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Geoff Murphy

Geoff Murphy directed some significant New Zealand movies in the late 20th century.

• 1977 Dagg Day Afternoon (Features Kiwi icon Fred Dagg) (co-directed by John Clarke, who went on to great fame in Australia)
• 1977 Wildman
• 1981 Goodbye Pork Pie (A New Zealand road trip)
• 1983 Utu
• 1985 The Quiet Earth
• 1988 Never Say Die

He also directed Fortress 2 (1999) in Luxembourg and Young Guns II (1990), Freejack (1992), Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995), and Absolute Zero (2000) in the United States.

Geoff was a founding member of the New Zealand musical cooperative Blerta.