Christian Rivers
New Zealand film director · New Zealand · On the map · Directors · Born 1974 · age 52
Christian Rivers is a New Zealand storyboard artist, visual effects supervisor, special effects technician, and director. He first met Peter Jackson as a 17-year-old, and storyboarded all of Jackson's films since Braindead.
Christian Rivers is read about 49 times a day, in 10 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 30 October 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 98 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?A life in dates
2018
Mortal EnginesFilm, Director2016
Minutes Past MidnightFilm, Director2015
FeederFilm, Director2006Academy Award for Best Visual EffectsAward2003
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the KingFilm, Corsair of Umbar / Beacon Guard (uncredited)2002
The Fellowship of the Ring: Designing and Building Middle-earth + Weta Workshop + Costume DesignFilmThe Fellowship of the Ring: From Book to ScriptFilm, 2002The Fellowship of the Ring: Storyboards and Pre-Viz: Making Words into ImagesFilm, 2002The Fellowship of the Ring: Weta DigitalFilm, 20021998
The Making of 'The Frighteners'Film1974Born
Mortal EnginesFilm, Director2016Minutes Past MidnightFilm, Director2015FeederFilm, Director2006Academy Award for Best Visual EffectsAward2003The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the KingFilm, Corsair of Umbar / Beacon Guard (uncredited)2002The Fellowship of the Ring: Designing and Building Middle-earth + Weta Workshop + Costume DesignFilmThe Fellowship of the Ring: From Book to ScriptFilm, 2002The Fellowship of the Ring: Storyboards and Pre-Viz: Making Words into ImagesFilm, 2002The Fellowship of the Ring: Weta DigitalFilm, 20021998The Making of 'The Frighteners'Film1974BornPeople around Christian
Close ties
Peter Jackson Produced King Kong and Mortal Engines
Fran Walsh Produced King Kong and Mortal Engines
Philippa Boyens Produced Mortal Engines (2018)
Hugo Weaving Christian directed Mortal Engines (2018)
Joel Tobeck Christian directed Mortal Engines (2018)
Stephen Lang Christian directed Mortal Engines (2018)
Robert Sheehan Christian directed Mortal Engines (2018)
Hera Hilmar Christian directed Mortal Engines (2018)
Regé-Jean Page Christian directed Mortal Engines (2018)
Colin Salmon Christian directed Mortal Engines (2018)
Caren Pistorius Christian directed Mortal Engines (2018)
Patrick Malahide Christian directed Mortal Engines (2018)
Mark Hadlow Also in King Kong and Mortal Engines- Carolynne Cunningham Produced King Kong (2005)
Amanda Walker Produced Mortal Engines (2018)- Deborah Forte Produced Mortal Engines (2018)
Known for
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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 2003
Mortal Engines 2018
Minutes Past Midnight 2016
Also in Deutsch
Filmography 9
17 credits on file
Awards
About this person
He made his directing debut in the film adaptation of Mortal Engines, and planning a remake of The Dam Busters, both produced by Peter Jackson.
Country
New Zealand
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1974 · age 52
