Geoff Murphy
New Zealand filmmaker / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Geoffrey Peter Murphy ONZM (October 1938 – 3 December 2018) was a New Zealand movie director, producer and screenwriter. He was born in Wellington. Murphy was known for his works in Goodbye Pork Pie (1981), The Quiet Earth (1985), Young Guns II (1990), Freejack (1992) and Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995). He also was a second-unit director for The Lord of the Rings movie series.
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Murphy died on 3 December 2018 in Wellington at the age of 80.[1]