Writer
Fran Walsh
67 years · Wellington, New Zealand · 18 films
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.
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Best known for
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2001 · Screenplay, Producer
On TNT
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003 · Screenplay, Producer
On TNT
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2002 · Producer, Screenplay
On TNT
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
2012 · Screenplay, Producer
On HBO Max
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
2014 · Producer, Screenplay
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
2013 · Screenplay, Producer
On HBO Max
Filmography 16
Mortal Engines
2018 · Producer, Screenplay
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
2014 · Producer, Screenplay
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
2013 · Screenplay, Producer
On HBO Max
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
2012 · Screenplay, Producer
On HBO Max
West of Memphis
2012 · Producer
On Tubi TV
The Lovely Bones
2009 · Screenplay, Producer
On fuboTV
The Making of 'The Fellowship of the Ring'
2006 · Self
King Kong
2005 · Producer, Writer
On Netflix
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003 · Screenplay, Producer
On TNT
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2002 · Producer, Screenplay
On TNT
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2001 · Screenplay, Producer
On TNT
Jack Brown: Genius
1996 · Writer
The Frighteners
1996 · Passerby (uncredited), Screenplay
Heavenly Creatures
1994 · Screenplay
Braindead
1992 · Mother at Park, Screenplay
Meet the Feebles
1989 · Screenplay