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Lee Tamahori

  • Director
  • 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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BornApril 22, 1950
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  • Awards
    • 11 wins & 3 nominations

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Ice Cube, Lee Tamahori, and Sunny Mabrey in xXx: State of the Union (2005)
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.
Temuera Morrison and Lee Tamahori
Ludivine Sagnier, Lee Tamahori, and Dominic Cooper at an event for The Devil's Double (2011)
Arne Schmidt and Lee Tamahori at an event for xXx: State of the Union (2005)

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
xXx: State of the Union (2005)
xXx: State of the Union
4.5
  • Director
  • 2005
Nicolas Cage, Julianne Moore, and Jessica Biel in Next (2007)
Next
6.2
  • Director
  • 2007

Credits

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Director

  • The Convert
    • Director
    • Post-production
  • The Emperor
    • Director
    • Post-production
  • Billions (2016)
    Billions
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2020
  • Temuera Morrison in Mahana (2016)
    Mahana
    • Director
    • 2016
  • Dominic Cooper in The Devil's Double (2011)
    The Devil's Double
    • Director
    • 2011
  • Nicolas Cage, Julianne Moore, and Jessica Biel in Next (2007)
    Next
    • Director
    • 2007
  • xXx: State of the Union (2005)
    xXx: State of the Union
    • Director
    • 2005
  • Pierce Brosnan and Halle Berry in Die Another Day (2002)
    Die Another Day
    • Director
    • 2002
  • Morgan Freeman and Monica Potter in Along Came a Spider (2001)
    Along Came a Spider
    • Director
    • 2001
  • 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
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2000
  • Anthony Hopkins and Alec Baldwin in The Edge (1997)
    The Edge
    • Director
    • 1997
  • Melanie Griffith, Michael Madsen, Nick Nolte, Chazz Palminteri, and Chris Penn in Mulholland Falls (1996)
    Mulholland Falls
    • Director
    • 1996
  • Once Were Warriors (1994)
    Once Were Warriors
    • Director
    • 1994
  • The Ray Bradbury Theater (1985)
    The Ray Bradbury Theater
    • Director (directed by)
    • TV Series
    • 1990–1992
  • Thunderbox (1989)
    Thunderbox
    • Director
    • Short
    • 1989

Second Unit or Assistant Director

  • Bruno Lawrence in Bridge to Nowhere (1986)
    Bridge to Nowhere
    • first assistant director
    • 1986
  • Came a Hot Friday (1985)
    Came a Hot Friday
    • first assistant director
    • 1985
  • Bruno Lawrence in The Quiet Earth (1985)
    The Quiet Earth
    • first assistant director
    • 1985
  • Omen of Evil (1984)
    Omen of Evil
    • first assistant director
    • 1984
  • The Silent One (1984)
    The Silent One
    • first assistant director
    • 1984
  • Rebecca Gibney, Derek Hardwick, and Paul O'Shea in Among the Cinders (1984)
    Among the Cinders
    • first assistant director
    • 1984
  • Tommy Lee Jones and Michael O'Keefe in Nate and Hayes (1983)
    Nate and Hayes
    • first assistant director: second unit
    • 1983
  • Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (1983)
    Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence
    • first assistant director
    • 1983
  • Utu (1983)
    Utu
    • first assistant director
    • 1983
  • Wild Horses (1983)
    Wild Horses
    • first assistant director
    • 1983

Sound Department

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

Personal details

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  • Born
    • April 22, 1950
    • Wellington, New Zealand
  • Parents
      Phillip Tamahori
  • Relatives
      Renaye Tamahori(Sibling)
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    • 2 Articles

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    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.
  • Trademark
      Progresses the film through fast-paced visuals

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