Bruce Beresford

Bruce Beresford was born on 16 August 1940 in Sydney. A graduate in arts of the University of Sydney in 1964, where he was already making short films, he left for London and produced films for the British Film Institute, from 1966 to 1971 according to Britannica. Back in Australia, he made his first feature film in 1972. A 1980 drama about Australian soldiers tried during the Boer War opened the United States to him, where he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director in 1983; one of his films there received the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1989. He also directs operas.

In the catalogue 2

• CinemaThe Adventures of Barry McKenzieBruce Beresford · 1972Cinema
• CinemaBreaker MorantBruce Beresford · 1980Cinema