Geoff Murphy
✓ Source-basedstableNew Zealand filmmaker (1938-2018)
Geoffrey Peter Murphy was a New Zealand filmmaker, producer, director, and screenwriter best known for his work during the renaissance of New Zealand cinema that began in the second half of the 1970s. His second feature Goodbye Pork Pie (1981) was the first New Zealand film to win major commercial success on its soil.
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Jerry MateparaeAlso won honorary doctor of Massey UniversityJ. G. A. PocockAlso won Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit
Daniel VettoriAlso won Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit
Dhanin ChearavanontAlso won honorary doctor of Massey University
Jim BolgerAlso won honorary doctor of Massey University
Chris CairnsAlso won Officer of the New Zealand Order of MeritAbout this person
Geoffrey Peter Murphy was a New Zealand filmmaker, producer, director, and screenwriter best known for his work during the renaissance of New Zealand cinema that began in the second half of the 1970s. His second feature Goodbye Pork Pie (1981) was the first New Zealand film to win major commercial success on its soil. Murphy directed several Hollywood features during the 1990s, before returning to New Zealand as second-unit director on The Lord of the Rings film trilogy. Murphy was also a scriptwriter, special effects technician, schoolteacher and trumpet player at different times. He was married to Merata Mita, a film director, actress, writer.
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