SIMPSON, Geoffrey

(Geoff Simpson)

PERSONAL

Born in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. Education: Attended South Australian School of Art and London International Film School.

Addresses: Agent—Mirisch Agency, 1801 Century Park East, Suite 1801, Los Angeles, CA 90067.

Career: Cinematographer, camera operator, and electrician.

Member: Australian Cinematographers Society, Local 600.

Awards, Honors: Golden Tripod ACS Award, Australian Cinematographers Society, 1981, for Breaking Point; Golden Tripod Award, Australian Cinematographers Society, 1982, for Electricity; Golden Tripod Award, Australian Cinematographers Society, 1982, for Centrespread; Golden Tripod ACS Award and Milli Award, Australian Cinematographers Society, both for Playing Beattie Bow; ACS Merit Award, Australian Cinematographers Society, 1985, for Call Me Mr. Brown; Cinematographer of the Year Award, Australian Cinematographers Society, 1986, for Playing Beatie Bow; Australian Film Institute Award, best achievement in cinematography, 1988, Film Award, best cinematography, New Zealand Film and TV Awards, International Fantasy Film Award, best cinematography, Fantasporto, 1989, all for The Navigator: A Mediaeval Odyssey; Silver Tripod Award, Australian Cinematographers Society, The Shiralee; Golden Tripod ACS Award, Australian Cinematographers Society, 1988, for Riddle of Stinson; Australian Film Institute Award nomination, best achievement in cinematography, 1992, for The Last Days of Chez Nous; Bronze Frog and Golden Frog Award nomination, Camerimage, Australian Film Institute Award, best achievement in cinematography, 1996, all for Shine; Fennecus Award nomination, best cinematography—composition, Apex Award nomination, cinematography—drama, 1997, Festival Award, best cinematography, San Diego International Film Festival, Australian Film Award, best achievement in cinematography, 1998, Film Critics Circle of Australia Award, best cinematography, 1999, all for Oscar and Lucinda; Fennecus Award nomination, best cinematography—lighting, Apex Award, best cinematography—comedy, 2003, both for Under the Tuscan Sun.

CREDITS

Film Cinematographer:

It's Easy When You Know How (documentary), 1977.

Long Time Journey (documentary), 1979.

Brain Death (documentary), 1980.

Centrespread, Greg Lynch Film Distributors, 1981.

Electricity (corporate documentary), 1982.

Nicaragua: No pasaran (documentary), New Yorker Films, 1984.

The Occult Experience (documentary), Sony Video, 1985.

Paradise Camp (documentary), 1986.

Playing the Beatie Bow, Australian Video, 1986.

Call Me Mr. Brown, Home Cinema Group, 1986.

Gallagher's Travels, 1986.

Initiation (also known as Zoomstone), Goldfarb Distribution, 1987.

The Navigator: A Mediaeval Odyssey (also known as The Navigator and The Navigator: An Odyssey Across Time), Circle Films, 1988.

Celia, Trylon, 1988.

Boundaries of the Heart, 1988.

Green Card, Buena Vista, 1990.

Till There Was You, Sovereign Pictures, 1990.

Deadly, 1991.

Fried Green Tomatoes (also known as Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe), Universal, 1991.

The Last Days of Chez Nous, Fine Line, 1992.

Mr. Wonderful, Warner Bros., 1993.

Bad Boy Bubby, 1993.

The War, Universal, 1994.

Little Women, Columbia, 1994.

Shine, Fine Line, 1996.

Some Mother's Son (also known as Sons and Warriors), Columbia, 1996.

Oscar and Lucinda, 1997.

Life, MCA/Universal, 1999.

Center Stage (also known as Centre Stage), Sony Pictures Entertainment, 2000.

Glitter, Twentieth Century–Fox, 2001.

Black and White, New Vision Films, 2002.

Paradise Found, 2003.

Under the Tuscan Sun, Buena Vista, 2003.

Film Camera Operator:

(As Geoff Simpson; second unit) Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (also known as Mad Max 2 and The Road Warrior), Warner Bros., 1981.

Initiation (also known as Zoomstone), 1987.

The Last Days of Chez Nous, Fine Line, 1992.

Shine, Fine Line, 1996.

Film Work; Other:

Second assistant camera, Sunday Too Far Away, Roadshow Film Distributors, 1975.

Electrician, Picnic at Hanging Rock, Atlantic Releasing Corp., 1975.

(As Geoff Simpson) Additional photographer, The Survivor, GUO, 1981.

(As Geoff Simpson) Freedom, Satori, 1982.

Television Cinematographer; Miniseries:

The Shiralee (also known as Macauley's Daughter), Seven Network, 1988.

Television Cinematographer; Movies:

(And camera operator) The Blue Lightning, Seven Network, 1986.

The Riddle of the Stinson, 1987.

Jilted, 1987.

Edens Lost, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 1988.

Boundaries of the Heart, 1988.

Fields of Fire III, 1989.

Deadly, 1990.

Television Cinematographer; Specials:

The Breaking Point, 1980.

The Migrant Experience, 1983.

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

Lighting Dimensions, January 1, 1998.