# Geoffrey Wright

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{{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](/source/Melbourne), Victoria, Australia
| occupation = [Film director](/source/Film_director), [screenwriter](/source/screenwriter)
| years_active = 1980–present
}}

'''Geoffrey Wright''' is an Australian film director and screenwriter. He is best known for his 1992 film ''[Romper Stomper](/source/Romper_Stomper)'', about a group of [skinhead](/source/skinhead) neo-Nazis starring [Russell Crowe](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Metal_Skin)'', starring [Ben Mendelsohn](/source/Ben_Mendelsohn), and later directed the teen horror film ''[Cherry Falls](/source/Cherry_Falls)'', starring [Brittany Murphy](/source/Brittany_Murphy). Between these two, he attempted to do a film, ''Instinct'', for [Mandalay Entertainment](/source/Mandalay_Entertainment) and [Roger Birnbaum](/source/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](/source/Variety_(magazine)) |language=en-US}}</ref> 

In 2006 he adapted Shakespeare's ''[Macbeth](/source/Macbeth_(2006_film))'' for film, starring [Sam Worthington](/source/Sam_Worthington), [Lachy Hulme](/source/Lachy_Hulme) and [Victoria Hill](/source/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](/source/The_Sydney_Morning_Herald)|access-date=26 April 2010}}</ref>

==Filmography==
===Film===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Director
! Writer
! Notes
|-
|1989
|''[Lover Boy](/source/Lover_Boy_(1989_film))''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|Short film
|-
|1992
|''[Romper Stomper](/source/Romper_Stomper)''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|
|-
|1994
|''[Metal Skin](/source/Metal_Skin)''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|
|-
|1999
|''[Cherry Falls](/source/Cherry_Falls)''
|{{yes}}
|
|
|-
|2006
|''[Macbeth](/source/Macbeth_(2006_film))''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Director
! Writer
! Notes
|-
|1996
|''[Naked: Stories of Men](/source/Naked%3A_Stories_of_Men)''
|{{yes}}
|
|Episode: "A Fallen Woman"
|-
|2018
|''[Romper Stomper](/source/Romper_Stomper_(TV_series))''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|
|-
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb name|id=0942408|name=Geoffrey Wright}}

{{Geoffrey Wright}}
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Category:1959 births
Category:Living people
Category:Australian screenwriters
Category:Film directors from Melbourne

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