Lee Tamahori

Lee Tamahori
Born
Warren Lee Tamahori

(1950-06-17) 17 June 1950 (age 74)
Wellington, New Zealand
EducationTawa College
OccupationDirector
Years active1983–present

Warren Lee Tamahori (/ˌtɑːməˈhɔːri/; born 17 June 1950) is a New Zealand film director. His feature directorial debut, Once Were Warriors (1994), was a widespread critical and commercial success, and is considered one of the greatest New Zealand films ever made.[1][2] Subsequently, he has directed a variety of works both in his native country and in Hollywood, including 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 drama Mahana (2016).

Tamahori won the New Zealand Film Award for Best Director for Once Were Warriors, with a second nomination for Mahana.

  1. ^ "Kiwis pick their favourite movie". Stuff/Fairfax. 19 August 2014.
  2. ^ "Awards | Once Were Warriors | Film". NZ On Screen. Retrieved 20 December 2019.

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