Biography
Warren Lee Tamahori (born 17 June 1950) is a New Zealand filmmaker. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lee Tamahori, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Complete Filmography
Emperor
2026
Director
XVI Century. Action epic about young Johanna "Of Ghent", who seeks revenge on the holy Roman Emperor Charles V for the death of her father. It happens...
The Convert
2024
Director, Screenplay
Munro, a soldier turned lay preacher, comes to New Zealand to minister to the first British colonists, but he is converted by the powerful chief Maian...
Mahana
2016
Director
1960s, East Coast of New Zealand. Two Māori sheep-shearing families, the Mahanas and the Poatas, are longstanding enemies and commercial rivals. 14-ye...
Once Were Warriors: Where Are They Now?
2014
as Self
It's been 20 years snce Once Were Warriors was made. Julian Arahanga aka 'Nig' takes us on a journey to meet the cast and see where they are now.
The Devil's Double
2011
Director
A chilling vision of the House of Saddam Hussein comes to life through the eyes of the man who was forced to become the double of Hussein's sadistic s...
While She Was Out
2008
Thanks
Della Myers, a suburban housewife, lives with her twin children and her abusive husband, Kenneth. On Christmas Eve, she drives to the local mall to bu...
Next
2007
Director
Las Vegas showroom magician Cris Johnson has a secret which torments him: he can see a few minutes into the future. Sick of the examinations he underw...
The British Touch: Bond Arrives in London
2006
Documentary short that covers the airplane sequence in the James Bond movie Die Another Day (2002) and its filming at Heathrow Airport.
xXx: State of the Union
2005
Director
Darius Stone's criminal record and extreme sports obsession make him the perfect candidate to be the newest XXX agent. He must save the U.S. governmen...
Die Another Day: From Script to Screen
2002
as Self
A documentary about Die Another Day.
Die Another Day
2002
Director
James Bond is sent to investigate the connection between a North Korean terrorist and a diamond mogul, who is funding the development of an internatio...
Shaken and Stirred on Ice
2002
as Self
A documentary about Die Another Day.
Along Came a Spider
2001
Director
After the harrowing death of his partner, forensic psychologist and best-selling author Alex Cross cannot forgive himself and has retreated to the pea...
The Edge
1997
Director
The plane carrying wealthy Charles Morse crashes down in the Alaskan wilderness. Together with the two other passengers, photographer Robert and assis...
Mulholland Falls
1996
Director
In 1950s Los Angeles, a special crime squad of the LAPD investigates the murder of a young woman.
At Sundance
1995
as Self
A group portrait of filmmakers attend the 1995 Sundance Film Festival. Featuring Matthew Harrison, Richard Linklater, Ethan Hawke, Todd Haynes, Greg A...
Once Were Warriors
1994
Director
A drama about a Maori family living in Auckland, New Zealand. Lee Tamahori tells the story of Beth Heke’s strong will to keep her family together duri...
Thunderbox
1989
Director
Expelled from school for repeating one of his father's very down-to-earth philosophies in an English lesson, Thunderbox Jnr finds himself in the workf...
The Quiet Earth
1985
First Assistant Director
After a top-secret experiment misfires, a scientist may be the only man left alive in the world.
Among the Cinders
1984
First Assistant Director
A teenage boy, Nick, has difficulty coping with the death of a friend. When Nick's grandmother also dies, his grandfather, thinking that the boy will ...
Utu
1984
First Assistant Director
In New Zealand in the 1860s the native Māori people fought the British colonials to keep the land guaranteed to them by treaty. The warrior Te Wheke f...
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
1983
First Assistant Director
Island of Java, 1942, during World War II. British Major Jack Celliers arrives at a Japanese prison camp, run by the strict Captain Yonoi. Colonel Joh...
Making Utu
1983
as Self
Making of documentary on the set of New Zealand's first epic Utu (1983), working with little money and dealing respectfully with matters of cultural p...
Race for the Yankee Zephyr
1981
Boom Operator
In a lake high in the mountains of New Zealand hunter Gibbie Gibson discovers a plane wreck from WW2. When he tells it around, a gang of crooks follow...
Wildcat: The Struggle for Democracy in the New Zealand Timberworkers' Union
1981
Additional Sound Re-Recordist
Delegates and workers discuss the issues that effect the Timberworkers’ Union, the reasons for the formation of the Combined Council of Timber Workers...
Beyond Reasonable Doubt
1980
Boom Operator
A docu-drama covering one of the most famous cases in New Zealand history, the murder of Harvey and Jeanette Crewe in 1970.