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Bruce Beresford

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Bruce Beresford

Born August 16, 1940 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia42 films

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.

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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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Mr. Church posterFirst watchMr. Church20167.4A unique friendship develops when a little girl and her dying mother inherit a cook - Mr. Church. What begins as an arrangement that should only last six months, instead spans fifteen years.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Driving Miss Daisy poster7.2Driving Miss Daisy1989Double Jeopardy poster6.6Double Jeopardy1999The Contract poster5.8The Contract2006Breaker Morant poster7.1Breaker Morant1980Ladies in Black poster6.7Ladies in Black2018Tender Mercies poster6.8Tender Mercies1983Mao’s Last Dancer poster6.6Mao’s Last Dancer2009Black Robe poster6.5Black Robe1991

Filmography

42 films as director
  1. TBAThe Place I BelongDirector
  2. TBAClear LakeDirector
  3. 2025The TravellersDirector
  4. 2018Ladies in BlackDirector
  5. 2017FlintDirector
  6. 2016Mr. ChurchDirector
  7. 2011Peace, Love & MisunderstandingDirector
  8. 2009Mao’s Last DancerDirector
  9. 2006The ContractDirector
  10. 2006OrpheusDirector
  11. 2003And Starring Pancho Villa as HimselfDirector
  12. 2002EvelynDirector
  13. 2001Bride of the WindDirector
  14. 1999Double JeopardyDirector
  15. 1999Sydney: A Story of a CityDirector
  16. 1997Paradise RoadDirector
  17. 1996Last DanceDirector
  18. 1994Silent FallDirector
  19. 1994A Good Man in AfricaDirector
  20. 1992Rich in LoveDirector
  21. 1991Black RobeDirector
  22. 1991Mister JohnsonDirector
  23. 1989Driving Miss DaisyDirector
  24. 1989Her AlibiDirector
  25. 1987AriaDirector
  26. 1986Crimes of the HeartDirector
  27. 1986The Fringe DwellersDirector
  28. 1985King DavidDirector
  29. 1983Tender MerciesDirector
  30. 1981Puberty BluesDirector
  31. 1980The ClubDirector
  32. 1980Breaker MorantDirector
  33. 1978Money MoversDirector
  34. 1977The Getting of WisdomDirector
  35. 1976Don's PartyDirector
  36. 1975Side by SideDirector
  37. 1974Barry McKenzie Holds His OwnDirector
  38. 1972The Adventures of Barry McKenzieDirector
  39. 1969Barbara Hepworth at the TateDirector
  40. 1966Film For GuitarDirector
  41. 1965King-Size WomanDirector
  42. 1963It Droppeth as the Gentle RainDirector