Director
Bruce Beresford
86 years · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · 43 films
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.
Best known for
Filmography 43
The Travellers
2025 · Director, Writer
At the Coliseum Deluxe
2019 · Narrator
Ladies in Black
2018 · Director, Screenplay
On Kanopy
Flint
2017 · Director
On Philo
Mr. Church
2016 · Director
On Plex
Peace, Love & Misunderstanding
2011 · Director
On AMC+
Mao’s Last Dancer
2009 · Director
On Plex
Not Quite Hollywood
2008 · Self
On Philo
The Man Inside Dame Edna
2008 · Self
The Sounds of Aus
2007 · Self
The Contract
2006 · Director
And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself
2003 · Director
Jessica Tandy: Theatre Legend to Screen Star
2003 · Self - Director: 'Driving Miss Daisy'
Miss Daisy's Journey: From Stage to Screen
2003 · Self - Director
Evelyn
2002 · Director
On Philo
Bride of the Wind
2001 · Director
Double Jeopardy
1999 · Director
On fuboTV
Sydney: A Story of a City
1999 · Director
Paradise Road
1997 · Director, Writer
On Hoopla
Last Dance
1996 · Director
Silent Fall
1994 · Director
On Plex
Curse of the Starving Class
1994 · Screenplay
A Good Man in Africa
1994 · Director, Producer
Rich in Love
1992 · Director