Geoff Murphy

Nacimiento : 1946-06-13, New Zealand

Muerte : 2018-12-03

Historia

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.

Películas

xXx2: Estado de emergencia
Second Unit Director
Augustus Gibbons es un miembro de la Agencia de Seguridad Nacional norteamericana. Tras librarse de un ataque mortal protagonizado por unos desconocidos, Gibbons sospecha que los asesinos han sido enviados por una facción secreta y radical que actúa desde dentro de la Casa Blanca. Busca entonces a un militar experto y bien entrenado que le ayude a desenmascarar al grupo radical que se esconde tras el Gobierno. Desgraciadamente, Darius Stone, el hombre más idóneo para este trabajo, está en prisión. Sin embargo, Gibbons le ayuda a fugarse y lo convence para que colabore con él como el agente XXX.
Spooked
Screenplay
Spooked is a contemporary conspiracy thriller arising from the mysterious death of Kevin Jones, who thought he was just buying second-hand computers, until he looked at the data left on the discs. Was kevin murdered or did he simply get drunk and crash his car? Investigating journalist Mort Whitman says he will find out, even if it kills him. The film is based on material from the book 'The Paradise Conspiracy' by Ian Wishart.
Spooked
Director
Spooked is a contemporary conspiracy thriller arising from the mysterious death of Kevin Jones, who thought he was just buying second-hand computers, until he looked at the data left on the discs. Was kevin murdered or did he simply get drunk and crash his car? Investigating journalist Mort Whitman says he will find out, even if it kills him. The film is based on material from the book 'The Paradise Conspiracy' by Ian Wishart.
The Land Has Eyes
Post Production Supervisor
Coming of age story about Viki a young pacific islander attempting to escape the stifling conformity of island culture. Inspired by the myth of the Warrior Woman, Viki recovers from the death of her father and fights for justice and freedom for her community.
El señor de los anillos: La comunidad del anillo
Second Unit Director
En la Tierra Media, el Señor Oscuro Saurón creó los Grandes Anillos de Poder, forjados por los herreros Elfos. Tres para los reyes Elfos, siete para los Señores Enanos, y nueve para los Hombres Mortales. Secretamente, Saurón también forjó un anillo maestro, el Anillo Único, que contiene en sí el poder para esclavizar a toda la Tierra Media. Con la ayuda de un grupo de amigos y de valientes aliados, Frodo emprende un peligroso viaje con la misión de destruir el Anillo Único. Pero el Señor Oscuro Sauron, quien creara el Anillo, envía a sus servidores para perseguir al grupo. Si Sauron lograra recuperar el Anillo, sería el final de la Tierra Media.
Race Against Time
Director
When a man faces surmounting bills for his dying son's hospital stay, he enters into an agreement to sell his body for organ transplants to pay the bills. However, when he is advised that the doctors want to claim his organs immediately, he goes on the run
Fortaleza infernal 2
Director
Siete años después de haberse fugado de la mítica Tecno-Prisión de Men Tel, John Brennick y su familia continúan huyendo de los hombres de la compañía. Finalmente, decide entregarse, sólo para ver cómo es inmediatamente encerrado en otra cárcel de máxima seguridad, situada en el espacio, a 26.000 millas de la Tierra. Pero Brennick no es un hombre que se rinda fácilmente, y con un hijo de diez años esperándole, luchará hasta el final para repetir su famosa evasión.
Un pueblo llamado Dante's Peak
Second Unit
Un vulcanólogo prevé una erupción en las cercanías de Dante's Peak. A pesar de las investigaciones, nadie da crédito a los avisos del experto hasta que ya es demasiado tarde. En medio del pánico general, el volcán entra en erupción y la huida se hace desesperada.
Un pueblo llamado Dante's Peak
Associate Producer
Un vulcanólogo prevé una erupción en las cercanías de Dante's Peak. A pesar de las investigaciones, nadie da crédito a los avisos del experto hasta que ya es demasiado tarde. En medio del pánico general, el volcán entra en erupción y la huida se hace desesperada.
Don't Look Back
Director
El adicto a la heroína de Los Ángeles, Jesse, pone en peligro las vidas de sus amigos de la infancia después de que descubre un maletín lleno de dinero de un negocio de drogas que salió mal, y regresa a casa con Texas. Con la esperanza de cambiar su vida con su nueva riqueza, Jessie aguanta la desintoxicación con el apoyo de sus amigos. Sin embargo, el líder de la pandilla detrás del negocio de las drogas, junto con sus compinches, siguen los pasos de Jesse a Texas para vengarse y recuperar su dinero.
