Michael Pellerin

Pellerin with King Kong, c. 2006

Michael Pellerin is a producer and director who has directed documentaries such as New Zealand: Home of Middle-earth (2015) and J.R.R. Tolkien: Origins of Middle-earth (2003), and is known for working with Peter Jackson on King Kong (2005) by producing Jackson's "Production Diaries" to the film.

He directed all behind-the-scenes documentaries featured in the Extended Edition releases of The Lord of the Rings film trilogy. With Susan K. Lee, Brian Sibley, and Robert Meyer Burnett, he also directed the documentaries' interviews.

Pellerin in a TheOneRing.net interview in 2016 (seated right)

Productions (selected)

• All video documentary shorts featured in the extended editions of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, and The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2013 - 2015)
• King Kong - Peter Jackson's Production Diaries (2005)
• All documentary shorts in the extended editions of The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King (2001 - 2004)

The Lord of the Rings film trilogy appendices

Part One: From Book to Vision   •   Part Two: From Vision to Reality
Part Three: The Journey Continues   •   Part Four: The Battle for Middle-earth Begins
Part Five: The War of the Ring   •   Part Six: The Passing of an Age

External link

• Michael Pellerin at the Internet Movie Database (for complete filmography)