Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
On 29 February 2004, the 76th Academy Awards marked a truly historic night for Sir Peter Jackson. ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King’ pulled off an unprecedented clean sweep, winning all 11 Oscars for which it was nominated, including Best Picture, and becoming the first fantasy film ever to take the top prize 🏆️
Now rewind a couple of decades. Long before Middle-earth, Sir Peter Jackson was figuring things out the hard way in the 1980s, literally using his mum’s oven to help bring aliens, gore and DIY special effects to life 🧑🍳 The documentary ‘Good Taste Made Bad Taste’ takes you back to Jackson’s early days, unpacking the ingenuity behind his first feature, ‘Bad Taste’, and offering a glimpse of the creative mind that would later conquer the Oscars.
🎥 Watch the full documentary and discover more from the mind of Jackson in The Peter Jackson Collection at NZ On Screen.
#peterjackson #nzfilm
On 29 February 2004, the 76th Academy Awards marked a truly historic night for Sir Peter Jackson. ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King’ pulled off an unprecedented clean sweep, winning all 11 Oscars for which it was nominated, including Best Picture, and becoming the first fantasy film ever to take the top prize 🏆️
Now rewind a couple of decades. Long before Middle-earth, Sir Peter Jackson was figuring things out the hard way in the 1980s, literally using his mum’s oven to help bring aliens, gore and DIY special effects to life 🧑🍳 The documentary ‘Good Taste Made Bad Taste’ takes you back to Jackson’s early days, unpacking the ingenuity behind his first feature, ‘Bad Taste’, and offering a glimpse of the creative mind that would later conquer the Oscars.
🎥 Watch the full documentary and discover more from the mind of Jackson in The Peter Jackson Collection at NZ On Screen.
#peterjackson #nzfilm
