Directing
Geoff Murphy
Jun 13, 1946 (died Dec 3, 2018, aged 72) Wellington, North Island, New Zealand
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.
Known for
8.4
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Second Unit Director
6.3
Dante's Peak
Associate Producer, Second Unit
5.1
xXx: State of the Union
Second Unit Director
5.9
Under Siege 2: Dark Territory
Director
6.5
Young Guns II
Director
6.7
The Quiet Earth
Director
5.1
Fortress 2
Director
5.5
Freejack
Director
6.6
The Magnificent Seven
Director
5.5
The Last Outlaw
Director
5.4
Blind Side
Director
5.8
Sleeping Dogs
Special Effects
7.0
Utu
Director, Writer, Producer
6.7
Goodbye Pork Pie
Director, Author, Producer
5.2
Don't Look Back
Director
Filmography
5.1
xXx: State of the Union
2005 · Second Unit Director
5.8
The Land Has Eyes
2004 · Post Production Supervisor
8.0
Spooked
2004 · Director, Screenplay
8.4
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2001 · Second Unit Director
5.1
Fortress 2
2000 · Director
5.2
Race Against Time
2000 · Director
6.6
The Magnificent Seven
1998 · Director
6.3
Dante's Peak
1997 · Associate Producer, Second Unit
5.2
Don't Look Back
1996 · Director
5.9
Under Siege 2: Dark Territory
1995 · Director
5.5
The Last Outlaw
1993 · Director
5.4
Blind Side
1993 · Director
5.5
Freejack
1992 · Director
Cowboys of Culture
1990 · Self
6.5
Young Guns II
1990 · Director
6.4
Red King, White Knight
1989 · Director
4.7
Never Say Die
1988 · Jack
6.6
Mauri
1988 · Mr Semmens
5.3
Mr. Wrong
1986 · Screenplay
6.7
The Quiet Earth
1985 · Director
7.0
Utu
1983 · Wagon Driver
Making Utu
1983 · Self
6.7
Goodbye Pork Pie
1981 · Director, Author, Producer
7.0
The Last Outlaw
1980 · Special Effects
5.8
Sleeping Dogs
1978 · Special Effects
7.5
A State of Siege
1978 · Assistant Director
10.0
Dagg Day Afternoon
1977 · Man in the Street
10.0
Wild Man
1977 · Printer
Uenuku
1974 · Director
6.0
Hurry Hurry Faster Faster
1965 · Director, Writer