Alerta máxima 2
Director
Travis Dane es un brillante experto en tecnología que, con ayuda de unos mercenarios, decide secuestrar el Gran Continental, el tren de pasajeros más elegante de Estados Unidos. Su objetivo es transformar uno de los vagones en un centro capaz de controlar un satélite mortal, con el que amenaza destruir la ciudad de Washington. El único pasajero que no ha sido capturado por los terroristas es Casey Ryback, un ex marine que se convierte en la última esperanza para salvar a los tres millones de personas que están en peligro.
El último forajido
Director
Después de un accidentado robo realizado por la banda liderada por Graff, surgen discrepancias entre los demás miembros y él, por lo que le abandonan a su suerte. Graff buscará vengarse de cada uno de ellos.
Sin testigos
Director
Doug y Lynn regresan a su casa desde México. Lynn atropella a un hombre con su coche. Doug busca el cuerpo en la oscuridad, descubre que está muerto y que se trata de un policía mexicano. Temiendo que si declaran el accidente, Lynn podría ir a la cárcel, huyen del lugar del accidente rumbo a Los Angeles. Al poco tiempo, Shell, un encantador desconocido, entra en su vida pidiéndoles trabajo en su tienda de decoración... (FILMAFFINITY)
Freejack (Sin identidad)
Director
Cazarrecompensas del futuro invaden el presente en busca de nuevos cuerpos para unos millonarios. Justo antes de estrellarse, el piloto de carreras Alex Furlong (Emilio Estévez) es evacuado de la cabina de su coche y transportado al futuro en el año 2009. Está muerto… y luchando por su vida. Es un prófugo ("freejack"), un extraño en el más extraño de los mundos, y Vancendak (Mick Jagger), un implacable buscador ("bonejacker), puede conseguir una recompensa inimaginable si es capaz de entregarlo.
Intrépidos forajidos
Director
Tras una guerra de ganaderos en Nuevo México, las autoridades realizan una limpieza de forajidos. A Billy El Niño no le pueden atrapar y le ofrecen una amnistía a cambio de declarar contra sus antiguos compañeros...
Cowboys of Culture
Self
Director Geoff Steven's personal perspective on the Kiwi cinema renaissance of the 1970s. It traces the development of the local film industry from the ‘she'll be right' days when filming permits were unknown, and all that was needed to get a picture up were a Bolex camera, enthusiasm and ingenuity.
Objetivo: El zar rojo
Director
Un agente de la CIA que tiene que evitar el asesinato del presidente ruso, al mismo tiempo, tendrá que atender su vida privada que se ha complicado debido al regreso de su ex amante. (FILMAFFINITY)
No te rindas jamás
Producer
Una pareja huye de un grupo asesinos que tratan de matarlos a toda costa.
No te rindas jamás
Jack
Una pareja huye de un grupo asesinos que tratan de matarlos a toda costa.
No te rindas jamás
Screenplay
Una pareja huye de un grupo asesinos que tratan de matarlos a toda costa.
No te rindas jamás
Director
Una pareja huye de un grupo asesinos que tratan de matarlos a toda costa.
Mauri
First Assistant Director
Rewi Rapana returns to the small country town of Te Mata after his family has left the district. His arrival rekindles old tensions as well as renewing family ties. He is seeking an identity and a permanent place to call home yet desperately hiding a secret from his past. Oddly enough there is one person with whom he finds peace of mind. She is an old woman known as Kara. A special relationship develops between Rewi, Kara and Kara’s great granddaughter Awatea.
Mauri
Associate Producer
Rewi Rapana returns to the small country town of Te Mata after his family has left the district. His arrival rekindles old tensions as well as renewing family ties. He is seeking an identity and a permanent place to call home yet desperately hiding a secret from his past. Oddly enough there is one person with whom he finds peace of mind. She is an old woman known as Kara. A special relationship develops between Rewi, Kara and Kara’s great granddaughter Awatea.
Mauri
Mr Semmens
Rewi Rapana returns to the small country town of Te Mata after his family has left the district. His arrival rekindles old tensions as well as renewing family ties. He is seeking an identity and a permanent place to call home yet desperately hiding a secret from his past. Oddly enough there is one person with whom he finds peace of mind. She is an old woman known as Kara. A special relationship develops between Rewi, Kara and Kara’s great granddaughter Awatea.
