Philippa Boyens

Infobox Actor
name = Philippa Boyens


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caption = Philippa Boyens 2003 with her son Calum Gittins and her daughter Phoebe Gittins in Wellington (New Zealand)
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academyawards =Best Adapted Screenplay
2003 ""
baftaawards = Best Adapted Screenplay
2003 ""

Philippa Boyens, MNZM, is an Academy Award winning New Zealand screenwriter who co-wrote the screenplay for Peter Jackson's film series "The Lord of the Rings " with Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh, for which the trio won an Oscar at the 76th 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 of Alice Sebold's novel "The Lovely Bones", which is expected to be released in 2009. She is also collaborating with Jackson, Walsh and Guillermo del Toro on "The Hobbit" films, due for 2011. Prior to turning to screenwriting with "The Lord of the Rings", Boyens was a playwright.

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) : Screenplay

Producer

* "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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