Born: 1946, Australia, as Geoffrey Burton.

Career: Ph commercials dir by Ron Way, a.o. Was Head of Cinematography at the Australian Film Television and Radio School [AFTS/AFTRS] [1980-82]. Appeared in the doc 'Kodak Cinematography Master Class Series: Location Lighting with Geoff Burton' [1993; d: Ray Argall; ph: Chris Fraser; 29m]. Was co-editor of the books 'Second Take: Australian Film-Makers Talk' [1999] & 'Third Take: Australian Film-Makers Talk' [2002]. Was co-assoc prod of 'Break of Day' [1976, Ken Hannam; ph: Russell Boyd]. Also active as director.

Awards: As doph: ACS 'Milli' Award 'Australian Cinematographer of the Year' [1978] for 'Storm Boy'; AFI [Aus] Award nom [1980] for 'Stir'; AFI [Aus] Award nom [1990] for 'Flirting'; AFI [Aus] Award nom [1991] for 'Aya'; ACS [NSW State Award] Gold Award [2003] for 'After the Deluge'.

As dir/scrpl: Cleveland IFF 'Best Film' [1995; shared] for 'The Sum of Us'; Australian Writers' Guild Award nom [2002; shared] for 'A Fine Body of Gentlemen'; Australian Writers' Guild Award nom [2004] for 'The Fall of the House'.

1970        Mortimer [Theo Van Leeuwen] 16mm/c; doc/55m

1973        Lurugu [Curtis Levy] c; doc/56m

1973        Close Your Eyes and Hold Your Stomach [Curtis Levy] 16mm/c; doc/39m; cph: Don McAlpine

1973        Bellbrook [Robynne Murphy] 16mm/c; doc/17m; prod AFTS

1974        Sunday Too Far Away [Ken Hannam] c

1974        The Morning Star Painter [Curtis Levy] 16mm/c; doc/28m

1975        The Fourth Wish [Don Chaffey] c

1975        Sons of Namatjira [Curtis Levy] 16mm/c; doc/48m

1975        Malbangka Country: An Outstation Story [Curtis Levy] b&w; doc/31m

1976        Storm Boy [Henri Safran] c

1976        The Picture Show Man [John Power] c

1977        Shadow Sister [Frank Heimans] 16mm/c; doc/52m

1977        A Mill of Hooks [Sandra Richardson] c; doc/27m; cph: Matthew Flanagan

1977        A Drop of Rough Ted [David Roberts] 16mm/c; doc/?m; a 95m version was released as 'Outback' (1981)

1977        The Last Tasmanian: A Story of Genocide [Tom Haydon] 16mm/b&w-c; doc/104m

1978        Blue Fin [Carl Schultz & Bruce Beresford] c; addph: Bill Grimmond & John McLean

1978        Clem and Faye [Curtis Levy] c; doc/11m; ep series 'Our Multicultural Society'

1978        The Sound of Love [John Power] c

1978        Japan, Nearby [Frank Heimans] 16mm/c; doc/43m

1979        War Without Weapons [Curtis Levy] c; doc/27m; cph: Malcolm Richards & Dean Semler; part of series 'Aspects of

                    Australia'

1979        The Eleven Powers/The 11 Powers [Frank Heimans] 16mm/c; doc/50m; cph: David Perry

1979        The Primitive [Prince Asvin Bhanubhandu Yuagala] ?

1979        The Thompsons - Migrating to the City [Meg Stewart] 16mm/c; doc/11m; ep #9 of doc series 'Our Multicultural

                    Society' (2nd series)

1979        Stir/The Promotion of Mr. Smith [Stephen Wallace] c

1980        The Tree [Ian Stocks] c; short/?m

1980        The Girl Who Met Simone de Beauvoir in Paris [Richard Wherrett] 16mm/c; short/24m; prod AFTS

1980        Our Partner in the Southern Hemisphere [Frank Heimans] 16mm/c; doc/18m

1980        The Sri Lanka Series [Sharon Bell?] 3-part doc series: 'Four Women', 'Fishermen of Duwa' & 'Dancers Were Only Allowed

                    to Dance'

