education
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Wellington Girls' College
Awards
- Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay2004 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
- Academy Award for Best Picture2004 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
- Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form2004 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
- Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
- Chlotrudis Award for Best Adapted Screenplay2001 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
- BAFTA Award for Best Film2002 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
- BAFTA Award for Best Film2004 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
- Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song2003 Into the West
- Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation2002 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
- Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media2004 Into the West
- Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form2004
- Australian Film Institute Award for Best Foreign Film2002 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
- Australian Film Institute Award for Best Foreign Film2004 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
- Australian Film Institute Award for Best Foreign Film2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
- Producers Guild of America Award for Best Theatrical Motion Picture2004 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
- Nebula Award for Best Script2004 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
- Nebula Award for Best Script2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
- Nebula Award for Best Script2002 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
- BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay2004 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
- Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit2001
- Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit2019
- honorary doctor of Victoria University of Wellington2005 Honorary Doctor of Letters
- Academy Award for Best Original Song2004 Into the West
Nominations
- Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay1995 Heavenly Creatures
- Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay2002 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
- Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay2004 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
- Academy Award for Best Picture2002 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
- Academy Award for Best Picture2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
- Academy Award for Best Picture2004 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
- Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay1995 Heavenly Creatures
- Chlotrudis Award for Best Adapted Screenplay2001 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
- Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay2002 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
- BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay2002 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
- BAFTA Award for Best Film2002 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
- Nebula Award for Best Script2002 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
- Australian Film Institute Award for Best Foreign Film2002 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
- Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation2002 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
- Bram Stoker Award for Best Screenplay2002 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
- Satellite Award for Best Adapted Screenplay2002 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
- Nebula Award for Best Script2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
- Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
- Producers Guild of America Award for Best Theatrical Motion Picture2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
- Australian Film Institute Award for Best Foreign Film2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
- BAFTA Award for Best Film2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
- Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song2003 Into the West
- Satellite Award for Best Adapted Screenplay2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
- Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form2004
- Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form2004 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
- Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay2004 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
- BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay2004 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
- BAFTA Award for Best Film2004 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
- Australian Film Institute Award for Best Foreign Film2004 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
- Nebula Award for Best Script2004 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
- Producers Guild of America Award for Best Theatrical Motion Picture2004 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
- Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media2004 Into the West
- Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form2013 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
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