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Australian film director

Person · Open Library

Works
10

Top works

  • Black Robe
  • There's a Fax from Bruce
  • Josh Hartnett Definitely Wants to Do This...
  • Best Film I Never Made
  • Paradise Road

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Country
US
Active from
1949-09-23

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
179
Total plays
355

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Key facts

Born
( 1940-08-16 ) 16 August 1940 (age 85) , Paddington, New South Wales , Australia
Alma mater
University of Sydney (BA)
Occupations
Film director screenwriter producer
Years active
1970–present
Spouse
Virginia Duigan

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Encyclopedic overview

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 (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).

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