Bruce Beresford
Also Known As: Брюс Бересфорд, Брюс Бирсфорд
Biography: Bruce Beresford (born 16 August 1940) is an Australian film director and screenwriter. He has made more than 30 feature films over a 50-year career, both locally and internationally in the United States.
Department: Directing
Place of Birth: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Birthday: August 16, 1940
Age: 84 years old
Gender: Male
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The World's Greatest Stunts: A Tribute to Hollywood Stuntmen
Overview: A follow-up special to ABC's 1987 "The Ultimate Stuntman: A Tribute to Dar Robinson." The program includes clips of great stunts, interviews with celebrities and profiles of legendary stuntpeople.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-01-01
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Telling Schoolgirl Tales: The Making of 'The Getting of Wisdom’
Overview: First there was ‘Picnic at Hanging Rock’, then ‘My Brilliant Career’, and now best of all ‘The Getting of Wisdom’. It is incomparably moving and powerful.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-03-06
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Not Quite Hollywood
Overview: As Australian cinema broke through to international audiences in the 1970s through respected art house films like Peter Weir's "Picnic At Hanging Rock," a new underground of low-budget exploitation filmmakers were turning out considerably less highbrow fare. Documentary filmmaker Mark Hartley explores this unbridled era of sex and violence, complete with clips from some of the scene's most outrageous flicks and interviews with the renegade filmmakers themselves.
Genres: Comedy Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-08-28
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Miss Daisy's Journey: From Stage to Screen
Overview: Behind the scenes of the making of Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
Genres: Documentary Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-02-04
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Jessica Tandy: Theatre Legend to Screen Star
Overview: This is a lovely documentary that pays tribute to the career of star Jessica Tandy, as the filmmakers recall what it was like to work with this marvelous actress. This featurette is fairly short, but it offers fine insight, history and heart
Genres: Drama Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-02-04
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At the Coliseum Deluxe
Overview: A feature length documentary about Australian popular entertainment across 150 years; of Skating and Dancing, Vaudeville and Moving Pictures.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-11-03
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Don's Party
Overview: On the night of the 1969 federal election, Don Henderson invites a group of friends to celebrate a predicted Labor Party victory, much to the dismay of his wife, Kath. The Hendersons and their nine guests drink, joke, make love, and fight, all while coming to terms with their individual struggles in life.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-11-10
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The Sounds of Aus
Overview: The Sounds of Aus tells the story of the Australian accent: how it came about, how it has evolved over two hundred years of colonial and cultural history, and how it is today.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-11-08
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Barry McKenzie Holds His Own
Overview: Barry McKenzie's Aunt Edna is kidnapped by Count Von Plasma, the vampire head of an isolated Eastern European dictatorship who mistakes her for the Queen of England and thinks that kidnapping her will draw tourists to his country. Barry and his mates set out to rescue her and bring her back to Australia.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-12-12
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