Geoffrey Wright

Biography

Formerly a film critic, Australian filmmaker Geoffrey Wright made a promising debut as writer-director of the 60-minute, 16mm "Lover Boy" (1989), a picture about a 16-year-old boy who prefers the company (and passion) of a 43-year-old woman. Rejected by the woman when her former amour returns, the...
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Highlights

In 1999, Directed first US film "Cherry Falls" from screenplay by Ken Selden
In 1994, Helmed and scripted "Metal Skin" (released in USA in 1999); won 1995 Australian Film Institute Award for Best Achievement in Production Design (Steven Jones-Evans who also was production designer on "Romper Stomper")
In 1992, Wrote and directed "Romper Stomper", nominated for nine Australian Film Institute Awards (won three); shot in Super 16 to save money; second-highest grossing Aussie film of year after "Strictly Ballroom"; starred Russell Crowe, Jacqueline McKenzie and Pollack in his last film before throwing himself in front of a train

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