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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 201,063 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Geoff Murphy is the 1,284th most popular film director (down from 1,073rd in 2019), the 75th most popular biography from New Zealand (down from 60th in 2019) and the 9th most popular New Zealander Film Director.

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  • 200k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.86

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.03

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.69

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Geoff Murphy ranks 1,284 out of 1,581. Before him are Robert Surtees, Pablo Larraín, Michael Winterbottom, Guillermo Navarro, Stefan Ruzowitzky, and Hwang Dong-hyuk. After him are Jay Roach, Nunnally Johnson, Sam Taylor-Johnson, Peyton Reed, Péter Bacsó, and Leon Shamroy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Geoff Murphy ranks 450. Before him are Shivkumar Sharma, Spencer Dryden, Alfred Raoul, Eugene J. Martin, Armando Tobar, and Shuji Tsurumi. After him are Johnny Tillotson, David Owen, Porter Goss, Stephen F. Cohen, Michael Ritchie, and Aleksandar Kostov. Among people deceased in 2018, Geoff Murphy ranks 394. Before him are Aly Lotfy Mahmoud, Ray Wilkins, Randy Weston, Evy Berggren, Peter Sutherland, and Mort Walker. After him are Gary Kurtz, Bassano Staffieri, Yvonne Blake, Peter Hill-Wood, Maurane, and Geoffrey Oryema.

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In New Zealand

Among people born in New Zealand, Geoff Murphy ranks 75 out of 248. Before him are Andrew Adamson (1966), Peter Hambleton (1960), Hugh Walpole (1884), Keith Park (1892), Neroli Fairhall (1944), and John Gorton (1911). After him are Antony Starr (1975), Alexander Aitken (1895), Anand Satyanand (1944), Walter Buller (1838), Juliet Mitchell (1940), and Jack Lovelock (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 Martin Campbell (1943), Andrew Niccol (1964), Lee Tamahori (1950), Fran Walsh (1959), Rupert Julian (1879), and Andrew Adamson (1966). After him are Niki Caro (1967) and Andrew Dominik (1967).

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Filmography

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