Bruce Beresford was born in Australia and graduated from Sydney University in 1962. He served as Film Officer for the British Film Institute Production Board from 1966-1971 and as a Film Advisor to the Arts Council of Great Britain. Beresford has also directed several operas including Girl Of The Golden West , which was staged for the State Opera Company of South Australia and performed in Adelaide and Melbourne. It won the Award for Best Opera Production of 1991. Immediately prior to starting production on PARADISE ROAD, Beresford directed SWEENEY TODD for the Portland Opera in Oregon.
Brother-in-law of John Duigan.
Biography in: John Wakeman, editor. "World Film Directors, Volume Two, 1945-1985". Pages 99-103. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1988.
His favorite films according to the Sight and Sound Top Ten poll: Falstaff (Chimes at Midnight) , The Apu Trilogy ( Pather Panchali , Aparajito , Apur Sansar ), Ludwig , La passion de Jeanne dArc , My Darling Clementine , Fanny och Alexander , La rgle du jeu , Odd Man Out , La strada and Black Hawk Down .
Directed 6 different actors in Academy Award-nominated performances: Robert Duvall , Sissy Spacek , Tess Harper , Jessica Tandy , Morgan Freeman and Dan Aykroyd. Tandy and Duvall won for their lead performances.
Brother-in-law of Nammi Le.
When the music and the characters are flawlessly synchronized, the opera develops an emotional force that movies and plays cannot match.
In Australia, they set up a special fund to kick films off. It was quite an enlightened sort of move. You could go to this government bureau with scripts and and get finance for films. .
