- Geoffrey died during the shooting of Tess (1979). He had however already shot some of the scenes for Superman II (1980), which were shot at the same time as those of Superman (1978).
- The original Superman movie is dedicated "with love and respect" to his memory.
- George Lucas wanted him to handle the photography for Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) but he was unavailable, having already been hired by Richard Donner for Superman (1978).
- According to director Richard Donner, the flying scenes in the original Superman (1978) would not have been possible had it not been for Unsworth's efforts in developing a new photography process that was much more realistic and natural looking than the blue screen technique that existed at the time.
- The Great Train Robbery (1978) is dedicated to Unsworth - the final credit reads "His friends miss him.".
- Unsworth's last completed film was Superman (1978). Unsworth died suddenly on October 28, 1978, while working simultaneously on the sequel Superman (1978) and on Roman Polanski's Tess (1979). "Superman II" is dedicated to Unsworth at the beginning of the movie, while he won his second Oscar, posthumously, for "Tess".
- Surprisingly, he was not nominated for an Academy Award for his cinematography on 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), possibly because cinematographers believed that the appearance of the film was primarily the work of the director Stanley Kubrick (who received his sole Oscar for this film's special effects).
- His wife Maggie Unsworth collaborated on the screenplay of Half a Sixpence (1967), which Unsworth filmed.
- In 1976, he was awarded the the honor of OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) by the Queen.
- Member of the British Society of Cinematographers.
- Began as a camera assistant at Gaumont-British Shepherds Bush studios. Worked with Technicolor from 1937. Debut as full cinematographer with The Laughing Lady (1946).
- His partner for the last 20 or so years of his life was Maggie Unsworth, though many sources claim they were married, no record of such a marriage has been found. A record of a Margaret Edna Shipway changing her name to Unsworth by deed poll in 1961 has been found, which does indeed suggest the marriage never happened.
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