Fran WalshAKA:
Frances Walsh
Nationality:
New Zealander Birthdate:
00/00/1961 Birthplace:
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biography
The career of this New Zealand screenwriter has been bound up with that of director and co-scenarist Peter Jackson, who has collaborated with Frances 'Fran' Walsh on several blood-soaked or otherwise eerie projects. The native New Zealander got her start in show business playing bass with two Wellington-area rock bands and then segued to screenwriting, working on projects for New Zealand TV, including the series "Worzel Gummidge Down Under" and "Shark in the Park" and the 1983 TV-movie "A Woman of Good Character".Walsh met up with Jackson in 1987 while working in a post-production capacity on
Credits
milestones
Year
Milestone
Raised in New Zealand
1983
TV writing debut the TV-movie "A Woman of Good Character"
1988
Assisted in post-production with Peter Jackson's "Bad Taste"
1992
Co-wrote first film with Peter Jackson, "Meet the Feebles"
1994
First major hit, "Heavenly Creatures"; received Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay, co-written with Jackson
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