Geoff Murphy
New Zealand filmmaker (1938-2018) · New Zealand · On the map · Directors · Died at 80
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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Jonathan Banks Geoff directed Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995)- Bruno Lawrence Geoff directed The Quiet Earth (1986)
Emilio Estevez Geoff directed Young Guns II and Freejack
Amanda Plummer Geoff directed Freejack and Don't Look Back
Steven Seagal Geoff directed Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995)
Anthony Hopkins Geoff directed Freejack (1992)
Mick Jagger Geoff directed Freejack (1992)
Viggo Mortensen Geoff directed Young Guns II (1990)
Peter Fonda Geoff directed Don't Look Back (1996)
Rutger Hauer Geoff directed Blind Side (1993)
James Coburn Geoff directed Young Guns II (1990)
Rebecca De Mornay Geoff directed Blind Side (1993)
Cliff Curtis Geoff directed Spooked (2004)
Kurtwood Smith Geoff directed Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995)
Temuera Morrison Geoff directed Never Say Die (1988)
Morris Chestnut Geoff directed Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995)
Brenda Bakke Geoff directed Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995)
Patrick Malahide Geoff directed Fortress 2: Re-Entry (1999)
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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.
