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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.
Bruce Beresford is an Australian director, producer and writer who has been nominated for two Oscars and won 9 awards. He is known for his films Driving Miss Daisy, Breaker Morant, Mao's Last Dancer and more.
- January 1, 1
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- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Bruce Beresford, Australian film and stage director, screenwriter, and producer who specialized in small-budget character-driven dramas. His notable films included Breaker Morant (1980), Tender Mercies (1983), Crimes of the Heart (1986), and Driving Miss Daisy (1989).
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Learn about the life and career of Bruce Beresford, an Australian film director who has made period pieces and small-scale dramas. Find out his favorite films, awards, trivia, quotes and more on IMDb.
- August 16, 1940
- B. 1940, Paddington, Sydney, Australia
- Breaker Morant
- Driving Miss Daisy
- Mister Johnson
- Black Robe
- Josh Hartnett Definitely Wants to Do This…
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The above quotations point to the double bind regarding the career and reputation of Bruce Beresford, an Australian director who was instrumental in the Australian New Wave in both its tackier and more prestigious offerings, who continues to make films both locally and abroad, and who has directed Oscar-winning and/or nominated features and perform...
As mentioned above, a number of Beresford’s overseas films are not readily available in either streaming or physical form. However, his Australian output from 1972–1981 is widely accessible thanks to companies like Umbrella Entertainment. Beresford’s most acclaimed film from this period, Breaker Morant, is arguably the jewel in the crown of his car...
As alluded to above, one of Beresford’s characteristics—and I would argue strengths—as a director is his aesthetic unobtrusiveness, particularly in his adaptation of books and plays to screen. Notable among his adaptations, Beresford has steered to screen the David Williamson plays Don’s Partyand The Club, the abovementioned Breaker Morant: A Play ...
Oscar success is rarely based solely on the merits of the winning film itself, and more often propelled by a network of promotional machinery. As case in point is Driving Miss Daisy, which Beresford calls “the only film I’ve done which had first class promotion and advertising all the way through … It’s far from being the best film I’ve done, but j...
While Harry Morant calls himself a pagan, he chooses the words of Jesus Christ as his epitaph: “And a man’s foes shall be they of his own household,” from the Gospel of Matthew 10:36. In a heavily secular film culture, Beresford is unique in frequently returning to Christian subject matter and stories of the faithful executed with a measure of resp...
Beresford is credited as screenwriter on ten of his projects. In other instances he has been an active collaborator with screenwriters, and in others a faithful steward of literary and stage sources to the screen. It seemed fitting, then, to conclude this piece highlighting his autobiographical writings: 2007’s Josh Hartnett definitely wants to do ...
Bruce Beresford is a versatile and prolific filmmaker who has made films in various genres, from comedy to drama to war, and has won or been nominated for Oscars. He is also a masterful adapter of material, a functional storyteller, and a savvy collaborator with actors and crew.
Sep 29, 2015 · The Australian director of Driving Miss Daisy and Breaker Morant shares his personal list of the best films ever made. See his picks from Ray, Dreyer, Sjöberg, Reed, Ford, Rossellini, Lean, Antonioni, and Bergman.
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Learn about Bruce Beresford's biography, filmography, awards and achievements. He is known for directing Driving Miss Daisy, Breaker Morant, Mao's Last Dancer and more.
