Peter Jackson
Academy Award–winning filmmaker best known for directing the Lord of the Rings trilogy and other major films; in this episode he discusses his documentary They Shall Not Grow Old and his film-restoration techniques.
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Dec 15, 2018 • 47min
Recode Decode: How Peter Jackson’s team made WWI footage look new
Peter Jackson, Academy Award winner best known for The Lord of the Rings, describes restoring and reimagining World War I film. He explains colorization choices, bespoke software and studio work to clean damaged footage. He discusses building a realistic soundscape, forensic lip reading for voices, and using technology to bring soldiers’ humanity back into focus.
Oct 17, 2018 • 36min
Peter Jackson Interview Special
Peter Jackson, Academy Award–winning filmmaker behind The Lord of the Rings, talks about They Shall Not Grow Old and his film-restoration methods. He explains testing and automating restoration, colourising archives, reconstructing speech with lip-reading, and applying techniques to his early films. Conversations range from WWI soldiers’ daily lives to guerrilla-making Meet the Feebles.