El enigma del jaguar gris
Screenplay
A small town woman, fresh to the city, buys a used Jaguar haunted by the ghost of a woman who was slain in it.
El único superviviente
Director
El científico Zac Hobson experimenta con una fuente de energía de extraordinario poder: un cinturón de fuerza que rodearía todo el planeta. Pero el experimento resulta mal, envía a la casi totalidad de la población a una dimensión desconocida, y el cinturón acaba sin dejar ni rastro de los seres vivos de todo el planeta. Aunque al principio Zac se desespera pensando que es el único hombre que queda vivo sobre la faz de la Tierra, pronto localiza algún superviviente más.
Making Utu
Self
Making of documentary on the set of New Zealand's first epic Utu (1983), working with little money and dealing respectfully with matters of cultural protocol. Merata Mita discusses complex issues of inter-cultural conflict.
Utu
Writer
In New Zealand in the 1860s the native Maori people fought the British colonials to keep the land guaranteed to them by treaty. The warrior Te Wheke fights for the British until betrayal leads him to seek utu (revenge). The settler Williamson in turn seeks revenge after Te Wheke attacks his homestead. Meanwhile Wiremu, an officer for the British, seems to think that resistance is futile.
Utu
Director
In New Zealand in the 1860s the native Maori people fought the British colonials to keep the land guaranteed to them by treaty. The warrior Te Wheke fights for the British until betrayal leads him to seek utu (revenge). The settler Williamson in turn seeks revenge after Te Wheke attacks his homestead. Meanwhile Wiremu, an officer for the British, seems to think that resistance is futile.
Goodbye Pork Pie
Author
Gerry hires a car in Kaitaia with a stolen licence and travels to Invercargill with John, who's wife has just left him. The ultimate NZ roadtrip adventure.
Goodbye Pork Pie
Director
Gerry hires a car in Kaitaia with a stolen licence and travels to Invercargill with John, who's wife has just left him. The ultimate NZ roadtrip adventure.
A State of Siege
Assistant Director
Malfred Signal leaves her life of stifling gentility as an art teacher in a South Island private girls' school and decides to live out her dream – painting alone in the remote North. One terrifying night, beset by a prowler, but confronting only her own image at every step, she relives her past.
Perros de presa
Special Effects
El recluso Smith (Sam Neill ) se ve envuelto en una lucha revolucionaria entre las guerrillas y los derechistas en Nueva Zelanda . Implicado en un asesinato y marcado como conspirador revolucionario , Smith trata de mantener una actitud de no violencia mientras se ve atrapado entre las facciones en guerra . Escrita por Mike Welsch
Dagg Day Afternoon
Writer
A series of sketches about Kiwi extraordinaire Fred Dagg's secret mission to find a "bionic sheep" which has been lost by the government.
Dagg Day Afternoon
Director
A series of sketches about Kiwi extraordinaire Fred Dagg's secret mission to find a "bionic sheep" which has been lost by the government.
Dagg Day Afternoon
Man in the Street
A series of sketches about Kiwi extraordinaire Fred Dagg's secret mission to find a "bionic sheep" which has been lost by the government.
Wild Man
Writer
The story of two itinerant con men, the Wild Man and the Colonel, who operate on the West Coast gold mining towns of the New Zealand South Island during the latter part of the last century.
Wild Man
Director
The story of two itinerant con men, the Wild Man and the Colonel, who operate on the West Coast gold mining towns of the New Zealand South Island during the latter part of the last century.
Wild Man
The story of two itinerant con men, the Wild Man and the Colonel, who operate on the West Coast gold mining towns of the New Zealand South Island during the latter part of the last century.
Uenuku
Director
Tells the Māori legend of Uenuku and his affair with the mist maiden Hinepūkohurangi. A story of love, betrayal, and rainbow redemption. Filmed at the Waimarama base.
Tank Busters
Director
The Italian Job meets cheap jugs and a student union gig in this early heist tale from Geoff Murphy (Goodbye Pork Pie). The plot follows some university students — short on exam fees and beer money — and their scheme to crack a campus safe.
Lord of the rings (Extended Edition)
Second Unit Director