Geoff Murphy
Directing

Geoff Murphy

Born 13 June 1946 · Wellington, North Island, New Zealand · Died 3 December 2018

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

Under Siege 2: Dark Territory
The Quiet Earth
Young Guns II
Freejack
Fortress 2
The Last Outlaw
Blind Side
Utu
Goodbye Pork Pie
The Magnificent Seven
Race Against Time
Don't Look Back
Geoff Murphy · Midrow