Bruce Beresford

DirectorWriterActorProducerCrew Aug 16 (age 85) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 1963–2025 (62 year career)

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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 (…

Known For

Film

Driving Miss Daisy

Director

Film

Double Jeopardy

Director

Film

Mr. Church

Director

Film

Bonnie & Clyde

Director

Film

The Contract

Director

Film

Breaker Morant

Director

Film

Roots

Director

Film

Ladies in Black

Director

Filmography

Acting (11)

Movies (10)

At the Coliseum Deluxe

2019

as Narrator

4.0

The Man Inside Dame Edna

2008

as Self

Not Quite Hollywood

2008

as Self

6.8

The Sounds of Aus

2007

as Self

Telling Schoolgirl Tales: The Making of 'The Getting of Wisdom’

2006

as Self

Miss Daisy's Journey: From Stage to Screen

2003

as Self - Director

7.0

Jessica Tandy: Theatre Legend to Screen Star

2003

as Self - Director: 'Driving Miss Daisy'

6.0

The World's Greatest Stunts: A Tribute to Hollywood Stuntmen

1988

as Self

Don's Party

1976

as Shop Attendant

5.3

Barry McKenzie Holds His Own

1974

as Foureyes Fenton (voice) (uncredited)

5.2

Television (1)

Six Fifty-Five Special

1981

as Self

Crew (62)

Movies (60)

The Travellers

Director

The Travellers

Writer

Ladies in Black

Director

Ladies in Black

Screenplay

Barracuda

Executive Producer

Flint

Director

Mr. Church

Director

Surprise

Executive Producer

Peace, Love & Misunderstanding

Director

The Telegram Man

Creative Consultant

Mao’s Last Dancer

Director

The Contract

Director

Orpheus

Director

Canvas

2006

Co-Executive Producer

6.3

And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself

Director

Evelyn

Director

Bride of the Wind

Director

Double Jeopardy

Director

Sydney: A Story of a City

1999

Director

Paradise Road

Director

Paradise Road

Writer

Last Dance

Director

Silent Fall

Director

A Good Man in Africa

Director

A Good Man in Africa

Producer

Curse of the Starving Class

1994

Executive Producer

3.8

Curse of the Starving Class

Screenplay

Rich in Love

Director

Black Robe

Director

Mister Johnson

Director

Driving Miss Daisy

Director

Her Alibi

Director

Aria

Director

Aria

Writer

Crimes of the Heart

Director

The Fringe Dwellers

Director

The Fringe Dwellers

Screenplay

King David

Director

Tender Mercies

Director

Puberty Blues

Director

Breaker Morant

Director

Breaker Morant

Screenplay

The Club

Director

Money Movers

Director

Money Movers

Writer

The Getting of Wisdom

Director

Don's Party

Director

Side by Side

Director

Barry McKenzie Holds His Own

1974

Director

5.2

Barry McKenzie Holds His Own

1974

Producer

5.2

Barry McKenzie Holds His Own

1974

Writer

5.2

The Adventures of Barry McKenzie

1972

Director

5.1

The Adventures of Barry McKenzie

1972

Writer

5.1

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

Clear Lake

Director

The Place I Belong

Director

Television (2)

Roots

Director

Bonnie & Clyde

Director