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Philippa Boyens co-wrote the screenplays for the Lord of the Rings series, King Kong, The Lovely Bones and the three-part Hobbit films, working alongside Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh. Her filmography also includes Mortal Engines in 2018 and The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim in 2024.
Philippa Boyens won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay at the 76th Academy Awards in 2004, for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. She shared the award with Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh.
Philippa Boyens was educated at Massey High School and later studied part time at the University of Auckland, earning a BA in English and history in 1994. The university gave her a Distinguished Alumni Award in 2006.
Philippa Boyens' children are Phoebe Gittins, Calum Gittins and Isaac Miller. Phoebe and Calum's father is actor Paul Gittins, and all of Boyens' children have appeared as actors in films she wrote, including The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit.
Philippa Boyens was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the 2004 Queen's Birthday Honours for services to film. She also won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay in 2004 and received a Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Auckland in 2006.
Philippa Boyens had already read The Lord of the Rings seven times as a longtime fan of J. R. R. Tolkien's work when Peter Jackson brought her onto the writing team. She went on to co-write the screenplay with Jackson and Fran Walsh.