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.

Known for

Hurry Hurry Faster Faster

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

18 December 2001

Dante's Peak

7 February 1997

Acting roles

Year	Movie / TV show / Other	Role
1990	Cowboys of Culture	Self
1988	Never Say Die	Jack
1988	Mauri	Mr Semmens
1987	Kaleidoscope	Subject
1983	Making Utu	Self
1977	Wild Man	Printer
1977	Dagg Day Afternoon	Man in the Street
1965	Hurry Hurry Faster Faster

Credits

Year	Movie / TV show / Other	Role
2005	xXx: State of the Union	Second Unit Director
2004	The Land Has Eyes	Post Production Supervisor
2004	Spooked	Director
2004	Spooked	Screenplay
2003	Race Against Time	Director
2001	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	Second Unit Director
2000	Fortress 2	Director
1997	Dante's Peak	Associate Producer
1997	Dante's Peak	Second Unit
1996	Don't Look Back	Director
1995	Under Siege 2: Dark Territory	Director
1993	The Last Outlaw	Director
1993	Blind Side	Director
1992	Freejack	Director
1990	Young Guns II	Director
1989	Red King, White Knight	Director
1988	Never Say Die	Producer
1988	Never Say Die	Screenplay
1988	Never Say Die	Director
1988	Mauri	Associate Producer
1988	Mauri	First Assistant Director
1986	Mr. Wrong	Screenplay
1985	The Quiet Earth	Director
1984	Utu	Director
1984	Utu	Writer
1981	Goodbye Pork Pie	Director
1981	Goodbye Pork Pie	Author
1981	Goodbye Pork Pie	Producer
1980	The Last Outlaw	Special Effects
1978	A State of Siege	Assistant Director
1977	Sleeping Dogs	Special Effects
1977	Wild Man	Writer
1977	Wild Man	Director
1977	Dagg Day Afternoon	Director
1977	Dagg Day Afternoon	Writer
1974	Uenuku	Director
1970	Tank Busters	Director
1965	Hurry Hurry Faster Faster	Director
1965	Hurry Hurry Faster Faster	Writer