
Directing
Community Rating
5.9
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Born
June 13, 1946
Died
December 3, 2018 (age 72)
Born in
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.

xXx: State of the Union
as Second Unit Director
2005

Spooked
as Director, Screenplay
2004

The Land Has Eyes
as Post Production Supervisor
2004

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
as Second Unit Director
2001

Race Against Time
as Director
2000

Fortress 2
as Director
2000

The Magnificent Seven
as Director
1998

Dante's Peak
as Associate Producer, Second Unit
1997

Don't Look Back
as Director
1996

Under Siege 2: Dark Territory
as Director
1995

The Last Outlaw
as Director
1993

Blind Side
as Director
1993

Freejack
as Director
1992

Young Guns II
as Director
1990

Cowboys of Culture
as Self
1990

Red King, White Knight
as Director
1989

Never Say Die
as Jack, Producer, Screenplay, Director
1988

Mauri
as Mr Semmens, Associate Producer, First Assistant Director
1988
Kaleidoscope
as Subject
1987

Mr. Wrong
as Screenplay
1986