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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
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the RingMovie • 2001
The Magnificent SevenSeries • 1998
xXx: State of the UnionMovie • 2005
Dante's PeakMovie • 1997
Under Siege 2: Dark TerritoryMovie • 1995
Young Guns IIMovie • 1990
FreejackMovie • 1992
The Quiet EarthMovie • 1985
Fortress 2Movie • 2000
The Last OutlawMovie • 1993
Blind SideMovie • 1993
Sleeping DogsMovie • 1978
Goodbye Pork PieMovie • 1981
UtuMovie • 1983