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Director

Geoff Murphy

Directing

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Directed credits

21

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Strong directing catalog.

TMDB popularity

1.0

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Directed movies: 20Directed series: 1All crew credits: 28

TMDB ID: 32277

IMDb ID: nm0614276

Known for: Directing

Born: June 13, 1946

Died: December 3, 2018

Age: 72

Place of birth: Wellington, North Island, New Zealand

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1965 - 2005

Years active: 41

Average TMDB rating: 6.08

Wikidata: Q1350663

Also known as

Geoff Murhphy

Frequent jobs

Director (18)Second Unit Director (2)Assistant Director (1)Associate Producer (2)Special Effects (2)Post Production Supervisor (1)Producer (1)Screenplay (1)

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.

Series

Directed Series

Series directed by Geoff Murphy.

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