Geoff Murphy

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Geoff Murphy directed some significant New Zealand movies in the late 20th century.

1977 Dagg Day Afternoon (Features Kiwi icon Fred Dagg) (co-directed by John Clarke, who went on to great fame in Australia)
1977 Wildman
1981 Goodbye Pork Pie (A New Zealand road trip)
1983 Utu
1985 The Quiet Earth
1988 Never Say Die

Murphy also directed Fortress 2 (1999) in Luxembourg and Young Guns II (1990), Freejack (1992), Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995), and Absolute Zero (2000) in the United States. In addition, he helped out on Peter Jackson's epic shoot for the Lord of the Rings movies by doing some second unit directing work on The Two Towers.

Geoff was a founding member of the New Zealand musical cooperative Blerta.

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Geoff Murphy Facts

Occupation	Director
Birthday	June 13, 1946 (61)
Sign	Gemini
Birthplace	New Zealand

Selected Filmography

Young Guns II

The Quiet Earth

Under Siege 2: Dark Territory

The Last Outlaw

Freejack

Cult Fiction: The Quiet Earth

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