- Philippa Boyens
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name = Philippa Boyens
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caption = Philippa Boyens 2003 with her sonCalum Gittins and her daughter Phoebe Gittins inWellington (New Zealand )
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academyawards =Best Adapted Screenplay
2003 ""
baftaawards = Best Adapted Screenplay
2003 ""Philippa Boyens, MNZM, is an
Academy Award winningNew Zealand screenwriter who co-wrote thescreenplay forPeter Jackson 's film series "The Lord of the Rings " with Peter Jackson andFran Walsh , for which the trio won an Oscar at the76th Academy Awards in 2004. Boyens worked with the same collaborators on the screenplay for Jackson's version of "King Kong" (2005). Following that movie's completion, the trio will once again work together on an adaptation ofAlice Sebold 's novel "The Lovely Bones ", which is expected to be released in 2009. She is also collaborating with Jackson, Walsh andGuillermo del Toro on "The Hobbit" films, due for 2011. Prior to turning to screenwriting with "The Lord of the Rings", Boyens was aplaywright .She also has two children, Phoebe Gittins, a daughter, and
Calum Gittins , a son who starred as Haleth in ""Filmography
Writer
* "" (2001): Screenplay
* "" (2002): Screenplay
* "" (2003): Screenplay
* "King Kong" (2005): Screenplay
* "The Lovely Bones" (2009): Screenplay
* "The Hobbit" (2011): Screenplay
* "Lord of the Rings Prequel" (Name Currently Unknown) (2012) : ScreenplayProducer
* "King Kong (2005): Co-producer
oundtrack
* "" (2001): Lyrics for "Lothlorien"
* "" (2003): Lyrics for "The Edge of Night" and "The Green Dragon"External links
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