Peter Jackson

As insanely geeky as it is to admit this, I really like the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy. I'm reading the books now, in one massive volume (and am planning to read "The Hobbit" after) and have seen the movies several times. Peter Jackson, while I have yet to be a fan of his other movies, was possibly the only person who could have ever directed those movies. I'm more than okay with sitting in front of a TV for four hours to watch these movies. I guess this is really more of a praise for these three specific (soon to be four) movies, but they're by far his best. He will always be remembered for taking the books and beautifully turning them into movies. Each movie is more beautiful than the last. They were all three filmed in New Zealand, making me really want to go there, and were all filmed at the same time.
It's hard for me to even pick out specific details from the movies for examples. The costumes, make up, lighting, location, set, animation...it's all perfect. Jackson blew my mind with these movies and I'm so pumped for "The Hobbit" to come out.