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Bruce Beresford

Born 1940 · Australian film director

Bruce Beresford 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.

Bruce Beresford, in order

  1. 1962 Clement Meadmore (short film): produced
  2. 1965 Film for Guitar (short film): directed
  3. 1968 Lichtenstein in London (short film): directed
  4. 1970 Magritte: The False Mirror (short film): produced · directed by David Sylvester
  5. 1972 The Adventures of Barry McKenzie: directed, wrote, acted
  6. 1974 Barry McKenzie Holds His Own: directed, wrote, produced
  7. 1975 Side by Side: directed
  8. 1976 Don's Party: directed
  9. 1977 The Getting of Wisdom: directed
  10. 1978 Money Movers: directed, wrote
  11. 1980 Breaker Morant: directed, wrote
  12. 1980 The Club: directed
  13. 1981 Puberty Blues: directed, acted
  14. 1983 Tender Mercies: directed
  15. 1985 King David: directed
  16. 1986 Crimes of the Heart: directed
  17. 1986 The Fringe Dwellers: directed, wrote, acted
  18. 1987 Aria: directed, wrote · critics 57%, audiences 47% · streaming on Hoopla, Plex, Tubi
  19. 1989 Driving Miss Daisy: directed
  20. 1989 Her Alibi: directed
  21. 1990 Mister Johnson: directed
  22. 1991 Black Robe: directed
  23. 1993 Rich in Love: directed
  24. 1994 A Good Man in Africa: directed, produced
  25. 1994 Silent Fall: directed
  26. 1996 Last Dance: directed
  27. 1997 Paradise Road: directed, wrote · critics 52%, audiences 78% · streaming on Hoopla
  28. 1999 Double Jeopardy: directed · critics 28%, audiences 61% · streaming on fuboTV, MGM+, Paramount+
  29. 1999 Sydney – A Story of a City (short film): directed
  30. 2001 Bride of the Wind: directed
  31. 2002 Evelyn: directed
  32. 2003 And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself (TV movie): directed · audiences 53% · streaming on HBO Max
  33. 2006 The Contract: directed · critics 0%, audiences 26% · streaming on Prime Video, fuboTV, Roku Channel
  34. 2009 Mao's Last Dancer: directed
  35. 2011 Peace, Love & Misunderstanding: directed
  36. 2013 Bonnie & Clyde (TV series): directed
  37. 2016 Mr. Church: directed
  38. 2016 Roots (TV series): directed
  39. 2017 Flint (TV movie): directed
  40. 2018 Ladies in Black: directed
  41. The Travellers: directed