Bruce Beresford
Bruce Beresford is an Australian film and stage director, screenwriter, and producer who specialises in small-budget character-driven dramas.
After studying in Sydney, Beresford went to London, where he helped produce documentaries for the British Film Institute (1966–71). Back in Australia, he directed three films before his widely acclaimed Breaker Morant (1980), which helped establish the Australian film industry and earned him an Academy Award nomination for best adapted screenplay. He later directed a number of Hollywood films, including Tender Mercies (1983), for which he received an Oscar nomination for best director; Crimes of the Heart (1986); Driving Miss Daisy (1989), winner of an Academy Award for best picture; Mister Johnson (1990); Paradise Road (1997); Double Jeopardy (1999); and The Contract (2006).