{"id":55761,"date":"2018-12-04T12:57:24","date_gmt":"2018-12-04T02:27:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/?p=55761"},"modified":"2018-12-04T12:57:24","modified_gmt":"2018-12-04T02:27:24","slug":"vale-geoff-murphy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/2018\/12\/04\/vale-geoff-murphy\/","title":{"rendered":"Vale – Geoff Murphy"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Noted New Zealand filmmaker Geoff Murphy, known for directing action staples such as Under Siege 2<\/em> and Freejack<\/em>, has passed away.<\/p>\n

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A native of Wellington, New Zealand, Kiwi director Geoff Murphy’s first major success came with the locally produced Goodbye Pork Pie<\/em>, in 1981. Murphy would go on to direct several more films in his homeland, including The Quiet Earth<\/em> (1985) and cult-classic action comedy Never Say Die<\/em> (1988), before he moved to work in America, primarily in Hollywood. His successful films in the United States include Young Guns II<\/em> (starring Emilio Estevez and Keifer Sutherland), Steven Segal’s Under Siege 2: Dark Territory<\/em>, and Fortress 2<\/em>, starring Christopher Lambert.<\/p>\n

In 1999, Murphy returned to New Zealand to work as 2nd Unit Director under Peter Jackson for a small independent project called Lord Of The Rings<\/em>. Murphy would also work on XXX: State Of The Union’s<\/em> 2nd unit team, and would helm his own project, Spooked<\/em>, in 2002.<\/p>\n

Geoff Murphy passed away on December 3rd. He was 80.<\/p>\n

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