Geoff Murphy

Actor Profile
Geoff Murphy

Geoff Murphy was born on June 13, 1946 and passed away 4 years ago at the age of 72 on December 3, 2018.

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.

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Movie Credits

Geoff Murphy has appeared in 7 movies.

These include Hurry Hurry Faster Faster, Making Utu, Never Say Die, Mauri, Wild Man, Cowboys of Culture and Dagg Day Afternoon.

Production Credits

Geoff Murphy has 38 production credits.

Writing

Credited for Writer in 4 shows - Hurry Hurry Faster Faster, Dagg Day Afternoon, Wild Man and Utu.
Credited for Author in 1 show - Goodbye Pork Pie.
Credited for Screenplay in 3 shows - Mr. Wrong, Never Say Die and Spooked.

Crew

Credited for Second Unit in 1 show - Dante's Peak.
Credited for Post Production Supervisor in 1 show - The Land Has Eyes.
Credited for Special Effects in 2 shows - The Last Outlaw and Christmas In Rockefeller Center.

Directing

Credited for First Assistant Director in 1 show - Mauri.
Credited for Assistant Director in 1 show - A State of Siege.
Credited for Second Unit Director in 2 shows - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring and xXx: State of the Union.

Production

Credited for Associate Producer in 2 shows - Mauri and Dante's Peak.
Credited for Producer in 1 show - Never Say Die.