Bruce Beresford
Australian film director
3.69body-of-work score · ranked #302 of 2631 directors · 5 films in our library
A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.
- Born
- August 16, 1940 · Paddington
- Nationality
- Australia
- Work
- film director, screenwriter, film producer, director
Films in our library, ranked
Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.
- 1
1989 · United States · comedy, drama
Oscar Best Picture winner 1989 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1990 #8 · NYT Best 1,000 Movies
2.134 citations - 2
1983 · United States · drama, musical
Oscar Best Picture nominee 1983 · NYT Best 1,000 Movies · Sarris's annual top 10 1983 #9
0.904 citations - 30.332 citations
- 40.171 citation
- 50.161 citation
Complete filmography
All 37 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.
- 1965Film for Guitar
- 1968Lichtenstein in London
- 1972The Adventures of Barry McKenzie
- 1974Barry McKenzie Holds His Own
- 1975Side by Side
- 1976Don's Party
- 1977The Getting of Wisdom
- 1978Money Movers
- 1980Breaker Morant
- 1980The Club
- 1981Puberty Blues
- 1983Tender Mercies
- 1985King David
- 1986Crimes of the Heart
- 1986The Fringe Dwellers
- 1987Aria
- 1989Driving Miss Daisy
- 1989Her Alibi
- 1990Mister Johnson
- 1991Black Robe
- 1993Rich in Love
- 1994A Good Man in Africa
- 1994Silent Fall
- 1996Last Dance
- 1997Paradise Road
- 1999Double Jeopardy
- 1999Sydney – A Story of a City
- 2001Bride of the Wind
- 2002Evelyn
- 2003And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself
- 2006The Contract
- 2009Mao's Last Dancer
- 2011Peace, Love & Misunderstanding
- 2016Mr. Church
- 2017Flint
- 2018Ladies in Black
- —The Travellers