Geoff Murphy

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1946-06-13

Deathday 2018-12-03 (72 years old)

Place of Birth Wellington, North Island, New Zealand

Also Known As Geoff Murhphy

Geoff Murphy

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

Director

2005
xXx: State of the Union

as Second Unit Director

2004
Spooked

as Director

2003
Race Against Time

as Director

2000
Fortress 2

as Director

1996
Don't Look Back

as Director

1993
The Last Outlaw

as Director

1993
Blind Side

as Director

1992
Freejack

as Director

1990
Young Guns II

as Director

1989
1988
Never Say Die

as Director

1988
Mauri

as First Assistant Director

1985
The Quiet Earth

as Director

1984
Utu

as Director

1981
Goodbye Pork Pie

as Director

1978
A State of Siege

as Assistant Director

1977
Wild Man

as Director

1977
Dagg Day Afternoon

as Director

1974
Uenuku

as Director

1970
Tank Busters

as Director

Writer

2004
Spooked

as Screenplay

1988
Never Say Die

as Screenplay

1986
Mr. Wrong

as Screenplay

1984
Utu

as Writer

1981
1977
Wild Man

as Writer

1977

Actor

1990
1988
1988
Mauri

as Mr Semmens

1987
Kaleidoscope

as Subject

1983
Making Utu

as Self

1977
Wild Man

as Printer

1977
Dagg Day Afternoon

as Man in the Street

Producer

1997
Dante's Peak

as Associate Producer

1988
Never Say Die

as Producer

1988
Mauri

as Associate Producer

1981
Goodbye Pork Pie

as Producer

Crew

2004
The Land Has Eyes

as Post Production Supervisor

1997
Dante's Peak

as Second Unit

1980
The Last Outlaw

as Special Effects

1977
Sleeping Dogs

as Special Effects