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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 last half of the 1970s. His second feature Goodbye Pork Pie (1981) was the first New Zealand film to win major commercial success on its own 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 at different times a scriptwriter, special effects technician, schoolteacher and trumpet player. He was married to Merata Mita, also a film director, actor, writer.
Birth Name
Geoffrey Peter Murphy
Born
Wednesday, 12 October 1938
Died
Monday, 03 December 2018
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Spooked | Fred | 2005 |
Cameras in Middle-Earth | Self | 2004 |
Never Say Die | Jack | 1988 |
Mauri | Mr. Semmens / Mr Semmens | 1988 |
Utu | Wagon Driver | 1983 |
Dagg Day Afternoon | Man at car yard / Man in the Street | 1977 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Spooked | Fred | 2005 |
Cameras in Middle-Earth | Self | 2004 |
Never Say Die | Jack | 1988 |
Mauri | Mr. Semmens / Mr Semmens | 1988 |
Utu | Wagon Driver | 1983 |
Dagg Day Afternoon | Man at car yard / Man in the Street | 1977 |
Director Filmography
Title | Year |
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Spooked | 2005 |
Blerta Revisited | 2001 |
Race Against Time | 2000 |
Fortress 2: Re-Entry | 2000 |
The Magnificent Seven | 1998 |
Don't Look Back | 1996 |
Under Siege 2: Dark Territory | 1995 |
The Last Outlaw | 1993 |
Blind Side | 1993 |
Freejack | 1992 |
Young Guns II | 1990 |
Red King, White Knight | 1989 |
Never Say Die | 1988 |
The Quiet Earth | 1985 |
Utu | 1983 |
Goodbye Pork Pie | 1981 |
Dagg Day Afternoon | 1977 |
Producer Filmography
Title | Year |
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Spooked | 2005 |
Blerta Revisited | 2001 |
Dante's Peak | 1997 |
Never Say Die | 1988 |
Mauri | 1988 |
Utu | 1983 |
Goodbye Pork Pie | 1981 |