Bruce Beresford
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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Films (56)
The Travellers
2025 · Director, Writer
At the Coliseum Deluxe
2019 · Narrator
Les petites robes noires
2018 · Director, Screenplay
Flint
2017 · Director
Barracuda
2017 · Executive Producer
Un homme dévoué
2016 · Director
Surprise
2015 · Executive Producer
Peace, Love & Misunderstanding
2011 · Director
The Telegram Man
2011 · Creative Consultant
Mao's Last Dancer
2009 · Director
Not Quite Hollywood
2008 · Self
The Man Inside Dame Edna
2008 · Self
The Sounds of Aus
2007 · Self
Canvas
2006 · Co-Executive Producer
Le Contrat
2006 · Director
Telling Schoolgirl Tales: The Making of 'The Getting of Wisdom’
2006 · Self
Orpheus
2006 · Director
Pancho Villa dans son propre rôle
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
Alma, la fiancée du vent
2001 · Director
Double Jeopardy
1999 · Director
Sydney: A Story of a City
1999 · Director
Paradise Road
1997 · Director, Writer
Last Dance
1996 · Director
Silent Fall
1994 · Director
Curse of the Starving Class
1994 · Executive Producer, Screenplay
A Good Man in Africa
1994 · Director, Producer
Rich in Love
1992 · Director
Black Robe
1991 · Director
Mister Johnson
1991 · Director
Driving Miss Daisy
1989 · Director
Her Alibi
1989 · Director
The World's Greatest Stunts: A Tribute to Hollywood Stuntmen
1988 · Self
Aria
1987 · Writer, Director
Crimes of the Heart
1986 · Director
The Fringe Dwellers
1986 · Director, Screenplay
King David
1985 · Director
Tender Mercies
1983 · Director
Puberty Blues
1981 · Director
The Club
1980 · Director
Breaker Morant
1980 · Screenplay, Director
Money Movers
1978 · Writer, Director
The Getting of Wisdom
1977 · Director
Don's Party
1976 · Shop Attendant, Director
Side by Side
1975 · Director
Barry McKenzie Holds His Own
1974 · Foureyes Fenton (voice) (uncredited), Director, Writer, Producer
The Adventures of Barry McKenzie
1972 · Director, Writer
Magritte: The False Mirror
1970 · Cinematography
Barbara Hepworth at the Tate
1969 · Director
Film For Guitar
1966 · Director
King-Size Woman
1965 · Director
It Droppeth as the Gentle Rain
1963 · Director
The Place I Belong
· Director
Clear Lake
· Director
