{{Short description|Australian film director and screenwriter}} {{About|the Australian film director|other people of a similar name|Jeffrey Wright (disambiguation)}} {{Use Australian English|date=June 2020}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2025}} {{Infobox person | name = Geoffrey Wright | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1959}} | birth_place = Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | occupation = Film director, screenwriter | years_active = 1980–present }}
'''Geoffrey Wright''' is an Australian film director and screenwriter. He is best known for his 1992 film ''Romper Stomper'', about a group of skinhead neo-Nazis starring Russell Crowe featuring scenes of graphic violence.<ref>{{cite news|title= Review/Film; Of Skinheads High on Hate And Violence|work=The New York Times|date=9 June 1993|url= https://www.nytimes.com/1993/06/09/movies/review-film-of-skinheads-high-on-hate-and-violence.html?scp=2&sq=romper%20stomper&st=cse|accessdate=8 November 2010|first=Stephen|last=Holden| url-access =subscription }}</ref>
In 1994 he directed the gritty suburban thriller film ''Metal Skin'', starring Ben Mendelsohn, and later directed the teen horror film ''Cherry Falls'', starring Brittany Murphy. Between these two, he attempted to do a film, ''Instinct'', for Mandalay Entertainment and Roger Birnbaum, but it was cancelled before casting and filming ever started.<ref>{{cite web |last=Cox |first=Dan |date=1997-09-18 |title=Glickman new prexy at Caravan |url=https://variety.com/1997/film/news/glickman-new-prexy-at-caravan-1116674347/ |access-date=2024-08-16 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref>
In 2006 he adapted Shakespeare's ''Macbeth'' for film, starring Sam Worthington, Lachy Hulme and Victoria Hill who also co-wrote and produced the film.<ref name=SMH>{{cite news|archivedate=June 17, 2020|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200617181117/https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/movies/macbeth-20060923-gdoflk.html|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/film-reviews/macbeth/2006/09/20/1158431777972.html|title=Macbeth|first=Paul|last=Byrnes|date=23 September 2006|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|access-date=26 April 2010}}</ref>
==Filmography== ===Film=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Director ! Writer ! Notes |- |1989 |''Lover Boy'' |{{yes}} |{{yes}} |Short film |- |1992 |''Romper Stomper'' |{{yes}} |{{yes}} | |- |1994 |''Metal Skin'' |{{yes}} |{{yes}} | |- |1999 |''Cherry Falls'' |{{yes}} | | |- |2006 |''Macbeth'' |{{yes}} |{{yes}} | |}
===Television=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Director ! Writer ! Notes |- |1996 |''Naked: Stories of Men'' |{{yes}} | |Episode: "A Fallen Woman" |- |2018 |''Romper Stomper'' |{{yes}} |{{yes}} | |- |}
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==External links== *{{IMDb name|id=0942408|name=Geoffrey Wright}}
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