Bruce Beresford
Directing
Born 1940-08-16
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
59 credits
National Board of Review Award for Best Film 1
AACTA Award for Best Direction 1
Awards
Nominated for 2 Academy Awards
Academy Awards 2 nominated
- 1984 Best Director Nominated Tender Mercies
- 1981 Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay Nominated Breaker Morant
National Board of Review Award for Best Film 1 won
- — Best Film Won
AACTA Award for Best Direction 1 won
- 1980 Best Direction Won Breaker Morant
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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.
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Filmography
Directing
44 credits
Ladies in Black
Double Jeopardy
Roots
Driving Miss Daisy
Mr. Church
The Contract
The Travellers
Bonnie & Clyde
Her Alibi
Evelyn
Last Dance
King David
Tender Mercies
Breaker Morant
Black Robe
And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself
Paradise Road
Aria
Crimes of the Heart
Silent Fall
Peace, Love & Misunderstanding
Mao’s Last Dancer
Bride of the Wind
Flint
Mister Johnson
A Good Man in Africa
Money Movers
The Adventures of Barry McKenzie
Rich in Love
It Droppeth as the Gentle Rain
Puberty Blues
Barry McKenzie Holds His Own
The Fringe Dwellers
Side by Side
Orpheus
The Club
Clear Lake
Don's Party
The Place I Belong
Film For Guitar
Barbara Hepworth at the Tate
King-Size Woman
Sydney: A Story of a City
The Getting of Wisdom
Acting
13 credits
Not Quite Hollywood
Six Fifty-Five Special
The Man Inside Dame Edna
Barry McKenzie Holds His Own
The World's Greatest Stunts: A Tribute to Hollywood Stuntmen
The Telegram Man
Magritte: The False Mirror
Miss Daisy's Journey: From Stage to Screen
Don's Party
The Sounds of Aus
Jessica Tandy: Theatre Legend to Screen Star
At the Coliseum Deluxe
Telling Schoolgirl Tales: The Making of 'The Getting of Wisdom’
Writing
10 credits
Ladies in Black
The Travellers
Breaker Morant
Paradise Road
Aria
Money Movers
Curse of the Starving Class
The Adventures of Barry McKenzie
Barry McKenzie Holds His Own
The Fringe Dwellers
Producing
6 credits
A Good Man in Africa
Curse of the Starving Class
Barracuda
Barry McKenzie Holds His Own
Canvas
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