Known For
Directing
Born
Aug 16, 1940
Place of Birth
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Credits
59 titles
Bruce Beresford
Biography
Bruce Beresford (/ˈbɛrɪsfərd/; born 16 August 1940) is an Australian film director, opera director, screenwriter, and producer. He began his career during the Australian New Wave, and has made more than 30 feature films over a 50-year career, both locally and internationally in the United States. He is a two-time Academy Award nominee and a four-time AACTA/AFI Awards winner out of 10 total nominations. Beresford's films include Breaker Morant (1980), Tender Mercies (1983), Crimes of the Heart (1986), Driving Miss Daisy (1989) – which won four Oscars including Best Picture, Black Robe (1991), Silent Fall (1994), Double Jeopardy (1999), Mao's Last Dancer (2009), and Ladies in Black (2018). He was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Adapted Screenplay for Breaker Morant and Best Director for Tender Mercies. He won AACTA/AFI Awards – Best Direction (2) for Don's Party (1976) and Breaker Morant, and Best Screenplay (2) for Breaker Morant and The Fringe Dwellers (1986). In addition, four of Beresford's films have been nominated for the Palme d'Or, and four have been nominated for the Golden Bear. He has also been nominated for two BAFTA Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and a Directors Guild of America Award, and won a Genie Award. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bruce Beresford, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
The Travellers
Director
At the Coliseum Deluxe
Narrator
Ladies in Black
Director
Flint
Director
Barracuda
Executive Producer
Mr. Church
Director
Roots
Director
Surprise
Executive Producer
Bonnie & Clyde
Director
Peace, Love & Misunderstanding
Director
The Telegram Man
Creative Consultant
Mao’s Last Dancer
Director
Not Quite Hollywood
Self
The Man Inside Dame Edna
Self
The Sounds of Aus
Self
Canvas
Co-Executive Producer
The Contract
Director
Telling Schoolgirl Tales: The Making of 'The Getting of Wisdom’
Self
Orpheus
Director
And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself
Director
Jessica Tandy: Theatre Legend to Screen Star
Self - Director: 'Driving Miss Daisy'
Miss Daisy's Journey: From Stage to Screen
Self - Director
Evelyn
Director
Bride of the Wind
Director
Double Jeopardy
Director
Sydney: A Story of a City
Director
Paradise Road
Director
Last Dance
Director
Silent Fall
Director
Curse of the Starving Class
Executive Producer
A Good Man in Africa
Director
Rich in Love
Director
Black Robe
Director
Mister Johnson
Director
Driving Miss Daisy
Director
Her Alibi
Director
The World's Greatest Stunts: A Tribute to Hollywood Stuntmen
Self
Aria
Writer
Crimes of the Heart
Director
The Fringe Dwellers
Director
King David
Director
Tender Mercies
Director
Puberty Blues
Director
Six Fifty-Five Special
Self
The Club
Director
Breaker Morant
Screenplay
Money Movers
Writer
The Getting of Wisdom
Director
Don's Party
Shop Attendant
Side by Side
Director