Geoffrey Wright

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 teen, responding to news that this man has beaten her, attacks him and receives a fatal stab wound. Though performances were excellent, the film just scraped by technically, its minuscule budget always apparent. Too short to play as a feature, too dicey for TV, "Lover Boy" was just a few dollars shy of expansion to a length that could have enjoyed real theatrical possibilities. As it was, it served notice that Wright was a director to watch.