Bruce beresford biography

  • bruce beresford biography

    • Bruce Beresford

    For the American television producer, see Bruce Beresford-Redman.

    Australian filmmaker

    Bruce Beresford

    Beresford in 2016

    Born (1940-08-16) 16 August 1940 (age 84)

    Paddington, New South Wales, Australia

    Alma materUniversity of Sydney (BA)
    Occupations
    • Film director
    • screenwriter
    • producer
    Years active1970–present
    SpouseVirginia Duigan

    Bruce Beresford (; 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. 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 Oscar