Education
University of Auckland.
University of Auckland.
She was also co-producer in every one of Jackson"s films since King Kong, and in District 9. Prior to screenwriting, Boyens worked in theater as a playwright, teacher, producer and editors She also spent time as director of the New Zealand s Guild.
Boyens was a part-time student at the University of Auckland, graduating with a Bachelor in English and History in 1994.
Phoebe appeared as a Hobbit in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, one of George Harvey"s victims in The Lovely Bones, and a wench in the Prancing Pony in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. Calum appeared as Haleth in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers.
And Isaac appeared as a young Hobbit in a flashback of the Old Took"s party in the extended edition of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. Boyens first became a Tolkien fan as a child.
When she came on board to help the writing team on The Lord of the Rings, she had already read the book seven times.
