Peter Jackson has received 9 Academy Award nominations in total. His first came for Best Original Screenplay for Heavenly Creatures at the 67th Academy Awards in 1995.
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring brought Jackson three nominations at the 2002 ceremony: Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay. The Two Towers added a Best Picture nomination in 2003.
Jackson’s biggest Oscar success came with The Return of the King. At the 2004 ceremony, he won Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay, giving him three more nominations. He also received a Best Picture nomination as a producer of District 9 in 2010.
A common mix-up is counting only nominations in categories where Jackson was personally named, or counting every Oscar nomination earned by his films. The nine figure counts the Academy Award categories credited to Jackson, including shared producing and writing credits.