Famed film director Lee Tamahori has died at the age of 75.
The Hollywood stalwart who hailed from New Zealand had been battling Parkinson’s disease, his family revealed to New Zealand’s public broadcasting company on Friday.
‘His legacy endures with his whānau, his mokopuna, every filmmaker he inspired, every boundary he broke, and every story he told with his genius eye and honest heart,’ his family told RNZ.
He was best known for directing the 2002 James Bond movie Die Another Day which starred Pierce Brosnan and Halle Berry.
The slick film saw 007 captured by North Korean agents and serve a grueling prison sentence. He’s finally released, and is convinced that someone in his own agency betrayed him.
Also in the movie were Rosamund Pike, Judi Dench and Rick Yune.
Tamahori’s feature directorial debut, 1994’s Once Were Warriors, was a widespread critical and commercial success, and is considered one of the greatest New Zealand films ever made.
Famed film director Lee Tamahori has died at the age of 75. The Hollywood stalwart who hailed from New Zealand had been battling Parkinson’s disease
He was best known for directing the 2002 James Bond movie Die Another Day which starred Pierce Brosnan and Halle Berry
