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Bruce Beresford Biography (1940-)

Born August 16, 1940, in Sydney, Australia; son of Leslie (in sales) and Lona(maiden name, Warr) Beresford; married Rhoisin Harrison (a graphic designer), 1965 (marriage ended); married Virginia Patricia Mary Duigan (a filmmaker and screenwriter), 1985 (one source says 1988); children: (first marriage) Benjamin, Cordelia, Adam; (second marriage) Trilby. Addresses: Agent: Endeavor Talent Agency, 9701 Wilshire Blvd., 10th Floor, Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Nationality

Australian

Gender

Male

Occupation

Director, screenwriter, producer

Birth Details

August 16, 1940

Sydney, Australia

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Director
• The Adventures of Barry McKenzie, Longford, 1972
• (And producer) Barry McKenzie Holds His Own, Roadshow, 1974
• Side by Side, 1975
• Don's Party, Double Head, 1976
• The Getting of Wisdom, Roadshow, 1977
• Money Movers, Roadshow, 1978
• Breaker Morant, New World, 1980
• The Club (also known as Players), Roadshow, 1980
• Fortress, 1981
• Puberty Blues, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1981
• Tender Mercies, Universal, 1982
• King David, Paramount, 1985
• (And producer) The Fringe Dwellers, Atlantic, 1985
• Crimes of the Heart, DeLaurentiis Entertainment Group, 1986
• "Die Tote Stadt," Aria, RVP-Virgin Vision, 1987
• Driving Miss Daisy, Warner Bros., 1989
• Her Alibi, Warner Bros., 1989
• Mister Johnson, Avenue Entertainment, 1991
• Black Robe (also known as Robe noire), Samuel Goldwyn, 1991
• Rich in Love, 1993
• (And coproducer) A Good Man in Africa, Gramercy Pictures, 1994
• Silent Fall, Warner Bros., 1994
• Last Dance, Buena Vista/Touchstone, 1996
• Paradise Road, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1997
• Sydney: A Story of a City, Total Big Screen Productions, 1999
• Double Jeopardy (also known as Doppelmord), Paramount, 1999
• Ataturk, 2000
• Bride of the Wind, Paramount Classics, 2001
• Boswell for the Defence, 2001
• Film Producer
• You're Human Like the Rest of Them, 1967
• Paradigm, 1970
• Film Executive Producer
• Curse of the Starving Class, Trimark Pictures, 1994
• Stage Director
• La Fancicella del West (opera; also known as Girl of the GoldenWest), Spoleto Festival, Charleston, SC, and Spoleto, Italy, 1985
• Elektra (opera), State Opera Company of South Australia, Adelaideand Melbourne, Australia, c. 1991.
• The Crucible (opera), 1999
• Rigoletto, Los Angeles Opera, 2000
• Cold Sassy Tree, Houston Grand Opera, Houston, TX, 2000
• Also directed Sweeney Todd, Portland Opera, Portland, OR.
• Television Director
• Movies
• Poor Fella Me, Australian television, 1973
• The Wreck of the Batavia, Australian television, 1974
• Television Work
• Other
• Executive producer and director, Aria & Pasta (series), Bravo,2000
• WRITINGS
• Screenplays
• (With Barry Humphries) The Adventures of Barry McKenzie, Longford,1972
• (With Humphries) Barry McKenzie Holds His Own, Roadshow, 1974
• Side by Side, 1975
• Money Movers, Roadshow, 1978
• (With Jonathan Hardy and David Stevens) Breaker Morant, New World,1980
• The Fringe Dwellers, Atlantic, 1985
• "Die Tote Stadt," Aria, RVP-Virgin Vision, 1987
• (With William Boyd) Mister Johnson (adapted from a novel by JoyceCarey), Avenue Entertainment, 1991
• Curse of the Starving Class, Trimark Pictures, 1994
• Paradise Road, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1997
• Television Movies
• Poor Fella Me, Australian television, 1973

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books

• International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, Volume 2: Directors, St. James Press, 1996

Periodicals

• American Film, January-February, 1987, pp. 36-40, 53