Geoffrey T. Malone (1943 - 17 February 2022) was an Australian architect who was based in Singapore and the founder of the

Singapore International Film Festival The Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF) (Chinese: 新加坡国际电影节) is the longest-running film festival in Singapore. Founded in 1987, the festival has a focus on showcasing international films and providing a global platform for ...

Early life

Malone was born in Australia in 1943.

Career

Prior to moving to Singapore, he acted in the

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films ''

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'' and ''

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''. Malone designed Crystal Court on

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, which was completed in 1983, as well as the Palisades condominium, which was completed in 1985. He designed several cinemas, including

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, the renovated

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and the renovated Republic Theatre. After visiting the 1986

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, he had the idea of establishing a film festival in Singapore. He and Mill Valley Film Festival board member L. Leland Whitney founded the

in 1987. He was also a committee member of the

Singapore Film Society Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, borde ...

Personal life and death

Malone was married and had a son and a daughter. He died on 17 February 2022 after a long illness.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Malone, Geoff 1943 births 2022 deaths Australian architects