Lee Tamahori
DirectorSecond Unit or Assistant DirectorSound Department
- Born
- April 22, 1950
- Died
- November 7, 2025
- Awards
- 12 wins, 16 nominations
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…
Biography
Director
 Emperor(2027) |
 The Convert(2023) |
 Billions(2016) |
 The Patriarch(2016) |
 The Devil's Double(2011) |
Writer
| The Convert(2023) |
Actor
 Me and Will(1999)as Attendant |
Second Unit or Assistant Director
 Bridge to Nowhere(1986) |
 Came a Hot Friday(1985) |
 The Quiet Earth(1985) |
 Trespasses(1984) |
 The Silent One(1984) |
Sound Department
 Carry Me Back(1982) |
 Battletruck(1982) |
 Treasure of the Yankee Zephyr(1981) |
 Bad Blood(1981) |
 Beyond Reasonable Doubt(1980) |
Camera and Electrical Department
 Two Rivers Meet/Te Tutakinga O Nga Awa E Rua(1977) |
Thanks
 The Oscars(2026) |
 Taumanu (Reclaim)(2022) |
 While She Was Out(2008) |
 Inside 'Die Another Day'(2003) |
Self
 Overdue Rentals(2021)as Self - Guest |
| Directing The Warriors(2018)as Self |
| True Crime Family(2011)as Self |
| Double Down with Dominic Cooper(2011)as Self |
 Biography(1987)as Self |
Archive Footage
 TCM Remembers 2025(2025)as Self - Director |
 Film Önü / Arkasi(2019)as Self |
 Timeshift(2002)as Self |
| Die Another Day: Inter-Action Sequences(2003)as Self |
Known for
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