#53: Peter Jackson
Is there any cooler than being excited by what your parents do when you’re a kid? There is no denying that for children, parents can be really lame and sometimes even embarrassing… Sure, we can feel proud of them from time to time, but it usually doesn’t last. But if it was our dad that was making one of the best films of all time, we would have been very, very proud.

Can you imagine laughing in someone’s face at school for telling you that their dad is making a movie? We bet these people felt silly when they found out the film he was making was none other than Lord of the Rings. Instead of laughing in this kid’s face, they really should have tried becoming better friends with him…