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Lee Tamahori

Director | Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | Sound Department

Beginning as a commercial artist and photographer, he joined the New Zealand film industry in the late 1970s as a boom operator. He became an assistant director a decade later. Making international award-winning commercials for 10 years, he has also directed several TV series. His first feature film, Once Were Warriors, won the PEN First Book Award. See full bio »

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2013 Emperor (pre-production)
 
2011 The Devil's Double
 
2007 Next
 
2005 xXx: State of the Union
 
2002 Die Another Day
 
2001 Along Came a Spider
 
2000 The Sopranos (TV series)
– Toodle-Fucking-Oo (2000)
 
1997 The Edge
 
1996 Mulholland Falls
 
1994 Once Were Warriors
 
1990-1992 The Ray Bradbury Theater (TV series)
– Silent Towns (1992)
– The Long Rain (1992)
– Usher II (1990)
 
1989 Thunderbox (short)
 
1986 Bridge to Nowhere (first assistant director)
 
1985 The Silent One (first assistant director)
 
1985 Came a Hot Friday (first assistant director)
 
1985 The Quiet Earth (first assistant director)
 
1984 Utu (first assistant director)
 
1984 Wild Horses (first assistant director)
 
1984 Among the Cinders (first assistant director)
 
1984 Trespasses (first assistant director)
 
1983 Nate and Hayes (first assistant director: second unit)
 
1983 Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (first assistant director)
 
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1982 Bad Blood (boom operator)
 
1982 Carry Me Back (boom operator)
 
1982 Battletruck (boom operator)
 
1981 Treasure of the Yankee Zephyr (boom operator)
 
1981 Goodbye Pork Pie (boom operator)
 
1979 Middle Age Spread (boom operator)
 
1979 Sons for the Return Home (boom operator)
 
1978 Skin Deep (boom operator)
 
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1999 Me and Will
Attendant
 
Show ShowThanks (2 titles)
2008 While She Was Out (the film makers would like to thank)
 
2003 Inside 'Die Another Day' (video documentary short) (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (16 titles)
2011 True Crime Family (video short)
Himself
 
2011 Double Down with Dominic Cooper (video short)
Himself
 
2007 Biography (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Anthony Hopkins (2007) … Himself
 
2006 Just Another Day (TV special documentary short)
Himself
 
2006 The British Touch: Bond Arrives in London (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2006 Location Scouting with Peter Lamont: Die Another Day (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2005 The Tem Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.2 (2005) … Himself
 
2004 Tell Them Who You Are (documentary)
Himself
 
2003 Inside 'Die Another Day' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2002 James Bond: A BAFTA Tribute (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2002 Happy Anniversary Mr. Bond (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2002 MTV Movie Special: Die Another Day (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
2002 Shaken and Stirred on Ice (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2002 Die Another Day: From Script to Screen (video)
Himself
 
2002 Premiere Bond: Die Another Day (TV documentary)
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2001 The Making of 'Along Came a Spider' (video documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 

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Sex should not be in the movies and should be in the home, and violence should be in the movies and not in the home. See more »

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Past jobs have included: commercial artist, photographer, boom operator, and assistant director See more »

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Progresses the film through fast-paced visuals See more »

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