Geoff Murphy
Known for directing · Born 13 June 1946 · Died 3 December 2018 · aged 72 · Wellington, North Island, New Zealand
38 credits
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
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2001
xXx: State of the Union
2005
Under Siege 2: Dark Territory
1995
The Quiet Earth
1985
Young Guns II
1990
Freejack
1992
Fortress 2
2000
The Last Outlaw
1993
Blind Side
1993
Dante's Peak
1997
Utu
1983
The Magnificent Seven
1998