4 Quotes & Sayings By Bruce Beresford

Bruce Beresford was born in Sydney, Australia in 1936. He is one of the most successful filmmakers in Australia, having won nine AFI Awards, six Australian Film Institute Awards, and two Golden Reel Awards. His films have been nominated for twelve Academy Awards, including Best Picture for Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes, won an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for Driving Miss Daisy.

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It is essential to do everything possible to attract young people to opera so they can see that it is not some antiquated art form but a repository of the most glorious music and drama that man has created. Bruce Beresford
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When the music and the characters are flawlessly synchronized, the opera develops an emotional force that movies and plays cannot match. Bruce Beresford
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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. Bruce Beresford