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Bruce Beresford (/ ˈ b ɛr ɪ s f ər d /; born 16 August 1940 [citation needed]) is an Australian film director, opera director, [1] 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.
P. Paradise Road (1997 film) Peace, Love & Misunderstanding. Puberty Blues (film)
Breaker Morant is a 1980 Australian war drama film directed by Bruce Beresford, who co-wrote the screenplay based on Kenneth G. Ross 's 1978 play of the same name. [4] [5] [6] The film concerns the 1902 court martial of lieutenants Harry Morant, Peter Handcock and George Witton —one of the first war crime prosecutions in British military history.
Box office. $145.8 million [ 4] Driving Miss Daisy is a 1989 American comedy-drama film directed by Bruce Beresford and written by Alfred Uhry, based on his 1987 play of the same name. The film stars Jessica Tandy, Morgan Freeman, and Dan Aykroyd. Freeman reprised his role from the original Off-Broadway production.
The Getting of Wisdom is a 1977 Australian film directed by Bruce Beresford and based on the 1910 novel of the same title by Henry Handel Richardson. The film is set in 1890s Victoria, when Laura (Susannah Fowle) enters an exclusive Melbourne ladies' college based on Presbyterian Ladies' College. The film follows her struggle for acceptance ...
The Fringe Dwellers is a 1986 film directed by Bruce Beresford, based on the 1961 novel The Fringe Dwellers by Western Australian author Nene Gare. The film is about a young Aboriginal girl who dreams of life beyond the family camp that sits on the fringe of white society (the term fringe dwellers having specific application in Australia).
Box office. $419,414. Bride of the Wind is a 2001 period drama directed by Academy Award –nominee Bruce Beresford and written by first-time screenwriter Marilyn Levy. Loosely based on the life of Alma Mahler, Bride of the Wind recounts Alma's marriage to the composer Gustav Mahler and her romantic liaisons. The title of the film alludes to a ...
A$330,000 (Australia) Money Movers is a 1978 Australian crime action drama film [3] written and directed by Bruce Beresford. The film was based on the 1972 novel The Money Movers by Devon Minchin, founder of Metropolitan Security Services. [4] The story deals loosely with two real-life events, the 1970 Sydney Armoured Car Robbery where A ...