Bruce Beresford

Director, Producer, Writer

Birthdate: Aug 16, 1940

Birthplace: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Bruce Beresford was born in Australia and graduated from Sydney University in 1962. He served as Film Officer for the British Film Institute Production Board from 1966-1971 and as a Film Advisor to the Arts Council of Great Britain. Beresford has also directed several operas including Girl Of The Golden West (Puccini), staged for the Spoleto Festival in Charleston and Spoleto (Italy) and Elektra (Strauss), which was staged for the State Opera Company of South Australia and performed in Adelaide and Melbourne. It won the Award for Best Opera Production of 1991. Immediately prior to starting production on PARADISE ROAD, Beresford directed SWEENEY TODD for the Portland Opera in Oregon.

Known For

Driving Miss Daisy
Driving Miss Daisy

(1989)

Breaker Morant
Breaker Morant

(1980)

The Fringe Dwellers
The Fringe Dwellers

(1986)

Mr. Church
Mr. Church

(2016)

Bruce Beresford Movies

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  • 2020 |
    Horton Foote: The Road to Home
  • 2019 |
    At the Coliseum Deluxeas Narrator
  • 2018 |
    Ladies in Black
  • 2017 |
    Jill Bilcock: Dancing the Invisible
  • 2016 |
    Mr. Church
  • 2011 |
    Peace, Love & Misunderstanding
  • 2009 |
    Mao's Last Dancer
  • 2009 |
    Into the Shadows
  • 2006 |
    The Contract
  • 2002 |
    Evelyn
  • 2001 |
    Bride of the Wind
  • 1999 |
    Sydney: A Story of a City
  • 1999 |
    Double Jeopardy
  • 1997 |
    Paradise Road
  • 1996 |
    Last Dance
  • 1994 |
    Curse of the Starving Class
  • 1994 |
    Silent Fall
  • 1994 |
    A Good Man in Africa
  • 1992 |
    Rich in Love
  • 1991 |
    Black Robe
  • 1990 |
    Mister Johnson
  • 1989 |
    Driving Miss Daisy
  • 1989 |
    Her Alibi
  • 1987 |
    Aria
  • 1986 |
    The Fringe Dwellers
  • 1986 |
    Crimes of the Heart
  • 1985 |
    King David
  • 1981 |
    Puberty Blues
  • 1983 |
    Tender Mercies
  • 1980 |
    The Club
  • 1980 |
    Breaker Morant
  • 1978 |
    Money Movers
  • 1977 |
    The Getting of Wisdom
  • 1976 |
    Don's Party
  • 1975 |
    Side by Side
  • 1974 |
    Barry McKenzie Holds His Own
  • 1972 |
    The Adventures of Barry McKenzie

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  • 2016 |

    Mr. Church

  • 1983 |

    Tender Mercies

Bruce Beresford: Biography, Movies, Net Worth & Photos