Bruce Beresford
Director
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.
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Filmography
Not Quite Hollywood
as Self 2008
Don's Party
as Shop Attendant 1976
Barry McKenzie Holds His Own
as Foureyes Fenton (voice) (uncredited) 1974
Miss Daisy's Journey: From Stage to Screen
as Self - Director 2003
Jessica Tandy: Theatre Legend to Screen Star
as Self - Director: 'Driving Miss Daisy' 2003
At the Coliseum Deluxe
as Narrator 2019
The World's Greatest Stunts: A Tribute to Hollywood Stuntmen
as Self 1988
Telling Schoolgirl Tales: The Making of 'The Getting of Wisdom’
as Self 2006
The Sounds of Aus
as Self 2007