Bruce Beresford

Bruce Beresford, b. Sydney, Australia, 1940 1972; The Adventures of Barry McKenzie. 1974: Barry McKenzie Holds His Own. 1976: Don’s Party. 1977: The Getting of Wisdom. 1978: Money Movers. 1979: Breaker Morant. 1980: The Club. 1981: Puberty Blues. 1983: Tender Mercies. 1985: King David; Crimes of the Hearty The Fringe Dwellers. 1988: “Die Totestadt,” an episode from Aria. 1989: Her Alibi; Driving Miss Daisy. 1991: Mister John­son; Black Robe. 1993: Rich in Love. 1994: A Good Man in Africa; Silent Fall. From Sydney University, Beresford went into advertising and thence to London. He spent two years in the mid-sixties in Nigeria work­ing as a film editor, and in 1966 he got a post at the British Film Institute Production Board, where he administered funds. He began to direct features himself only on returning to Australia in 1971. He shows what a fine line there can be today between struggling to stay in work and getting the laurel.