Directing
Geoff Murphy
Born June 13, 1946 · Wellington, North Island, New Zealand · Died December 3, 2018
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.
Known for
8.9
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Second Unit Director
6.1
Dante's Peak
Associate Producer, Second Unit
4.5
xXx: State of the Union
Second Unit Director
5.6
Under Siege 2: Dark Territory
Director
6.7
The Quiet Earth
Director
6.5
Young Guns II
Director
5.4
Freejack
Director
4.5
Fortress 2
Director
6.0
The Last Outlaw
Director
6.4
Sleeping Dogs
Special Effects
5.5
Blind Side
Director
6.9
Utu
Wagon Driver, Director, Writer, Producer
6.8
Goodbye Pork Pie
Author, Director, Producer
7.4
The Magnificent Seven
Director
5.2
Race Against Time
Director
6.0
Don't Look Back
Director
5.7
The Land Has Eyes
Post Production Supervisor
5.3 TMDB
Mr. Wrong
Screenplay
5.4
Never Say Die
Jack, Producer, Director, Screenplay
5.7
Red King, White Knight
Director
Filmography
- 2005xXx: State of the UnionSecond Unit DirectorMovie
- 2004SpookedScreenplay, DirectorMovie
- 2004The Land Has EyesPost Production SupervisorMovie
- 2001The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the RingSecond Unit DirectorMovie
- 2000Race Against TimeDirectorMovie
- 2000Fortress 2DirectorMovie
- 1998The Magnificent SevenDirectorSeries
- 1997Dante's PeakAssociate Producer, Second UnitMovie
- 1996Don't Look BackDirectorMovie
- 1995Under Siege 2: Dark TerritoryDirectorMovie
- 1993The Last OutlawDirectorMovie
- 1993Blind SideDirectorMovie
- 1992FreejackDirectorMovie
- 1990Young Guns IIDirectorMovie
- 1990Cowboys of CultureSelfMovie
- 1989Red King, White KnightDirectorMovie
- 1988Never Say DieJack, Producer, Director, ScreenplayMovie
- 1988MauriMr Semmens, First Assistant Director, Associate ProducerMovie
- 1987KaleidoscopeSubjectMovie
- 1986Mr. WrongScreenplayMovie
- 1985The Quiet EarthDirectorMovie
- 1983Making UtuSelfMovie
- 1983UtuWagon Driver, Director, Writer, ProducerMovie
- 1981Goodbye Pork PieAuthor, Director, ProducerMovie
- 1980The Last OutlawSpecial EffectsSeries
- 1978Sleeping DogsSpecial EffectsMovie
- 1978A State of SiegeAssistant DirectorMovie
- 1977Wild ManPrinter, Writer, DirectorMovie
- 1977Dagg Day AfternoonMan in the Street, Writer, DirectorMovie
- 1974UenukuDirectorMovie
- 1970Tank BustersDirectorMovie
- 1965Hurry Hurry Faster FasterMovie