Fran Walsh
Writer, Producer, Actor
January 10, 1959 (67 years)
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.
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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.
Known For
Filmography
| 2027 | |
| 2018 | Mortal Engines · as Screenplay |
| 2015 | |
| 2014 | The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies · as Screenplay |
| 2014 | The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug - Extended Edition Scenes · as Screenplay |
| 2013 | The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug · as Screenplay |
| 2013 | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - Extended Edition · as Screenplay |
| 2012 | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey · as Screenplay |
| 2009 | The Lovely Bones · as Screenplay |
| 2005 | |
| 2004 | |
| 2003 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King · as Screenplay |
| 2003 | |
| 2003 | |
| 2002 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers · as Screenplay |
| 2002 | |
| 2001 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring · as Screenplay |
| 1996 | The Frighteners · as Screenplay |
| 1994 | Heavenly Creatures · as Screenplay |
| 1994 | |
| 1992 | Braindead · as Screenplay |
| 1989 | Meet the Feebles · as Screenplay |
| 1987 |
| 2027 | |
| 2024 | The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim · as Executive Producer |
| 2018 | |
| 2014 | |
| 2013 | |
| 2012 | |
| 2012 | |
| 2009 | |
| 2005 | |
| 2003 | |
| 2002 | |
| 2001 | |
| 1996 | The Frighteners · as Associate Producer |
| 1996 | The Frighteners · as Passerby (uncredited) |
| 1992 | Braindead · as Mother At Park |
| 2020 | Reunited Apart · as Self |
| 2012 | West of Memphis · as Self |
| 2004 | The 76th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 2004 | The 61st Annual Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 2002 | The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings' · as Self |
| 2002 | |
| 1953 | The Academy Awards · as Self |
| 2003 | |
| 1995 | Forgotten Silver · as Script Supervisor |
| 1992 | Braindead · as Casting |