FILM DIRECTOR

Geoff Murphy

1938 - 2018

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Geoffrey Peter Murphy (12 October 1938 – 3 December 2018) was a New Zealand filmmaker, producer, director, and screenwriter best known for his work during the renaissance of New Zealand cinema that began in the second half of the 1970s. His second feature Goodbye Pork Pie (1981) was the first New Zealand film to win major commercial success on its soil. Murphy directed several Hollywood features during the 1990s, before returning to New Zealand as second-unit director on The Lord of the Rings film trilogy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Geoff Murphy has received more than 213,272 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Geoff Murphy is the 1,377th most popular film director (down from 1,281st in 2019), the 79th most popular biography from New Zealand (down from 75th in 2019) and the 9th most popular New Zealander Film Director.

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  • 15

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  • 3.35

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  • 2.60

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Geoff Murphy ranks 1,377 out of 2,041. Before him are A. Edward Sutherland, Gregg Araki, Judd Apatow, Dave Filoni, Takashi Shimizu, and Vasily Goncharov. After him are Rich Moore, Sidney Olcott, Alfred E. Green, James Young, Semih Kaplanoğlu, and Chloé Zhao.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Geoff Murphy ranks 500. Before him are József Gelei, Eleanor Bron, António Calvário, Carlos Contreras, Porter Goss, and Atje Keulen-Deelstra. After him are Jorge Manicera, Hampton Fancher, Giuseppe Merisi, Galina Gorokhova, Giorgio Puia, and Bruce Alberts. Among people deceased in 2018, Geoff Murphy ranks 430. Before him are Katie Boyle, Valentina Rastvorova, Peter Sutherland, Igor Korobov, William Smith, and Wilhelm Genazino. After him are Geoffrey Oryema, Győző Forintos, Wenceslao Padilla, Steven Bochco, Gary Kurtz, and Douglas Rain.

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In New Zealand

Among people born in New Zealand, Geoff Murphy ranks 79 out of 303. Before him are John Nicholson (1941), Lawrence Makoare (1968), Te Atairangikaahu (1931), Peter Hambleton (1960), David Lange (1942), and Melanie Lynskey (1977). After him are Keri Hulme (1947), Keith Park (1892), Anand Satyanand (1944), Jemaine Clement (1974), Juliet Mitchell (1940), and Bill Pickering (1910).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In New Zealand

Among film directors born in New Zealand, Geoff Murphy ranks 9. Before him are Jane Campion (1954), Andrew Niccol (1964), Fran Walsh (1959), Rupert Julian (1879), Lee Tamahori (1950), and Andrew Adamson (1966). After him are Niki Caro (1967), and Andrew Dominik (1967).

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Filmography

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Director
Young hobbit Frodo Baggins, after inheriting a mysterious ring from his uncle Bilbo, must leave his home in order to keep it from falling into the hands of its evil creator. Along the way, a fellowship is formed to protect the ringbearer and make sure that the ring arrives at its final destination: Mt. Doom, the only place where it can be destroyed.
Dec 18o 20018.416 / 10
xXx: State of the Union
Director
Darius Stone's criminal record and extreme sports obsession make him the perfect candidate to be the newest XXX agent. He must save the U.S. government from a deadly conspiracy led by five-star general and Secretary of Defense George Deckert.
Apr 27o 20055.043 / 10
Under Siege 2: Dark Territory
Director
A passenger train has been hijacked by an electronics expert and turned into an untraceable command center for a weapons satellite. He has planned to blow up Washington DC and only one man can stop him, former Navy SEAL Casey Ryback.
Jul 13o 19955.839 / 10