Bruce Beresford

For the American television producer, see Bruce Beresford-Redman.

Bruce Beresford
Beresford in 2016
Born (1940-08-16) 16 August 1940 (age 84)
Paddington, New South Wales, Australia
Alma materUniversity of Sydney (BA)
Occupations
  • Film director
  • screenwriter
  • producer
Years active1970–present
SpouseVirginia Duigan

Bruce Beresford (/ˈbɛrɪsfərd/; born 16 August 1940[1]) is an Australian film director, opera director,[2] 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,[3][4] Black Robe (1991), Silent Fall (1994), 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, a Directors Guild of America Award, and won a Genie Award.

  1. ^ Schneider, Steven Jay, ed. (2007). 501 Movie Directors. London: Cassell Illustrated. p. 437. ISBN 9781844035731. OCLC 1347156402.
  2. ^ "Bruce Beresford". Opera Australia. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
  3. ^ Beresford, Bruce (8 September 2018). "Bruce Beresford: At last, making the film that obsessed me for 30 years". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  4. ^ "Bruce Beresford, 75, on The Getting of Wisdom". The Australian. Retrieved 1 April 2019.