Directing
Geoff Murphy
EN cinema · 30 credits
Born
13 June 1946
Died
3 December 2018 (aged 72)
Birthplace
Wellington, North Island, New Zealand
Also known as Geoff Murhphy
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
Filmography
xXx: State of the Union
Second Unit Director
Spooked
Director, Screenplay
The Land Has Eyes
Post Production Supervisor
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Second Unit Director
Fortress 2
Director
Race Against Time
Director
Dante's Peak
Associate Producer, Second Unit
Don't Look Back
Director
The Last Outlaw
Director
Blind Side
Director
Freejack
Director
Young Guns II
Director
Never Say Die
as Jack, Producer, Director, Screenplay
Mauri
as Mr Semmens, Associate Producer, First Assistant Director
Mr. Wrong
Screenplay
The Quiet Earth
Director
Making Utu
as Self
Utu
as Wagon Driver, Director, Writer, Producer
Goodbye Pork Pie
Director, Author, Producer
A State of Siege
Assistant Director
Sleeping Dogs
Special Effects
Wild Man
as Printer, Director, Writer
Dagg Day Afternoon
as Man in the Street, Director, Writer
Uenuku
Director
Hurry Hurry Faster Faster
Actor, Director, Writer