Description:
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 (Puccini), staged for the Spoleto Festival in Charleston and Spoleto (Italy) and Elektra (Strauss), 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.
Birthday
August 16, 1940
Born In
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Spouse/Ex-
Virginia Duigan 1985 - present (2 children),Rhoisin Patricia Harrison ()
Parents
Leslie Beresford
Trivia
His favorite films according to the 'Sight and Sound' Top Ten poll: Campanadas a medianoche (1965), The Apu Trilogy (Pather Panchali (1955), Aparajito (1956), Apur Sansar (1959)), Ludwig (1973), La passion de Jeanne d'Arc (1928), My Darling Clementine (1946), Fanny och Alexander (1982), La règle du jeu (1939), Odd Man Out (1947), La strada (1954) and Black Hawk Down (2001).
Quotes
[on Tender Mercies (1983) and lead actor Robert Duvall] Duvall was strange. First of all he was and is a great actor. You could ask him to do a scene five, six times and he'd do it exactly the same way every time. But, on the other hand, there would be delays, like we had to wire up a whole house and he'd just get restless. He'd get mad.
