Lee Tamahori Getty Images Share on Facebook Share on X Share to Flipboard Send an Email Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Print the Article Post a Comment Lee Tamahori, the New Zealand-born director whose debut feature, the bleak Maori drama Once Were Warriors, led to a major Hollywood career, has died. He was 75. Tamahori's family on Friday said he died at home after a battle with Parkinson's disease.