2001Winner
Best Director
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Geoff Murphy
Actor · Director · Producer · Writer
Wellington, North Island, New Zealand
June 13, 1946
Biography
Geoff Murphy was a successful New Zealand filmmaker best-known for his work during the renaissance of New Zealand cinema that began in the last half of the 1970s. He directed a string of big-budget Hollywood features during the 1990s, before returning to New Zealand as second unit director on all three movies of The Lord of the Rings film trilogy. He has also worked as a scriptwriter, assistant director, special effects man, schoolteacher and trumpet player. Description above from the Wikipedia article Geoff Murphy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1997Nominee
Best Picture
Dante's Peak
2005Nominee
Best Director
xXx: State of the Union
Career Highlights
1995Highlight
Best Director
Under Siege 2: Dark Territory
1990Highlight
Best Director
Young Guns II
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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Dante's Peak
xXx: State of the Union