Geoff Murphy
Born: 1946-06-13 in Wellington, North Island, New Zealand
Died: 2018-12-03
Known For: Directing
Biography
Geoff Murphy was a successful New Zealand filmmaker best-known for his work during the renaissance of New Zealand cinema that began in the last half of the 1970s. He directed a string of big-budget Hollywood features during the 1990s, before returning to New Zealand as second unit director on all three movies of The Lord of the Rings film trilogy. He has also worked as a scriptwriter, assistant director, special effects man, schoolteacher and trumpet player. Description above from the Wikipedia article Geoff Murphy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2005
- xXx: State of the Union ... (Second Unit Director)
2004
- Spooked ... (Screenplay)
- The Land Has Eyes ... (Post Production Supervisor)
2001
- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring ... (Second Unit Director)
2000
- Fortress 2 ... (Director)
- Race Against Time ... (Director)
1998
- The Magnificent Seven ... (Director)
1997
- Dante's Peak ... (Associate Producer)
1996
- Don't Look Back ... (Director)
1995
- Under Siege 2: Dark Territory ... (Director)
1993
- Blind Side ... (Director)
- The Last Outlaw ... (Director)
1992
- Freejack ... (Director)
1990
- Young Guns II ... (Director)
- Cowboys of Culture as Self
1989
- Red King, White Knight ... (Director)
1988
- Mauri as Mr Semmens
- Never Say Die as Jack
1987
- Kaleidoscope as Subject
1986
- Mr. Wrong ... (Screenplay)
1985
- The Quiet Earth ... (Director)
1984
- Utu ... (Director)
1983
- Making Utu as Self
1981
- Goodbye Pork Pie ... (Author)
1980
- The Last Outlaw ... (Special Effects)
1978
- A State of Siege ... (Assistant Director)
1977
- Sleeping Dogs ... (Special Effects)
- Wild Man as Printer
- Dagg Day Afternoon as Man in the Street
1974
- Uenuku ... (Director)
1970
- Tank Busters ... (Director)