---
name: "Geoffrey Hinton"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/geoffrey-hinton"
fi1m_id: "geoffrey-hinton"
imdb_id: "nm8770264"
tmdb_id: 3867166
wikidata_id: "Q92894"
roles: []
born: "6 December 1947"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-12T20:13:13.291884+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Geoffrey Hinton

## Identity

Geoffrey Hinton

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/geoffrey-hinton
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** geoffrey-hinton
- **IMDb ID:** nm8770264
- **TMDB ID:** 3867166
- **Wikidata ID:** Q92894
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Hinton, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q92894, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8770264/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3867166

Actor. Born 6 December 1947 in Wimbledon, London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Born:** 6 December 1947, Wimbledon, London, England, UK
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Hinton, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q92894, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8770264/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3867166

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Musk* (2026), Fi1m 70, as Self — [page](https://film.one/film/musk.md)

## Complete filmography (2)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Chasing Utopia* (2026), Actor
- *Atlas* (2024), as Geoffrey Hinton (uncredited)

## Gallery

- ![Geoffrey Hinton, Godfather of AI, University of Toronto; Backstage of Centre Stage during day two of Collision 2024 at the Enercare Centre in Toronto, Canada.](https://film.one/media/person/3672835/gallery-ebc3e57a66e9.jpg) Geoffrey Hinton, Godfather of AI, University of Toronto; Backstage of Centre Stage during day two of Collision 2024 at the Enercare Centre in Toronto, Canada. — Vaughn Ridley/Collision via Sportsfile - Collision Conf, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Collision_2024_-_VR5_3157_%2853803195889%29.jpg/1280px-Collision_2024_-_VR5_3157_%2853803195889%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![28 June 2023; Geoffrey Hinton, Godfather of AI, University of Toronto, on Centre Stage during day two of Collision 2023 at Enercare Centre in Toronto, Canada. P](https://film.one/media/person/3672835/gallery-ec6c6e83d916.jpg) 28 June 2023; Geoffrey Hinton, Godfather of AI, University of Toronto, on Centre Stage during day two of Collision 2023 at Enercare Centre in Toronto, Canada. P — Ramsey Cardy / Collision via Sportsfile, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Geoffrey_Hinton_-_Collision_2023_-_Centre_Stage_RCZ_1307_%28cropped%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Geoffrey_Hinton_-_Collision_2023_-_Centre_Stage_RCZ_1307_%28cropped%29_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Geoffrey Hinton](https://film.one/media/person/3672835/gallery-1c04814009b7.jpg) Geoffrey Hinton — Cmichel67, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Geoffrey_Hinton_in_2026.jpg/1280px-Geoffrey_Hinton_in_2026.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![19 June 2024; Geoffrey Hinton, Godfather of AI, University of Toronto; on Centre Stage on day two of Collision 2024 at the Enercare Centre in Toronto, Canada. P](https://film.one/media/person/3672835/gallery-efa1e130e339.jpg) 19 June 2024; Geoffrey Hinton, Godfather of AI, University of Toronto; on Centre Stage on day two of Collision 2024 at the Enercare Centre in Toronto, Canada. P — Collision Conf, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Collision_2024_-_RCZ_3090_%2853803238785%29.jpg/1280px-Collision_2024_-_RCZ_3090_%2853803238785%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Geoffrey E. Hinton of Canada, 2024 Nobel Prize Laureate in Physics, at the press conference during the 2024 Nobel Prize week in Stockholm, Sweden](https://film.one/media/person/3672835/gallery-099a1b9a43a8.jpg) Geoffrey E. Hinton of Canada, 2024 Nobel Prize Laureate in Physics, at the press conference during the 2024 Nobel Prize week in Stockholm, Sweden — John Sears, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Geoffrey_E._Hinton%2C_2024_Nobel_Prize_Laureate_in_Physics_2_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Geoffrey_E._Hinton%2C_2024_Nobel_Prize_Laureate_in_Physics_2_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Geoffrey Hinton at the 2024 Nobel Prize press conference at Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences](https://film.one/media/person/3672835/gallery-9f80d60f2cca.jpg) Geoffrey Hinton at the 2024 Nobel Prize press conference at Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences — Jennifer 8. Lee, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Geoffrey_Hinton_at_2024_Nobel_Prize_Conference_2.jpg/1280px-Geoffrey_Hinton_at_2024_Nobel_Prize_Conference_2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 23 won

- Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering 2025: Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering (won)
- Nobel Prize in Physics 2024: Nobel Prize in Physics (won)
- ACM Fellow 2023: ACM Fellow (won)
- Princess of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research 2022: Princess of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research (won)
- Dickson Prize in Science 2021: Dickson Prize in Science (won)
- Honda Prize 2019: Honda Prize (won)
- Companion of the Order of Canada 2018: Companion of the Order of Canada (won)
- Lifetime Achievement Award of the Canadian Artificial Intelligence Association 2018: Lifetime Achievement Award of the Canadian Artificial Intelligence Association (won)
- Turing Award 2018: Turing Award (won)
- BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award 2016: BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award (won)
- IEEE Maxwell Award 2016: IEEE Maxwell Award (won)
- IEEE Frank Rosenblatt Award 2014: IEEE Frank Rosenblatt Award (won)
- honorary doctor of the University of Sherbrooke 2013: honorary doctor of the University of Sherbrooke (won)
- honorary doctor of the University of Sussex 2011: honorary doctor of the University of Sussex (won)
- Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal for Science and Engineering 2010: Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal for Science and Engineering (won)
- IJCAI Award for Research Excellence 2005: IJCAI Award for Research Excellence (won)
- Fellow of the Cognitive Science Society 2003: Fellow of the Cognitive Science Society (won)
- honorary doctor of the University of Edinburgh 2001: honorary doctor of the University of Edinburgh (won)
- Rumelhart Prize 2001: Rumelhart Prize (won)
- Fellow of the Royal Society 1998: Fellow of the Royal Society (won)
- IEEE Neural Networks Pioneer Award 1998: IEEE Neural Networks Pioneer Award (won)
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada 1996: Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (won)
- AAAI Fellow 1990: AAAI Fellow (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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