1981        Outback [David Roberts] 16mm/c; doc/95m; extended version of 'A Drop of Rough Ted' (1977); part of doc was shown as

                    ep of tv-series 'World Around Us' (1982)

1981        The Winds of Jarrah [Mark Egerton] c

1981        I, Myself [Ian Munro & Sandra Richardson] 16mm/c; 7-part doc series: 'Shane' (9m), 'Tracey and Trevor' (9m),

                    'Stephanie' (10m), 'Honie' (10m), 'The Gang' (9m), 'Sean and Joel' (10m) & 'Dean and Donna' (10m; ph: G. Burton);

                    other ph: Kerry Brown & Joe Pickering

1982        High Time [Keith Gow] unfinished feature; some footage (in c) exist

1982        Midnite Spares [Quentin Masters] c; 2uc: Bill Grimmond

1982        The Secret Discovery of Australia [Michael Caulfield & Geoff Burton] 16mm/b&w-c; doc/48m; + co-prod

1983        Lawrence of Arabia: The Master Illusionist [Geoff Burton & Michael Caulfield] c; doc/120m

1983        A Street to Die [Bill Bennett] c

1984        The Boy Who Had Everything/Winner Takes All [Stephen Wallace] c; 2uc: Tom Cowan & Steven Mason

1985        I Can't Get Started/Act Two [Rodney Fisher] 16mm/c

1985        Don't Call Me Girlie [Stewart Young & Andrew Wright] b&w-c; doc/69m; cph: Erika Addis

1986        The Time Guardian [Brian Hannant] c

1987        The Year My Voice Broke [John Duigan] c

1987        Dead Calm [Phillip Noyce] p/c; opening seq ph + 2uc; ph: Dean Semler

1988        88.9 Radio Redfern [Geoffrey Burton & Sharon Bell] 16mm/c; doc/56m; addph: Richard Bennett, David Foreman &

                    Kim Batterham

1988        Romero [John Duigan] c

1988        The Street of Dreams [Martin Sharp] c; doc/108m; cph: Russell Boyd, Tom Cowan & Michael Edols

1988        Xero [John Duigan] c

1989        Aya [Solrun Hoaas] c

1990        Flirting [John Duigan] c

1990        Garbo - Garbage Men at Work [Ron Cobb] c; 2uc: Vladimir Osherov

1991        Wide Sargasso Sea [John Duigan] c; North England ph: Gabriel Beristáin; uwph: Gary Capo

1991        The Nostradamus Kid [Bob Ellis] c

1992        Frauds [Stephan Elliott] c

1992        BeDevil [Tracey Moffatt] c

1993        Sirens [John Duigan] c; 2uc: Kathryn Milliss

1993        The Sum of Us [Kevin Dowling & Geoff Burton] c

1994        Hotel Sorrento/Sorrento Beach [Richard Franklin] c; became doph after ph Ellery Ryan turned down the film

1995        Brilliant Lies [Richard Franklin] c

1996        Paws [Karl Zwicky] c; 2uc: Steve Newman

1997        Wanted [Howard Hung-Soon Chung] c

1998        Sick Puppy [Bruce Hancock] c; short/7m

1999        Blindman's Bluff [Rachel Ward] c; short/21m

2006        Lucky Miles [Michael James Rowland] c

2008        Blessed [Ana Kokkinos] c

1967        Contrabandits [Ken Hannam, a.o.] 29-part series/film+v/b&w, 1967-68

1968        The Drover's Wife [Gian-Carlo Manara] tvm/b&w/45m/16mm; cph: Lex Alcock

1969        I'm Dealing in Emotions... [?] doc/b&w/46m/16mm; ep doc series 'Chequerboard'

1969        A Palace... A Fortress... A Tomb [Neil Munro] doc/b&w/48m/16mm; ep doc series 'Chequerboard'

1969        It's Amazing What You Can Do with a Pound of Mince [David Steven] doc/b&w/48m/16mm; cph: Bill Steller; ep doc

                    series 'Chequerboard'

