As the calendar ticked over, the New Year’s honours’ list further elevated the status, if not the stature, of one of our shorter filmmakers, amongst others. Peter Jackson became a Knights Companion or, more simply, Sir Peter.
By coincidence one of The Lovely Bones’ executive producers, Film 4’s Tessa Ross, also picked up a gong in the British honours’ list, becoming a Companion of the British Empire (CBE).
