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.
9
8
9
The story of an old Jewish widow named Daisy Werthan and her relationship with her black chauffeur, ...
More info
9
9
0
9
9
1
In 1923 British Colonial Nigeria, Mister Johnson is an oddity -- an educated black man who doesn't r...
More info9
9
2
9
9
3
9
9
4
Having seen the double murder of his parents, autistic youth Tim Warden is sent to therapy with cont...
More info9
9
5
9
9
6
Upon taking a new job, young lawyer Rick Hayes is assigned to the clemency case of Cindy Liggett, a ...
More info9
9
7
A group of English, American, Dutch and Australian women creates a vocal orchestra while being impri...
More info9
9
8
9
9
9
Libby Parsons, wrongly convicted of her husband Nick's murder, thinks he is still alive. She survive...
More info0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
0
0
3
In 1914, the Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa invites studios to shoot his actual battles against ...
More info0
0
4
0
0
5
0
0
6
Attempting to recover from a recent family trauma by escaping into the woods for a peaceful hiking t...
More info0
0
7
0
0
8
As Australian cinema broke through to international audiences in the 1970s through respected art hou...
More info0
0
9
At the age of 11, Li was plucked from a poor Chinese village by Madame Mao's cultural delegates and ...
More info0
1
0
0
1
1
A conservative lawyer named Diane takes her two teenage children Jake and Zoe to meet their estrange...
More info0
1
2
0
1
3
0
1
4
0
1
5
0
1
6
A unique friendship develops when a little girl and her dying mother inherit a cook - Mr. Church. Wh...
More info0
1
7
0
1
8
Adapted from the bestselling novel by Madeleine St John, Ladies in Black is an alluring and tender-h...
More infoRecent movies
| # | Name | Character | Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ladies in Black (2018) | Director / Writer | 1 | |
| 2 | Flint (2017) | Director / Writer | - | - |
| 3 | Mr. Church (2016) | Director / Writer | 7.8 | |
| 4 | Peace, Love & Misunderstanding (2011) | Director / Writer | 8.5 | |
| 5 | Mao’s Last Dancer (2009) | Director / Writer | 7 | |
| 6 | Not Quite Hollywood (2008) | Self | 7 | |
| 7 | The Contract (2006) | Director / Writer | 5.3 | |
| 8 | And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself (2003) | Director / Writer | - | - |
| 9 | Evelyn (2002) | Director / Writer | 8 | |
| 10 | Double Jeopardy (1999) | Director / Writer | 6.6 | |
| 11 | Paradise Road (1997) | Director / Writer | 10 | |
| 12 | Last Dance (1996) | Director / Writer | - | - |
| 13 | Silent Fall (1994) | Director / Writer | 8 | |
| 14 | Mister Johnson (1991) | Director / Writer | 5 | |
| 15 | Driving Miss Daisy (1989) | Director / Writer | 7.4 | |
| 16 | Her Alibi (1989) | Director / Writer | 6 | |
| 17 | Aria (1987) | Director / Writer | - | - |
| 18 | Crimes of the Heart (1986) | Director / Writer | 9 | |
| 19 | King David (1985) | Director / Writer | - | - |
| 20 | Tender Mercies (1983) | Director / Writer | 7.5 | |
| 21 | Puberty Blues (1981) | Director / Writer | 6.5 | |
| 22 | Breaker Morant (1980) | Director / Writer | 5 | |
| 23 | The Club (1980) | Director / Writer | 4 | |
| 24 | The Getting of Wisdom (1977) | Director / Writer | 7 | |
| 25 | Don's Party (1976) | Director / Writer | 6 | |
| 26 | The Adventures of Barry McKenzie (1972) | Director / Writer | 6 |