1970        If You Spread Your Legs and Arms Wide... You're Going to Fall Like a Bowler Hat [Stephen Ramsay] doc/b&w/

                    44m; cph: Ken Penfold

1970        At Londonderry [Bill Steller] doc/b&w/44m/16mm; cph: Phil Murray; ep doc series 'Chequerboard'

1970        Everybody Wants a Plug... [Bill Steller] doc/b&w/57m/16mm; cph: Ron Bollman; ep doc series 'Chequerboard'

1970        My Brown Skin Baby... They Take 'im Away [Bill Steller] doc/b&w/43m/16mm; part 1 of 2-part ep of doc series

                    'Chequerboard'

1970        Who Am I... What Am I [Bill Steller] doc/b&w/44m/16mm; part 2 of 2-part ep of doc series 'Chequerboard'

1970        All My Memories Are in Newtown [Bill Steller] doc/b&w/42m/16mm; ep doc series 'Chequerboard'

1970        Knock On Every House Door [Bill Steller] doc/b&w/48m/16mm; ep doc series 'Chequerboard'

1970        You Can't Have a Child That Looks Ugly [Bill Steller] doc/b&w/45m/16mm; cph: Phil Murray; ep doc series

                    'Chequerboard'

1970        'Every Flower Has a Seed...': Don Burrows [Gian-Carlo Manara] mus doc/b&w/40m; cph: Heinz Fenke, a.o.

1970        I've Never Had Cause to Pull the Trigger [Russell Toose] doc/b&w/45m

1970        The British Empire: Echoes of Britannia's Rule [ep #9 (55m) 'Beyond the Black Stump' dir by Tom Haydon] 13-part

                    doc series (1972) for BBC-tv; cph: Ron Lowe & Peter James

197?        It's a Big Day in Any Girl's Life [David Stiven] doc/b&w/54m/16mm; cph: Bill Steller; ep doc series 'Chequerboard'

1971        A Big Hand for Everyone [Michel Pearce] doc/b&w/46m; part of series 'See It My Way'

1971        What for Marianne? [Wolfgang Storch] tvm/50m

1972        Like a Summer Storm [John Power] doc/b&w/64m; cph: Bill Constable

1973        Escape from Singapore [John Power] doc/?m

1974        Coming in Five [Dale McCrea] doc/17m

1974        Billy and Percy [John Power] tvm

1974        Russell Braddon, Epitaph to a Friendship [Tom Haydon] doc/50m; cph: Tim Seseman, Ray Henman & Tony Wilson;

                    ep series 'One Pair of Eyes'

1975        Ben Hall [Don Chaffey, Carl Schultz, a.o.] 13-part series; other ph: Peter Hendry

1975        The Last Rites [Brian Bell] tvm/65m

1975        They Don't Clap Losers [John Power] tvm

1975        Tully [James Gatward] tvm; ep 'Armchair Cinema'-series

1975        The Long Long Walkabout [Tom Haydon] doc/60m; cph: Tony Wilson

1977        Born to Run/Harness Fever [Don Chaffey] tvm; addph: Bill Grimmond

1983        Out of the Fiery Furnace [Christopher McCullough] 7-part (60m each) doc series: 'From Stone to Bronze', 'From Swords

                    to Ploughshares', 'Shining Conquests', 'The Revolution of Necessity', 'Into the Machine Age', 'From Alchemy to the Atom'

                    & 'The Age of Metals: Can It Last?'

