Fran Walsh

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.
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- 1959-01-10 · Wellington, New Zealand
Known for
- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) — Screenplay
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) — Screenplay
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) — Producer
- The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) — Producer
- The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014) — Producer
- The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013) — Producer
- King Kong (2005) — Producer
- Mortal Engines (2018) — Producer
- The Lovely Bones (2009) — Screenplay
- Braindead (1992) — Mother at Park
- The Frighteners (1996) — Passerby (uncredited)
- Heavenly Creatures (1994) — Screenplay
- The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim (2024) — Executive Producer
- Meet the Feebles (1989) — Screenplay
- West of Memphis (2012) — Producer
- Forgotten Silver (1997) — Script Supervisor