About
| Birth Notes: | 16 August 1940, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Family: | * 'Rhoisin Patricia Harrison' * Virginia Duigan (1985 - present) |
| Biography: | 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. Australian film director, at his best with period pieces and small-scale dramas. Considered one of Australia's "New Wave" directors. |
Filmography
| Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! (2008) as Himself |
| Crimes of the Heart (1986) |
| Evelyn (2002) |
| King David (1985) |
| Last Dance (1996) |
| Mao's Last Dancer (2009) |
| Paradise Road (1997) |
| Silent Fall (1994) |
| Tender Mercies (1983) |
| The Club (1980) |
| The Contract (2006) |
| Bandes originales: Georges Delerue (2010) as Himself - Director |
| Barry McKenzie Holds His Own (1974) as Foureyes Fenton |
| Don's Party (1976) as Bottleo bloke |
| Into the Shadows (2009) as Himself |
| The Adventures of Barry McKenzie (1972) as Man In Pub |
| The Fringe Dwellers (1986) as Sticky Beak in town |
| 'Breaker' Morant (1980) |
| A Good Man in Africa (1994) |
| A Woman of No Importance (2011) |
| Aria (1987) |
| Barry McKenzie Holds His Own (1974) |
| Black Robe (1991) |
| Blue Fin (1978) |
| Bride of the Wind (2001) |
| Don's Party (1976) |
| Double Jeopardy (1999) |
| Driving Miss Daisy (1989) |
| Enchantress of Numbers (2011) |
| Her Alibi (1989) |
| Mister Johnson (1990) |
| Money Movers (1978) |
| Peace, Love, & Misunderstanding (2011) |
| Puberty Blues (1981) |
| Rich in Love (1992) |
| Side by Side (1975) |
| Sydney: A Story of a City (1999) |
| The Adventures of Barry McKenzie (1972) |
| The Fringe Dwellers (1986) |
| The Getting of Wisdom (1978) |
Trivia
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* Brother-in-law of John Duigan . * Biography in: John Wakeman, editor. "World Film Directors, Volume Two, 1945-1985". Pages 99-103. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1988. * His favorite films (according to the Sight and Sound top ten poll) are: Chimes at Midnight, The Apu Trilogy, Ludwig, The Passion of Joan of Arc, My Darling Clementine, Fanny and Alexander, Odd Man Out, La strada and Black Hawk Down * Directed 6 different actors in Oscar-nominated performances: Robert Duvall, Sissy Spacek, Tess Harper, Jessica Tandy, Morgan Freeman and Dan Aykroyd. Tandy and Duvall won Oscars for their performances in one of Beresford's movies. |
Quotes
| * [on Robert Duvall] Duvall was strange. First of all he was and is a great actor. You could ask him to do a scene five, six times and he'd do it exactly the same way every time. But, on the other hand, there would be delays, like we had to wire up a whole house and he'd just get restless. He'd get mad. |
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