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Lee Tamahori

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Warren Lee Tamahori (; 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. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lee Tamahori is the 1,205th most popular film director (down from 1,186th in 2019), the 76th most popular biography from New Zealand (down from 59th in 2019) and the 7th most popular New Zealander Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Lee Tamahori ranks 1,205 out of 2,041. Before him are Raymond Depardon, Rafael Azcona, Fernando Birri, Basil Dearden, Freddie Francis, and Nelly Kaplan. After him are Buddy Van Horn, John Grierson, Jaume Collet-Serra, Busby Berkeley, Colin Higgins, and Luciano Emmer.

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Among people born in 1950, Lee Tamahori ranks 470. Before him are Fran Lebowitz, Erich Kühnhackl, Debra Hill, Jhala Nath Khanal, Gianfranco Brancatelli, and Loyola de Palacio. After him are Luis Donaldo Colosio, Gil, Paola del Medico, Carlos Roberto Flores, Bernard Le Coq, and Zdravka Yordanova.

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In New Zealand

Among people born in New Zealand, Lee Tamahori ranks 76 out of 303. Before him are Martin Henderson (1974), Wallace Fard Muhammad (1893), Winston Reid (1988), Jacinda Ardern (1980), Hugh Walpole (1884), and Walter Buller (1838). After him are Jonah Lomu (1975), Canada at the 2020 Summer Olympics#Field hockey (null), Jenny Shipley (1952), John Gorton (1911), Keri Hulme (1947), and Andrew Adamson (1966).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In New Zealand

Among film directors born in New Zealand, Lee Tamahori ranks 7. Before him are Peter Jackson (1961), Jane Campion (1954), Martin Campbell (1943), Andrew Niccol (1964), Fran Walsh (1959), and Rupert Julian (1879). After him are Andrew Adamson (1966), Geoff Murphy (1938), Niki Caro (1967), and Andrew Dominik (1967).

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