Director
Lee Tamahori
Lee Tamahori (1950–2025) is best known for The Devil's Double, Next and XXX: State of the Union.
Warren Lee Tamahori (; 22 April 1950 – 7 November 2025) was a New Zealand film director.
His feature directorial debut, Once Were Warriors (1994), was a widespread critical and commercial success. It is considered one of the greatest New Zealand films ever made. Subsequently, he 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).
He won the New Zealand Film Award for Best Director for Once Were Warriors, with a second nomination for Mahana, and another win for The Convert.