Bruce Beresford

Director | Producer | Writer

Bruce Beresford was born in Australia and graduated from Sydney University in 1962. He served as ...

Born: August 16, 1940

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Filmography

Known For

Breaker Morant Director (1980)
Driving Miss Daisy Director (1989)
The Fringe Dwellers Director (1986)
Known For

Mao's Last Dancer Director (2009)
Director

Ladies in Black (2018)
Flint (2017)
Roots (2016)
Mr. Church (2016)
Bonnie & Clyde (2013)
H.H. Dalai Lama: Essence of Mahayana Buddhism (2011)
Peace, Love & Misunderstanding (2011)
Mao's Last Dancer (2009)
Orpheus (2006)
The Contract (2006)
And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself (2003)
Evelyn (2002)
Bride of the Wind (2001)
Double Jeopardy (1999)
Sydney: A Story of a City (1999)
Paradise Road (1997)
Last Dance (1996)
Silent Fall (1994)
A Good Man in Africa (1994)
Rich in Love (1992)
Black Robe (1991)
Mister Johnson (1990)
Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
Her Alibi (1989)
Aria (1987)
Crimes of the Heart (1986)
The Fringe Dwellers (1986)
King David (1985)
Tender Mercies (1983)
Puberty Blues (1981)
The Club (1980)
Breaker Morant (1980)
Blue Fin (1978)
Money Movers (1978)
The Getting of Wisdom (1977)
Don's Party (1976)
Side by Side (1975)
Barry McKenzie Holds His Own (1974)
Monster or Miracle? Sydney Opera House (1973)
The Wreck of the Batavia (1973)
Poor Fella Me (1973)
The Adventures of Barry McKenzie (1972)
The Cinema of Raymond Fark (1970)
Arts of Village India (1970)
Extravaganza (1968)
Lichtenstein in London (1968)
Barbara Hepworth at the Tate (1968)
Film for Guitar (1966)
King-size Woman (1965)
Clement Meadmore (1963)
It Droppeth as the Gentle Rain (1963)
The Devil to Pay (1962)
Director

The Hunter (1959)
Producer

Barracuda (2017)
Surprise (2015)
Canvas (2006)
Curse of the Starving Class (1994)
A Good Man in Africa (1994)
Barry McKenzie Holds His Own (1974)
Magritte: The False Mirror (1970)
Paradigm (1970)
You're Human Like the Rest of Them (1967)
Film for Guitar (1966)
King-size Woman (1965)
Clement Meadmore (1963)
The Devil to Pay (1962)
Producer

The Hunter (1959)
Writer

Ladies in Black (2018)
Paradise Road (1997)
Curse of the Starving Class (1994)
Aria (1987)
The Fringe Dwellers (1986)
Breaker Morant (1980)
Money Movers (1978)
Side by Side (1975)
Barry McKenzie Holds His Own (1974)
Writer

The Adventures of Barry McKenzie (1972)
Actor

The Fringe Dwellers Sticky Beak in town (1986)
Puberty Blues Beach Lifeguard (1981)
Don's Party Shop Attendant (1976)
Barry McKenzie Holds His Own Foureyes Fenton (1974)
Actor

The Adventures of Barry McKenzie Man In Pub (1972)
Editor

The Cinema of Raymond Fark (1970)
Arts of Village India (1970)
Paradigm (1970)
Extravaganza (1968)
You're Human Like the Rest of Them (1967)
Film for Guitar (1966)
King-size Woman (1965)
Clement Meadmore (1963)
It Droppeth as the Gentle Rain (1963)
Editor

The Devil to Pay (1962)
Cinematographer

The Cinema of Raymond Fark (1970)
Magritte: The False Mirror (1970)
Cinematographer

Barbara Hepworth at the Tate (1968)
The Hunter (1959)
Archive footage

Barry Humphries Gives Us the Good Oil (2003)

Awards

Did You Know

Directed 6 different actors in Academy Award-nominated performances: Robert Duvall, Sissy Spacek, Tess Harper, Jessica Tandy, Morgan Freeman and Dan Aykroyd. Tandy and Duvall won for their lead performances.

Quotes

[on the Criterion Collection] They just got in touch with me and said, "We're putting out two of your films." And I said, "Which two?" And they said, "Breaker Morant (1980) and Mister Johnson (1990)." And I said, "Well, that's nice. Those are two of...