Lee Tamahori
Birthplace: Wellington
Born: 1950-04-22; 1950-06-17
Died: 2025-11-07
Occupations recorded in source
actor; assistant director; boom operator; director; film director; film producer; photographer
Biography from Wikipedia
Warren Lee Tamahori (/ˌtɑːməˈhɔːri/; 22 April 1950 – 7 November 2025) was a New Zealand film director. His feature directorial debut, Once Were Warriors (1994), was a widespread critical and commercial success. It is considered one of the greatest New Zealand films ever made.
Subsequently, he directed a variety of works both in his native country and in Hollywood, including the neo-noir Mulholland Falls (1996), the survival drama The Edge (1997), the Alex Cross thriller Along Came a Spider (2001), the James Bond film Die Another Day (2002), the political biopic The Devil's Double (2011), and the period dramas Mahana (2016) and The Convert (2023).
He won the New Zealand Film Award for Best Director for Once Were Warriors, with a second nomination for Mahana, and another win for The Convert.
Sources & attribution
Wikidata · revision
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Films in Cinema Hound
Acting
Directing
- The Convert (2023)
- Mahana (2016)
- The Devil's Double (2011)
- Next (2007)
- xXx: State of the Union (2005)
- Die Another Day (2002)
- Along Came a Spider (2001)
- The Edge (1997)
- Mulholland Falls (1996)
- Once Were Warriors (1995)
Frequent collaborators
Shared films in this catalogue.
- Michael Madsen · 2 films
- Temuera Morrison · 2 films
Catalogue credits: Wikidata and Open Media Database. Sources & licences.