{{Use Australian English|date=June 2020}} {{short description|Australian cinematographer}} {{Infobox person |name = Geoffrey Simpson |birth_name = Geoffrey Randolph Allen Simpson |birth_date = |birth_place = Adelaide, South Australia, Australia |death_date = |death_place = |occupation=Cinematographer }}
'''Geoffrey Randolph Allen Simpson'''<ref>{{Cite web| title=South Australian School of Art - 20 years of Graduates | url=https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c9f14f7797f747a6d54ba45/t/63fc447c43115a3c066ff467/1677477010508/SASA+Diplomates_1958-1978_UPDATED+27-2-2023.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250518070107/https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c9f14f7797f747a6d54ba45/t/63fc447c43115a3c066ff467/1677477010508/SASA+Diplomates_1958-1978_UPDATED+27-2-2023.pdf | archive-date=2025-05-18}}</ref> is an Australian cinematographer.
==Career== Born in Adelaide, South Australia,<ref>{{Cite web | title=Simpson, Geoffrey {{!}} Encyclopedia.com | url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/simpson-geoffrey | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250120064928/https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/simpson-geoffrey | access-date=2025-08-22 | archive-date=2025-01-20}}</ref> Simpson graduated from the South Australian School of Art in 1969,<ref>{{Cite web | title=GEOFFREY SIMPSON | url=https://cinematographers.nl/PaginasDoPh/simpson.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230925110432/https://cinematographers.nl/PaginasDoPh/simpson.htm | archive-date=2023-09-25 | access-date=2025-08-22}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| title=South Australian School of Art - 20 years of Graduates | url=https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c9f14f7797f747a6d54ba45/t/63fc447c43115a3c066ff467/1677477010508/SASA+Diplomates_1958-1978_UPDATED+27-2-2023.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250518070107/https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c9f14f7797f747a6d54ba45/t/63fc447c43115a3c066ff467/1677477010508/SASA+Diplomates_1958-1978_UPDATED+27-2-2023.pdf | archive-date=2025-05-18}}</ref> and the London Film School.<ref name="LFS">{{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}}</ref>
Simpson has received critical praise for his work on films including ''Shine'',<ref>{{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 }} </ref> ''Oscar and Lucinda'' (1997)<ref>{{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 }} </ref> and ''Romulus, My Father'' (2007).<ref>{{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 }} </ref> He has won Australian Film Institute awards for Best Cinematography for ''The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey'' (1988), ''Shine'' and ''Oscar and Lucinda''.<ref>{{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 }} </ref>
==Filmography== {{div col}} *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'' {{div col end}}
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==External links== * {{Official website|https://geoffreysimpson.com.au}} * {{imdb name|0801005}}
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