From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Geoffrey Wright is an Australian film director, born in Melbourne in 1959. He gained cult success with the 1992 film Romper Stomper, which starred Russell Crowe. 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. In 2006, he adapted Shakespeare's Macbeth for film, starring Sam Worthington and Lachy Hulme. Wright was once attached to th ...