Career
He is the husband of the actress Cate Blanchett. His original play Riflemind, with Hugo Weaving as an ageing rock star planning a comeback tour, opened at the Society for Technical Communication on 5 October 2007 to favourable reviews. Riflemind opened in London in 2008, directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman but closed after a short run due to uniformly poor notices and the pressure of the Global Financial Crisis.
Upton and Blanchett formed a film production company, Dirty Films, whose projects include the short film Bangers (1999) and the feature film Little Fish (2006).
Upton wrote, produced, and directed Bangers, which starred Blanchett. He was the associate producer on Little Fish, which also starred Blanchett.
In 2006, he wrote the film Gone which was directed by Ringan Ledwidge. Upton wrote the libretto to Alan John"s opera Through the Looking Glass which premiered in May 2008.