1984        The Cowra Breakout [Chris Noonan & Phillip Noyce] 10-part series (10x ca. 50m); DVD version (270m)

1984        Winners [ep #3 (48m) 'Quest Beyond Time/Future Quest' dir by Stephen Wallace] 8-part series, 1986

1985        I Own the Racecourse [Stephen Ramsey] tvm

1985        Land of Hope [Chris Adshead & Gary Conway] 10-part series

1986        Vietnam [John Duigan & Chris Noonan] 10-part miniseries/b&w-c

1987        The Dirtwater Dynasty [Michael Jenkins & John Power] 5-part miniseries

1987        Something Is Out There [Richard Colla] 2-part pilot; cph: Laszlo George

1987        Emma: Queen of the South Seas [John Banas] 4-part miniseries

1988        Shadow of the Cobra [Mark Joffe] tvm (ca. 250m)

1989        Bangkok Hilton [Ken Cameron] 6-part miniseries

1990        The Last Crop [Sue Clayton] tvm/57m

1990        More Winners [ep (48m) 'The Journey/Touch the Sun: The Journey' dir by Jane Oehr] 6-part series

1992        Riding the Tiger [Curtis Levy] 3-part doc series: 'Freedom or Death' (55m), 'Kings and Coolies' (52m) & 'The New

                    Order' (53m)

1993        The Gadfly [Lewis Fitz-Gerald] docudrama/58m

1993        Sloth [P.J. Hogan] tvm

1993        Seven Deadly Sins [ep 'Envy' dir by Stephen Wallace] 7-part miniseries; other ph: Louis Irving

1994        Flight Over the Equator [Geoff Burton] doc special/91m for the Discovery Channel; cph: Kathryn Milliss

1994        Spellbinder [Noel Price] 26-part series; other ph: Danny Batterham & Martin McGrath

1995        Invitation to a Wedding [Curtis Levy] doc/53m; ep series 'True Stories'

1996        [Peter Benchley's] The Beast [Jeff Bleckner] 4-part miniseries

1996        Whipping Boy [Di Drew] tvm

1997        The Hostages [Catherine Millar] tvm

1997        Reprisal [Robert Marchand] tvm

1997        Without Warning [Catherine Millar] tvm

2000        The Actor and the President [Geoff Burton] doc/b&w-c/52m; cph: Leilani Hannah & Asoka Jayasekera

2002        After the Deluge [Brendan Maher] 4-part miniseries

2002        A Fine Body of Gentlemen [Geoff Burton] doc/55m; cph: Glenn Hanns; + co-scrpl

2004        Hell Has Harbour Views [Peter Duncan] tvm

2004        Bob Ellis - A Wise Old Romantic Fool [presenter: George Negus] an ABC-tv (Aus) doc/26m with footage (archive?)

                    shot by G. Burton

1973        Prudence Aged 19 [doc/b&w/50m/16mm] ph: ?

1982        The Secret Discovery of Australia [co-d; + co-prod/ph] see Films

1983        Lawrence of Arabia: The Master Illusionist [co-d; + ph] see Films

1988        88.9 Radio Redfern [co-d; + ph] see Films

199?        Songlines [feature] project based on novel by Bruce Chatwin

1993        The Sum of Us [co-d; + ph] see Films

1994        Flight Over the Equator [+ cph] see Television

1998        Aftershocks [tvm] ph: ?

1998        Bastards from the Bush [: A Journey with Bob Ellis and Les Murray] [tv-doc/55m] ph: ?

1999        Sydney: A Story of a City [co-d: Bruce Beresford; IMAX/c; short/41m] ph: Andre Fleuren

1999        Conversations with a Dead Poet [: Alan Wearne Recalls John Forbes] [tv-doc/54m; + co-scrpl] ph: ?

2000        Australians at War [other d: Steve Best, Michael Caulfield, Tim Clark & David Goldie; 8-part doc tv-series/b&w-c, 2001;

                    + co-scrpl] ph: Peter Coleman & Pieter de Vries

2000        The Actor and the President [+ cph] see Television

2002        A Fine Body of Gentlemen [+ co-scrpl/cph] see Television

2003        The Fall of the House (The Story of Eugene Goossens) [DigiBeta/c; docudrama/b&w-c/62m & 85m; + scrpl] ph:

                    Kathryn Milliss

2005        Mr. Midnight the Movie: My Haunted Holiday [feature] ph: ?

2006        Mohammad Hossain's Intensive Care [doc/52m; + scrpl] ph: Joel Peterson