Geoffrey Simpson
{{Use Australian English|date=June 2020}}
{{short description|Australian cinematographer}}
{{Infobox person
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|birth_name = Geoffrey Randolph Allen Simpson
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|birth_place = Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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|occupation=Cinematographer
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Geoffrey Randolph Allen Simpsonhttps://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c9f14f7797f747a6d54ba45/t/63fc447c43115a3c066ff467/1677477010508/SASA+Diplomates_1958-1978_UPDATED+27-2-2023.pdf is an Australian cinematographer.
Career
Born in Adelaide, South Australia,https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/simpson-geoffrey Simpson graduated from the South Australian School of Art in 1969,https://web.archive.org/web/20230925110432/https://cinematographers.nl/PaginasDoPh/simpson.htm
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c9f14f7797f747a6d54ba45/t/63fc447c43115a3c066ff467/1677477010508/SASA+Diplomates_1958-1978_UPDATED+27-2-2023.pdf and the London Film School.{{cite web |url=https://lfs.org.uk/films-filmmakers/associates-london-film-school-alfs |title=Global Names from LFS |accessdate=2020-06-04 |work=lfs.org.uk}}
Simpson has received critical praise for his work on films including Shine,{{Citation
| last = Howe
| first = Desson
| author-link = Desson Thomson
| title = 'Shine': One Life's Sad, Sweet Symphony
| newspaper = The Washington Post
| pages =
| date = 1996-12-25
| url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/review96/shinehowe.htm
| accessdate =2009-12-31
}}
Oscar and Lucinda (1997){{Citation
| last = Maslin
| first = Janet
| author-link = Janet Maslin
| title = A Bashful Fiennes And a Vivid Heiress In a Quirky Tale
| newspaper = The New York Times
| pages =
| date = 1997-12-31
| url = https://www.nytimes.com/1997/12/31/movies/film-review-a-bashful-fiennes-and-a-vivid-heiress-in-a-quirky-tale.html
| accessdate =2009-12-31
}}
and Romulus, My Father (2007).{{Citation
|last=Murray
|first=Alex
|title=Romulus, My Father
|newspaper=thescene.com.au
|url=http://www.thescene.com.au/Culture/Movies/ROMULUS-MY-FATHER/
|archive-url=https://archive.today/20070820160200/http://www.thescene.com.au/Culture/Movies/ROMULUS-MY-FATHER/
|url-status=dead
|archive-date=2007-08-20
|accessdate=2009-12-31
}}
He has won Australian Film Institute awards for Best Cinematography for The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey (1988), Shine and Oscar and Lucinda.{{Cite web
|title=Australian Film Institute Feature Awards 1976-2002
|publisher=Australian Film Institute
|url=http://www.afi.org.au/AM/ContentManagerNet/HTMLDisplay.aspx?Section=2009_Awards_PDFs&ContentID=5758
|format=PDF
|accessdate=2009-12-31
|url-status=dead
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110307090636/http://www.afi.org.au/AM/ContentManagerNet/HTMLDisplay.aspx?Section=2009_Awards_PDFs&ContentID=5758
|archivedate=2011-03-07
}}
Filmography
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- 1981: Centrespread
- 1986: Playing Beatie Bow
- 1987: Jilted
- 1987: Initiation
- 1988: Boundaries of the Heart
- 1988: The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey
- 1988: Celia
- 1990: Till There Was You
- 1990: Green Card
- 1991: Fried Green Tomatoes
- 1992: The Last Days of Chez Nous
- 1993: Mr. Wonderful
- 1994: The War
- 1994: Little Women
- 1996: Shine
- 1996: Some Mother's Son
- 1997: Oscar and Lucinda
- 1999: Life
- 2000: Center Stage
- 2001: Glitter
- 2002: Black and White
- 2003: Paradise Found
- 2003: Under the Tuscan Sun
- 2006: Last Holiday
- 2007: Romulus, My Father
- 2008: The Tender Hook
- 2008: Ali & the Ball
- 2009: Dear Diary
- 2011: The Dragon Pearl
- 2011: Sleeping Beauty
- 2012: The Sessions
- 2012: Satellite Boy
- 2017: Cargo
- 2017: Please Stand By
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References
External links
- {{Official website|https://geoffreysimpson.com.au}}
- {{imdb name|0801005}}
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Category:Australian cinematographers
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:Alumni of the London Film School
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