# Geoffrey Simpson

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{{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](/source/Adelaide%2C_South_Australia), [South Australia](/source/South_Australia), [Australia](/source/Australia)
|death_date =
|death_place =
|occupation=[Cinematographer](/source/Cinematography)
}}

'''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](/source/cinematographer).

==Career==
Born in [Adelaide, South Australia](/source/Adelaide%2C_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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Shine_(film))'',<ref>{{Citation
  | last = Howe
  | first = Desson
  | author-link = Desson Thomson
  | title = 'Shine': One Life's Sad, Sweet Symphony
  | newspaper = [The Washington Post](/source/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](/source/Oscar_and_Lucinda_(film))'' (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](/source/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](/source/Romulus%2C_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](/source/Australian_Film_Institute) [awards](/source/Australian_Film_Institute_Awards) for Best Cinematography for ''[The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey](/source/The_Navigator%3A_A_Medieval_Odyssey)'' (1988), ''Shine'' and ''Oscar and Lucinda''.<ref>{{Cite web
 |title=Australian Film Institute Feature Awards 1976-2002 
 |publisher=[Australian Film Institute](/source/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==
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*1981: ''[Centrespread](/source/Centrespread)''
*1986: ''[Playing Beatie Bow](/source/Playing_Beatie_Bow_(film))''
*1987: ''[Jilted](/source/Jilted_(film))''
*1987: ''[Initiation](/source/Initiation_(1987_film))''
*1988: ''[Boundaries of the Heart](/source/Boundaries_of_the_Heart)''
*1988: ''[The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey](/source/The_Navigator%3A_A_Medieval_Odyssey)''
*1988: ''[Celia](/source/Celia_(1989_film))''
*1990: ''[Till There Was You](/source/Till_There_Was_You_(1990_film))''
*1990: ''[Green Card](/source/Green_Card_(film))''
*1991: ''[Fried Green Tomatoes](/source/Fried_Green_Tomatoes_(film))''
*1992: ''[The Last Days of Chez Nous](/source/The_Last_Days_of_Chez_Nous)''
*1993: ''[Mr. Wonderful](/source/Mr._Wonderful_(film))''
*1994: ''[The War](/source/The_War_(1994_film))''
*1994: ''[Little Women](/source/Little_Women_(1994_film))''
*1996: ''[Shine](/source/Shine_(film))''
*1996: ''[Some Mother's Son](/source/Some_Mother's_Son)''
*1997: ''[Oscar and Lucinda](/source/Oscar_and_Lucinda_(film))''
*1999: ''[Life](/source/Life_(1999_film))''
*2000: ''[Center Stage](/source/Center_Stage_(2000_film))''
*2001: ''[Glitter](/source/Glitter_(film))''
*2002: ''[Black and White](/source/Black_and_White_(2002_film))''
*2003: ''[Paradise Found](/source/Paradise_Found_(film))''
*2003: ''[Under the Tuscan Sun](/source/Under_the_Tuscan_Sun_(film))''
*2006: ''[Last Holiday](/source/Last_Holiday_(2006_film))''
*2007: ''[Romulus, My Father](/source/Romulus%2C_My_Father_(film))''
*2008: ''[The Tender Hook](/source/The_Tender_Hook)''
*2008: ''[Ali & the Ball](/source/Ali_%26_the_Ball)''
*2009: ''[Dear Diary](/source/Dear_Diary_(2009_film))''
*2011: ''[The Dragon Pearl](/source/The_Dragon_Pearl)''
*2011: ''[Sleeping Beauty](/source/Sleeping_Beauty_(2011_film))''
*2012: ''[The Sessions](/source/The_Sessions_(2012_film))''
*2012: ''[Satellite Boy](/source/Satellite_Boy)''
*2017: ''[Cargo](/source/Cargo_(2017_film))''
*2017: ''[Please Stand By](/source/Please_Stand_By)''
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==References==
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==External links==
* {{Official website|https://geoffreysimpson.com.au}}
* {{imdb name|0801005}}

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Category:Alumni of the London Film School
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