Lee Tamahori

Lee Tamahori

DirectorSecond Unit or Assistant DirectorSound Department
Born
April 22, 1950
Died
November 7, 2025

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…

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)

Camera and Electrical Department

Two Rivers Meet/Te Tutakinga O Nga Awa E Rua(1977)

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