Bruce Beresford

Bruce Beresford

Born: August 16, 1940
in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Bruce Beresford (born 16 August 1940) is an Australian film director and screenwriter. He has made more than 30 feature films over a 50-year career, both locally and internationally in the United States.

Movies for Bruce Beresford...

At the Coliseum Deluxe
Title: At the Coliseum Deluxe
Character: Narrator
Released: November 3, 2019
Type: Movie
A feature length documentary about Australian popular entertainment across 150 years; of Skating and Dancing, Vaudeville and Moving Pictures.
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Not Quite Hollywood
Title: Not Quite Hollywood
Character: Self
Released: August 28, 2008
Type: Movie
As Australian cinema broke through to international audiences in the 1970s through respected art house films like Peter Weir's "Picnic At Hanging Rock," a new underground of low-budget exploitation filmmakers were turning out considerably less highbrow fare. Documentary filmmaker Mark Hartley explores this unbridled era of sex and violence, complete with clips from some of the scene's most outrageous flicks and interviews with the renegade filmmakers themselves.
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The Sounds of Aus
Title: The Sounds of Aus
Character: Self
Released: November 8, 2007
Type: Movie
The Sounds of Aus tells the story of the Australian accent: how it came about, how it has evolved over two hundred years of colonial and cultural history, and how it is today.
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Telling Schoolgirl Tales: The Making of 'The Getting of Wisdom’
Title: Telling Schoolgirl Tales: The Making of 'The Getting of Wisdom’
Character: Self
Released: March 6, 2006
Type: Movie
First there was ‘Picnic at Hanging Rock’, then ‘My Brilliant Career’, and now best of all ‘The Getting of Wisdom’. It is incomparably moving and powerful.
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Miss Daisy's Journey: From Stage to Screen
Title: Miss Daisy's Journey: From Stage to Screen
Character: Self - Director
Released: February 4, 2003
Type: Movie
Behind the scenes of the making of Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
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Jessica Tandy: Theatre Legend to Screen Star
Title: Jessica Tandy: Theatre Legend to Screen Star
Character: Self - Director: 'Driving Miss Daisy'
Released: February 4, 2003
Type: Movie
This is a lovely documentary that pays tribute to the career of star Jessica Tandy, as the filmmakers recall what it was like to work with this marvelous actress. This featurette is fairly short, but it offers fine insight, history and heart
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The World's Greatest Stunts: A Tribute to Hollywood Stuntmen
Title: The World's Greatest Stunts: A Tribute to Hollywood Stuntmen
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1988
Type: Movie
A follow-up special to ABC's 1987 "The Ultimate Stuntman: A Tribute to Dar Robinson." The program includes clips of great stunts, interviews with celebrities and profiles of legendary stuntpeople.
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Title: Six Fifty-Five Special
Character: Self
Released: July 13, 1981
Type: TV
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Don's Party
Title: Don's Party
Character: Shop Attendant
Released: November 10, 1976
Type: Movie
On the night of the 1969 federal election, Don Henderson invites a group of friends to celebrate a predicted Labor Party victory, much to the dismay of his wife, Kath. The Hendersons and their nine guests drink, joke, make love, and fight, all while coming to terms with their individual struggles in life.