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Lee Tamahori

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Lee Tamahori

Jun 17, 1950 – Nov 7, 202529 titles 26 movies · 3 TV
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Biography

Warren Lee Tamahori (June 17, 1950 – November 7, 2025) was 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. He also directed the James Bond film, Die Another Day. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lee Tamahori, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Also known as

Warren Lee Tamahori

Born

Jun 17, 1950 – Nov 7, 2025

Wellington, New Zealand

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Roles across career

Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).

7

Acting credits

18

Directing

1

Writing

4

Other crew

Most critically rated

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Most commercially successful

Highest TMDB vote count (attention / reach proxy; not box office)

Career timeline

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1980 1 title(s)

1981 2 title(s)

1983 2 title(s)

1984 2 title(s)

1985 2 title(s)

1989 1 title(s)

1994 1 title(s)

1995 1 title(s)

1996 1 title(s)

1997 1 title(s)

1999 1 title(s)

2001 1 title(s)

2002 3 title(s)

2005 1 title(s)

2006 1 title(s)

2007 1 title(s)

2008 1 title(s)

2011 1 title(s)

2014 1 title(s)

2016 3 title(s)

2024 1 title(s)