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.

Directed

1. Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995) — Director
2. The Quiet Earth (1985) — Director
3. Young Guns II (1990) — Director
4. Freejack (1992) — Director
5. Fortress 2 (2000) — Director
6. The Last Outlaw (1993) — Director
7. Blind Side (1993) — Director
8. Utu (1984) — Director
9. Goodbye Pork Pie (1981) — Director
10. The Magnificent Seven (1998) — Director
11. Race Against Time (2000) — Director
12. Don't Look Back (1996) — Director
13. Red King, White Knight (1989) — Director
14. Never Say Die (1988) — Director
15. Spooked (2004) — Director
16. Wild Man (1977) — Director
17. Dagg Day Afternoon (1977) — Director
18. Tank Busters (1970) — Director
19. Hurry Hurry Faster Faster (1965) — Director
20. Uenuku (1974) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Utu (1984) — Wagon Driver
2. Never Say Die (1988) — Jack
3. Mauri (1988) — Mr Semmens
4. Wild Man (1977) — Printer
5. Dagg Day Afternoon (1977) — Man in the Street
6. Making Utu (1983) — Self
7. Cowboys of Culture (1990) — Self
8. Hurry Hurry Faster Faster (1965)
9. Kaleidoscope (1987) — Subject