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Lee Tamahori

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  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
  • Sound Department
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Lee Tamahori at an event for The Devil's Double (2011)
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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 (1994), won the PEN First Book Award.
BornApril 22, 1950
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Morgan Freeman and Lee Tamahori in Along Came a Spider (2001)
Nick Nolte, Chazz Palminteri, and Lee Tamahori in Mulholland Falls (1996)
Nick Nolte and Lee Tamahori in Mulholland Falls (1996)
Nicolas Cage and Lee Tamahori in Next (2007)
Lee Tamahori in Next (2007)
Director Lee Tamahori on the set of Revolution Studios' new action thriller XXX: State of the Union.
(l to r) Sunny Mabrey, Ice Cube and director Lee Tamahori on the set of Revolution Studios' new action thriller XXX: State of the Union.
Director Lee Tamahori (l) and Ice Cube on the set of Revolution Studios' new action thriller XXX: State of the Union.
LEE TAMAHORI directs PIERCE BROSNAN.
Director LEE TAMAHORI sets up a shot.
Temuera Morrison and Lee Tamahori
Ludivine Sagnier, Lee Tamahori, and Dominic Cooper at an event for The Devil's Double (2011)

Known for

Once Were Warriors (1994)
Once Were Warriors
7.9
  • Director
  • 1994
Anthony Hopkins and Alec Baldwin in The Edge (1997)
The Edge
6.9
  • Director
  • 1997
Nicolas Cage, Julianne Moore, and Jessica Biel in Next (2007)
Next
6.2
  • Director
  • 2007
xXx: State of the Union (2005)
xXx: State of the Union
4.4
  • Director
  • 2005

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Director

  • The Convert
    • In Production
  • Emperor
    • Post-production
  • Billions (2016)
    Billions
  • Temuera Morrison in The Patriarch (2016)
    The Patriarch
  • Dominic Cooper in The Devil's Double (2011)
    The Devil's Double
  • Nicolas Cage, Julianne Moore, and Jessica Biel in Next (2007)
    Next
  • xXx: State of the Union (2005)
    xXx: State of the Union
  • Pierce Brosnan, Halle Berry, Rosamund Pike, Toby Stephens, and Rick Yune in Die Another Day (2002)
    Die Another Day
  • Morgan Freeman and Monica Potter in Along Came a Spider (2001)
    Along Came a Spider
  • Lorraine Bracco, James Gandolfini, Edie Falco, Steven Van Zandt, Dominic Chianese, Robert Iler, Michael Imperioli, Vincent Pastore, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, and Tony Sirico in The Sopranos (1999)
    The Sopranos
  • Anthony Hopkins and Alec Baldwin in The Edge (1997)
    The Edge
  • Melanie Griffith, Michael Madsen, Nick Nolte, Chazz Palminteri, and Chris Penn in Mulholland Falls (1996)
    Mulholland Falls
  • Once Were Warriors (1994)
    Once Were Warriors
  • The Ray Bradbury Theater (1985)
    The Ray Bradbury Theater
    • (directed by)
  • Thunderbox (1989)
    Thunderbox

Second Unit or Assistant Director

  • Bruno Lawrence in Bridge to Nowhere (1986)
    Bridge to Nowhere
  • Came a Hot Friday (1985)
    Came a Hot Friday
  • Bruno Lawrence in The Quiet Earth (1985)
    The Quiet Earth
  • Trespasses (1984)
    Trespasses
  • The Silent One (1984)
    The Silent One
  • Among the Cinders (1984)
    Among the Cinders
  • Tommy Lee Jones and Michael O'Keefe in Nate and Hayes (1983)
    Nate and Hayes
  • Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (1983)
    Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence
  • Utu (1983)
    Utu
  • Wild Horses (1983)
    Wild Horses

Sound Department

  • Carry Me Back (1982)
    Carry Me Back
  • Battletruck (1982)
    Battletruck
  • Bad Blood (1981)
    Bad Blood
  • Treasure of the Yankee Zephyr (1981)
    Treasure of the Yankee Zephyr
  • Beyond Reasonable Doubt (1980)
    Beyond Reasonable Doubt
  • Goodbye Pork Pie (1980)
    Goodbye Pork Pie
  • Middle Age Spread (1979)
    Middle Age Spread
  • Sons for the Return Home (1979)
    Sons for the Return Home
  • Skin Deep (1978)
    Skin Deep
  • The Governor (1977)
    The Governor
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"Transformation"
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"Transformation"

Personal details

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    • April 22, 1950
    • Wellington, New Zealand
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    His father is Maori, his mother is British.
  • Quotes
    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.
    • Progresses the film through fast-paced visuals

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