What was the first Peter Jackson film to receive an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture?

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring was the first Peter Jackson film to receive an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture.

The film was nominated for Best Picture at the 74th Academy Awards, held in 2002. It did not win that category, but it won four Oscars for cinematography, visual effects, film editing, and makeup.

Jackson's later trilogy conclusion, The Return of the King, won Best Picture at the 76th Academy Awards in 2004. This distinction can cause confusion because the third film achieved the trilogy's top prize, while the first film was the one that established the initial Best Picture nomination.

The Fellowship of the Ring also became the first fantasy film nominated for Best Picture since 1981's Raiders of the Lost Ark, according to contemporary awards histories. Its recognition helped shift the Academy's treatment of large-scale fantasy filmmaking.