Bruce Beresford

Known for DirectingBorn 1940-08-16 (age 85)Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Sydney: A Story of a City

The Telegram Man

Mr. Church

Bonnie & Clyde

Driving Miss Daisy

Roots

Miss Daisy's Journey: From Stage to Screen

Flint

Breaker Morant

Ladies in Black

Not Quite Hollywood

And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself

Magritte: The False Mirror

Mao’s Last Dancer

Tender Mercies

Double Jeopardy

Evelyn

Side by Side

Black Robe

Barracuda

Canvas

Rich in Love

Paradise Road

The Fringe Dwellers

Mister Johnson

Jessica Tandy: Theatre Legend to Screen Star

Crimes of the Heart

Peace, Love & Misunderstanding

Money Movers

The Contract

The Travellers

The Club

Last Dance

King David

Her Alibi

Don's Party

Aria

Silent Fall

The Getting of Wisdom

Barry McKenzie Holds His Own

Puberty Blues

The Adventures of Barry McKenzie

A Good Man in Africa

Curse of the Starving Class

Bride of the Wind

At the Coliseum Deluxe

Surprise

The Man Inside Dame Edna