Peter Levin
Peter Levin is an American director of film, television and theatre.
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
The Hobbit:
An Unexpected Journey is a 2012 epic high fantasy adventure film directed by Peter Jackson.
It is the first installment in a three-part film adaptation based on J. R. R. Tolkien’s 1937 novel "The Hobbit".
It is followed by  (2013) and  (2014), and together they act as a prequel to Jackson's "The Lord of the Rings" film trilogy.
The film's screenplay was written by Jackson, his longtime collaborators Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens, and Guillermo del Toro, who was originally chosen to direct the film before leaving the project in 2010.
The story is set in Middle-earth seventy-seven years before the main events of "The Lord of the Rings", and portions of the film are adapted from the appendices to Tolkien's "The Return of the KingAn Unexpected Journey" tells the tale of Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman), who is convinced by the wizard Gandalf (Ian McKellen) to accompany thirteen Dwarves, led by Thorin Oakenshield (Richard Armitage), on a quest to reclaim the Lonely Mountain from the dragon Smaug.
The ensemble cast also includes James Nesbitt, Ken Stott, Cate Blanchett, Ian Holm, Christopher Lee, Hugo Weaving, Elijah Wood and Andy Serkis, and features Sylvester McCoy, Barry Humphries and Manu Bennett.
"An Unexpected Journey" premiered on 28 November 2012 in New Zealand and was released internationally on 12 December 2012.
The film grossed over $1.021 billion at the box office, surpassing both  and  nominally, becoming the fourth highest-grossing film of 2012 and the 44th highest-grossing film of all time.
Receiving mixed reviews from critics, the film was nominated for three Academy Awards for Best Visual Effects, Best Production Design, and Best Makeup and Hairstyling.
It was also nominated for three British Academy Film Awards.
Ian Barry (director)
Ian Barry is an Australian director of film and TV.
Peter Jackson
Sir Peter Robert Jackson (born 31 October 1961) is a New Zealand film director, screenwriter, and film producer.
He is best known as the director, writer, and producer of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy (2001–03) and the "Hobbit" trilogy (2012–14), both of which are adapted from the novels of the same name by J. R. R. Tolkien.
Other films include the critically lauded drama "Heavenly Creatures" (1994), the mockumentary film "Forgotten Silver" (1995), the horror comedy "The Frighteners" (1996), the epic monster remake film "King Kong" (2005), the supernatural drama film "The Lovely Bones" (2009), and the World War
I documentary film
"They Shall Not Grow Old" (2018).
He produced "District 9" (2009), "The Adventures of Tintin" (2011), "West of Memphis" (2012), and "Mortal Engines" (2018).
He is the third-highest grossing film director, his films having made over $6.5 billion worldwide.
Jackson began his career with the "splatstick" horror comedy "Bad Taste" (1987) and the black comedy "Meet the Feebles" (1989) before filming the zombie comedy "Braindead" (1992).
He shared a nomination for Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay with his partner Fran Walsh for "Heavenly Creatures", which brought him to mainstream prominence in the film industry.
Jackson has been awarded three Academy Awards for  (2003), including the award for Best Director.
His other awards include a Golden Globe, four Saturn Awards and three BAFTAs among others.
His production company is WingNut Films, and his most regular collaborators are co-writers and producers Walsh and Philippa Boyens.
Jackson was made a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2002.
He was later knighted (as a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit) by Anand Satyanand, the Governor-General of New Zealand, at a ceremony in Wellington in April 2010.
In December 2014, Jackson was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Olav Aaraas
Olav Aaraas( born 10 July 1950) is a Norwegian historian and museum director.
He was born in Fredrikstad.
From 1982 to 1993 he was the director of Sogn Folk Museum, from 1993 to 2010 he was the director of Maihaugen and from 2001 he has been the director of the Norwegian Museum of Cultural History.
In 2010 he was decorated with the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav.
Jesse E. Hobson
Jesse Edward Hobson( May 2, 1911 – November 5, 1970) was the director of SRI International from 1947 to 1955.
Prior to SRI, he was the director of the Armour Research Foundation.
S. N. Mathur
S.N. Mathur was the Director of the Indian Intelligence Bureau between September 1975 and February 1980.
He was also the Director General of Police in Punjab.
Peter King (make-up artist)
Peter King( born 1955), also known as Peter Swords King, is a British Oscar- winning makeup artist who won at the 2003 Academy Awards for Best Makeup for the film.
He shared the award with filmmaker Richard Taylor.
He was nominated again at the 2012 Academy Awards for.
Besides bringing movie characters to life by way of make- up and hairstyling, Peter King, for the 13 dwarves in the movie" The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey", had to work on 1,000 drawings before finalizing down to a single image.
" We make the prosthetics, wigs, beards and then do a show- and- tell for each character in the film", was the remark made by Peter about his work.
He is credited for his exemplary work of immortalizing characters like the King Kong and Marquis de Sade on celluloid.
His other movies include" Quills Thunderbirds Little Voice The Importance of Being EarnestAn Ideal Husband" and" The Avengers".
King has also won several BAFTA Awards.
He has worked on nearly 40 films since 1982.
King is artistic director at Bath Academy of Media Makeup, which is a private school for makeup artistry within media and fashion.
Brian Kennedy (gallery director)
Brian Patrick Kennedy( born 5 November 1961) is an Irish- born art museum director who has worked in Ireland and Australia, and now lives and works in the United States.
He is currently the director of the Peabody Essex Museum.
He was the director of the Toledo Museum of Art in Ohio from 2010 to 2019.
He was the director of the Hood Museum of Art from 2005 to 2010, and the National Gallery of Australia( Canberra) from 1997- 2004.
Daayen Ya Baayen
Daayen Ya Baayen is a Hindi drama film, directed by Bela Negi and produced by Sunil Doshi.
The film released on 29 October 2010 under the Alliance Media& Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. banner.
The film revolves around the life of Ramesh Majila, a schoolteacher in a remote hilly village, who happens to win a luxury car that takes him on an unexpected journey.

Question: Where was the director of film The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey born?
Answer: Wellington