What is Geoff Murphy?
[[File:Geoff Murphy (cropped).jpg|right|200px]] '''Geoffrey Peter Murphy''' {{small|[[New Zealand Order of Merit|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 (movie)|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|''The Lord of the Rings'' movie series]]. Murphy died on 3 December 2018 in Wellington at the age of 80.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=12170762 |title=Acclaimed Kiwi film director Geoff Murphy dies |date=4 December 2018 |work=New Zealand Herald |access-date=4 December 2018}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *{{IMDb name|614276}} *[http://www.nzonscreen.com/person/geoff-murphy Geoff Murphy] at [[NZ On Screen]] *[http://www.nzfilm.co.nz/key-people/geoff-murphy Geoff Murphy] at [[New Zealand Film Commission]] {{DEFAULTSORT:Murphy, Geoff}} [[Category:1938 births]] [[Category:2018 deaths]] [[Category:New Zealand movie directors]] [[Category:New Zealand movie producers]] [[Category:New Zealand screenwriters]] [[Category:Officers of the New Zealand Order of Merit]] [[Category:Writers from Wellington]] {{bio-stub}}