Bruce Beresford
DirectingBruce 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
Not Quite Hollywood
Self
Barry McKenzie Holds His Own
Foureyes Fenton (voice) (uncredited)
Don's Party
Shop Attendant
The Man Inside Dame Edna
Self
Miss Daisy's Journey: From Stage to Screen
Self - Director
The Sounds of Aus
Self
Jessica Tandy: Theatre Legend to Screen Star
Self - Director: 'Driving Miss Daisy'
At the Coliseum Deluxe
Narrator
Filmography — Acting
Not Quite Hollywood
Self
The World's Greatest Stunts: A Tribute to Hollywood Stuntmen
Self
Barry McKenzie Holds His Own
Foureyes Fenton (voice) (uncredited)
Telling Schoolgirl Tales: The Making of 'The Getting of Wisdom’
Self
Don's Party
Shop Attendant
The Man Inside Dame Edna
Self
Miss Daisy's Journey: From Stage to Screen
Self - Director
The Sounds of Aus
Self
Jessica Tandy: Theatre Legend to Screen Star
Self - Director: 'Driving Miss Daisy'
At the Coliseum Deluxe
Narrator
Filmography — Crew
Double Jeopardy
Director
Driving Miss Daisy
Director
Mr. Church
Director
The Contract
Director
Black Robe
Director
Evelyn
Director
The Travellers
Director
Aria
Writer
Paradise Road
Director
Tender Mercies
Director
Last Dance
Director
Peace, Love & Misunderstanding
Director
Mao’s Last Dancer
Director
King David
Director
Crimes of the Heart
Director
And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself
Director
Ladies in Black
Director
Flint
Director
Silent Fall
Director
Her Alibi
Director
A Good Man in Africa
Director
Breaker Morant
Screenplay
The Adventures of Barry McKenzie
Director
Mister Johnson
Director
Money Movers
Writer
The Club
Director
Curse of the Starving Class
Screenplay
Rich in Love
Director
Puberty Blues
Director
Barry McKenzie Holds His Own
Director
The Getting of Wisdom
Director
Bride of the Wind
Director
Don's Party
Director
The Fringe Dwellers
Director
Orpheus
Director
Clear Lake
Director
Barbara Hepworth at the Tate
Director
The Place I Belong
Director
Side by Side
Director
It Droppeth as the Gentle Rain
Director
Sydney: A Story of a City
Director
Film For Guitar
Director
King-Size Woman
Director