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Geoff Murphy

Highest Rated: 86% Utu (1983)

Lowest Rated: 0% Fortress 2: Re-Entry (1999)

Birthday: Jun 13, 1946

Birthplace: New Zealand

A leading if somewhat uneven figure among the glories of New Zealand cinema who made his mark in the 1980s, director-writer-producer Murphy became a hired gun in the first capacity in Hollywood action fare of the 90s. A former teacher and published author, he earned an early credit working on special effects for the political adventure, "Sleeping Dogs" (1977). Murphy made his screenwriting, directing and producing debut with the car chase action comedy "Goodbye Pork Pie" (1980). Although the antics of the protagonists were more crude and rowdy than genuinely witty or provocative, the film had energy, was technically playful, and scored a huge hit both in New Zealand and abroad.

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Highest-Rated Movies

86% 80% Utu
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71% 69% The Quiet Earth
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35% 38% Under Siege 2: Dark Territory
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31% 66% Young Guns II
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30% 38% Dante's Peak
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25% 25% Freejack
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0% 21% Fortress 2: Re-Entry
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33% Carrera contra el Tiempo
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Blerta Revisited
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82% Magnificent Seven
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Filmography

Movies TV Shows
Blerta Revisited 2001 Director Race Against Time 2000 Director Carrera contra el Tiempo 33% 2000 Director Fortress 2: Re-Entry 0% 21% 1999 Director Magnificent Seven 82% 1998 Director Dante's Peak 30% 38% 1997 Associate Producer Don't Look Back 22% 1996 Director Under Siege 2: Dark Territory 35% 38% 1995 Director The Last Outlaw 49% 1993 Director Blind Side 41% 1993 Director Freejack 25% 25% 1992 Director Young Guns II 31% 66% 1990 Director Red King, White Knight 1989 Director Never Say Die 1988 Director The Quiet Earth 71% 69% 1985 Director Utu 86% 80% 1983 Director Goodbye Pork Pie 83% 1981 Director, Producer
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