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Fran Walsh Biography

Birth Name:Frances Rosemary Walsh

Birth Place:Wellington, New Zealand

Profession Writer, Producer, Soundtrack, Script department, Actress, Casting director, Assistant director, Casting department

Fast Facts

She and Peter Jackson are known for their good deeds in Wellington, New Zealand, where they spent millions to spare a church from demolition and kept the nonprofit Bats Theater operating
Along with singer Annie Lennox and composer Howard Shore, won a Grammy award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media for the song "Into the West" from "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King․"
Graduated from Victoria University with a degree in English literature
Set out to become a fashion designer, and when she discovered that she wasn't very good at sewing, joined a punk band called the Wallsockets
Quote: "[on the Nazgul scream] "I went into the room with the mike and let out all the stress and the horror and the terror of making those movies․""
Started contributing to Peter Jackson's films in 1989 as a co-writer and eventually a producer
Works closely with Philippa Boyens during the writing process
In the portrait of Bilbo's parents over the fireplace in Bag End in "The Lord of the Rings The Fellowship of the Ring," the portrait of the mother is actually modeled off of her
Recorded the Nazgul scream, the high pitched screech the Ringwraiths make in Peter Jackson's "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy
Though she did not appear in an on-camera interview for the DVDs of "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy, she did participate in the commentary recordings

Awards

1993Chainsaw Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
1993Film Award-Best Screenplay: winner
1994ACCA-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
1995Oscar-Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen: nominated
1995WGA Award (Screen)-Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen: nominated
1997Saturn Award-Best Writer: nominated
1997Chainsaw Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
2001ACCA-Best Adapted Screenplay: winner
2001ACCA-Best Motion Picture: nominated
2001Bram Stoker Award-Screenplay: nominated
2001Golden Schmoes-Best Screenplay of the Year: nominated
2001SEFCA Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: winner
2002Oscar-Best Picture: nominated
2002Oscar-Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published: nominated
2002Saturn Award-Best Writing: nominated
2002Best Foreign Film Award-: winner
2002ACCA-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
2002ACCA-Best Motion Picture: nominated
2002BAFTA Children's Award-Best Feature Film: nominated
2002BAFTA Film Award-Best Screenplay - Adapted: nominated
2002Chlotrudis Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: winner
2002Hugo-Best Dramatic Presentation: winner
2002Sierra Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
2002OFTA Film Award-Best Picture: winner
2002OFTA Film Award-Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium: winner
2002OFCS Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
2002PGA Award-Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures: nominated
2002PFCS Award-Best Screenplay - Adaptation: winner
2002Golden Satellite Award-Best Screenplay, Adapted: nominated
2002Seattle Film Critics Award-Best Screenplay, Adapted: nominated
2002USC Scripter Award-: nominated
2002WGA Award (Screen)-Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published: nominated
2003Oscar-Best Picture: nominated
2003Saturn Award-Best Writing: nominated
2003Best Foreign Film Award-: winner
2003ACCA-Best Motion Picture: winner
2003BAFTA Film Award-Best Film: nominated
2003BAFTA Children's Award-Best Feature Film: nominated
2003Audience Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: winner
2003Chlotrudis Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
2003DVD Premiere Award-Best Audio Commentary, New Release: winner
2003DVDX Award-Best Audio Commentary (New for DVD): nominated
2003Gold Derby Film Award-Adapted Screenplay: nominated
2003Gold Derby Film Award-Motion Picture: nominated
2003Gold Derby Film Award-Original Song: nominated
2003Golden Schmoes-Best Screenplay of the Year: winner
2003Hugo-Best Dramatic Presentation - Long Form: winner
2003INOCA-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
2003INOCA-Best Original Song: nominated
2003IOMA-Best Screenplay (Miglior sceneggiatura): nominated
2003OFTA Film Award-Best Music, Original Song: nominated
2003OFTA Film Award-Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium: nominated
2003OFTA Film Award-Best Picture: winner
2003OFCS Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
2003PGA Award-Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures: nominated
2003PFCS Award-Best Original Song: winner
2003PFCS Award-Best Screenplay - Adapted: winner
2003Golden Satellite Award-Best Screenplay, Adapted: nominated
2003Nebula Award-Best Script: winner
2003Seattle Film Critics Award-Best Screenplay, Adapted: nominated
2003SEFCA Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
2003USC Scripter Award-: nominated
2003UFCA Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
2003WAFCA Award-Best Screenplay, Adapted: nominated
2003World Soundtrack Award-Best Original Song Written for a Film: nominated
2004Oscar-Best Picture: winner
2004Oscar-Best Music, Original Song: winner
2004Oscar-Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay: winner
2004Saturn Award-Best Writing: winner
2004AFI Award-Best Foreign Film: winner
2004BAFTA Film Award-Best Film: winner
2004BAFTA Children's Award-Best Feature Film: nominated
2004BAFTA Film Award-Best Screenplay - Adapted: winner
2004COFCA Award-Best Screenplay, Adapted: nominated
2004CFCA Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
2004DFWFCA Award-Best Screenplay: winner
2004Gold Derby Film Award-Motion Picture: winner
2004Gold Derby Film Award-Original Song: nominated
2004Gold Derby Film Award-Adapted Screenplay: winner
2004Golden Globe-Best Original Song - Motion Picture: winner
2004Hugo-Best Dramatic Presentation - Long Form: winner
2004ICS Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: winner
2004INOCA-Best Adapted Screenplay: winner
2004INOCA-Best Original Song: winner
2004IOMA-Best Adapted Screenplay (Miglior sceneggiatura non originale): nominated
2004Sierra Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
2004OFTA Film Award-Best Music, Original Song: winner
2004OFTA Film Award-Best Picture: winner
2004OFTA Film Award-Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium: winner
2004OFCS Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: winner
2004PGA Award-Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures: winner
2004PFCS Award-Best Screenplay, Adapted: winner
2004Nebula Award-Best Script: winner
2004USC Scripter Award-: nominated
2004World Soundtrack Award-Best Original Song Written for Film: nominated
2004WGA Award (Screen)-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
2005ACCA-Best Motion Picture: nominated
2005DVDX Award-Best Audio Commentary (New for DVD): winner
2005Grammy-Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media: winner
2005IFMCA Award-Best New Release, Re-Release or Re-Recording of an Existing Score: winner
2005Nebula Award-Best Script: winner
2006Saturn Award-Best Writing: nominated
2007IFMCA Award-Best New Release, Re-Release or Re-Recording of an Existing Score: nominated
2010Gold Derby Film Award-Adapted Screenplay of the Decade: nominated
2012ACCA-Best Adapted Screenplay of the Decade: winner
2013Hugo-Best Dramatic Presentation - Long Form: nominated
2014Saturn Award-Best Writing: nominated
2015Felix-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
2015Saturn Award-Best Writing: nominated
2015CCOP-Best Original Song (Melhor Canção Original): nominated