GM
Photo of Geoff Murphy

Geoff Murphy

Director, Producer, Writer, Actor, Additional Credits
Born June 13, 1946Died December 3, 2018 (72 years)
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.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • The Quiet Earth
  • The Magnificent Seven

Known For

  • The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
  • Under Siege 2: Dark Territory
  • Young Guns II
  • The Quiet Earth
  • Freejack
  • Fortress 2: Re-Entry
  • The Last Outlaw
  • Blind Side
  • Utu
  • Goodbye Pork Pie
  • Pork Pie
  • Don't Look Back
  • Race Against Time
  • The Magnificent Seven
  • Red King, White Knight
  • Never Say Die
  • Dark of the Night

Geoff Murphy Filmography

2004
1997
Dante's Peak · as Associate Producer
1988
1988
Mauri · as Associate Producer
1983
1980

2004
Spooked · as Screenplay
1988
Never Say Die · as Screenplay
1984
Dark of the Night · as Screenplay
1983

2004
Spooked · as Fred
1988
Never Say Die · as Jack
1988
Mauri · as Mr Semmens
1983
Utu · as Wagon Driver

2004
2003
2002
Cameras in Middle-Earth · as Self - Second Unit Director
2000

2017
Pork Pie · as Based Upon The Feature Film Written By
2005
xXx: State of the Union · as Second Unit Director
2001
1988
Mauri · as First Assistant Director
1980
Goodbye Pork Pie · as Author

Take Plex everywhere

Watch free anytime, anywhere, on almost any device.
See the full list of supported devices