Geoff Murphy

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Geoff Murphy (born 13 June 1946) is a New Zealand film director, writer and assistant director.

Murphy is best known for early New Zealand films Goodbye Pork Pie, Utu, and The Quiet Earth. Although Goodbye Pork Pie has almost iconic status in New Zealand, the later two are generally rated his best. [1].

In the 1990s he moved moved to Hollywood and directed several commercially successful big budget movies, before moving back to New Zealand.

Back in New Zealand he worked for Peter Jackson's on The Lord of the Rings as second unit director before directing his own movie Spooked.

[edit] Trivia

• Murphy was a founding member of Blerta, the legendary musical and theatrical co-operative formed by Bruno Lawrence

[edit] Filmography

• 1977 Wild Man
• 1977 Dagg Day Afternoon
• 1981 Goodbye Pork Pie
• 1983 Utu
• 1985 The Quiet Earth
• 1988 Never Say Die
• 1990 Young Guns II
• 1992 Freejack
• 1993 Blind Side (HBO)
• 1995 Under Siege 2: Dark Territory
• 1996 Don't Look Back
• 1999 Fortress 2
• 2001 Blerta Revisited (documentary)
• 2004 Spooked

[edit] External links

• IMDb entry for Murphy