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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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82% Magnificent Seven
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33% Carrera contra el Tiempo
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Blerta Revisited
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Geoff Murphy

Geoff Murphy THE QUIET EARTH, (FROM LEFT): ALISON ROUTLEDGE, DIRECTOR GEOFF MURPHY ON-SET, 1985. ©SKOURAS PICTURES YOUNG GUNS II, Director Geoff Murphy (front), Lou Diamond Phillips, Kiefer Sutherland, Alan Ruck, Balthazar Getty, Emilio Estevez, 1990, TM and Copyright (c)20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved. FREEJACK, Mick Jagger being directed by Geoff Murphy, 1992 View more photos

Filmography

Movies

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No Score Yet No Score Yet Blerta Revisited Director - 2001
No Score Yet No Score Yet Race Against Time Director - 2000
No Score Yet 33% Carrera contra el Tiempo Director - 2000
0% 21% Fortress 2: Re-Entry Director - 1999
No Score Yet 82% Magnificent Seven Director - 1998
30% 38% Dante's Peak Associate Producer $67.2M 1997
No Score Yet 22% Don't Look Back Director - 1996
35% 38% Under Siege 2: Dark Territory Director $46.9M 1995
No Score Yet 50% The Last Outlaw Director - 1993
No Score Yet 41% Blind Side Director - 1993
25% 25% Freejack Director $15.8M 1992
31% 66% Young Guns II Director $40.4M 1990
No Score Yet No Score Yet Red King, White Knight Director - 1989
No Score Yet No Score Yet Never Say Die Director - 1988
71% 69% The Quiet Earth Director - 1985
86% 80% Utu Director - 1983
No Score Yet 83% Goodbye Pork Pie Director,
Producer 		- 1981

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33% No Score Yet The Magnificent Seven Director 1999