Home / Authors / Bruce Beresford Books

Bruce Beresford

Bruce Beresford Books

Film director

Bruce Beresford is an acclaimed Australian film director known for his significant contributions to the film industry. Born on August 16, 1940, he has been directing films since the 1970s. Beresford's work spans various genres, including drama, historical films, and comedies, and has gained widespread recognition internationally.

No books found for this author.

Related Quotes

“Directing an opera is similar to directing a play. The singing must not get in the way of the drama.”

Way Play Drama Singing Opera

Author:Bruce Beresford

“Perhaps the most difficult thing is shooting scenes set 6,000 feet up in the mountains of Mexico.”

Difficult Feet Scene Mountain Shooting Mexico Difficult Things

Author:Bruce Beresford

“The number of opera houses around the world and the high attendance rates show that opera an art form that is more popular than ever.”

World Art Shows Form Song House Numbers Rate Around The World Opera Popular Song Attendance Opera House

Author:Bruce Beresford

“The music of the most popular operas is so highly esteemed, it can stand endless revivals.”

Song Endless Opera Revival Popular Song

Author:Bruce Beresford

“At HBO, they seem to be well-informed. They make what I think are really quite mature films.”

Thinking Wells Seems Film Mature Hbo

Author:Bruce Beresford

“Everyone has seen photographs of Mexicans wearing those big sombreros. When you come to Mexico, the astonishing thing is, nobody wears these hats at all.”

Bigs Photograph Hats Mexico Astonishing Sombreros

Author:Bruce Beresford

“With a film, I do my best to understand the author's intentions and try to bring the characters to life.”

Trying Character Film Intention

Author:Bruce Beresford

“There were movies that always made me want to be a director. You see brilliant scenes and the way the emotions were handled. I thought, I'd really like to do that.”

Way Want Made Emotion Scene Directors Brilliant Brilliant Ideas

Author:Bruce Beresford

“When the music and the characters are flawlessly synchronized, the opera develops an emotional force that movies and plays cannot match.”

Play Character Force Emotional Opera

Author:Bruce Beresford

“When we were trying to get the money together for the film, one reason that was consistently given for not investing in it was that everyone kept saying no one could direct it well enough to entertain an audience for 100 minutes essentially watching three people chatting in the kitchen.”

People Trying Wells Reason Enough Together Film Three Given Audience Minutes Direct Investing Kitchen Consistently Saying No Chatting

Author:Bruce Beresford

“With Cold Sassy Tree having its first production, I saw no necessity to do anything other than produce it with the correct setting.”

Firsts Saws Tree Produce Cold Productions Setting Settings Sassy

Author:Bruce Beresford

“When I was 24 I went to Nigeria and it was such a culture shock, growing up in Australia and suddenly being the only white man in this unit full of black men.”

Men Culture Black White Growing Up Growing Shock Australia Units White Man Nigeria Culture Shock

Author:Bruce Beresford

“I thought, This is fabulous. It sent shivers up my spine. I thought, What kinds of people are these that would produce this kind of music in a camp? All the prison camp stories I've seen, and heard of, were about the heroism of men. As I researched this and heard the music, I realized that women were heroic too, on just as grand a scale. And their treatment was just as appalling.”

People Men Kind Stories Heard Produce Prison I Realized Scales Crafts Treatment Camps Heroic Heroism Fabulous Spine Shiver

Author:Bruce Beresford

“I don't rehearse films as much as opera or theatre. When I began directing films I thought a long rehearsal was a good idea. Experience showed me that the best performance was often left in a rehearsal room.”

Long Ideas Film Left Rooms Performances Theatre Good Ideas Opera Rehearsal Best Performance Directing Film

Author:Bruce Beresford

“Film is shot in fragments, and the same moments can be shot again and again until the director is satisfied.”

Moments Film Directors Shots Satisfied Again And Again Fragments

Author:Bruce Beresford

“For a director, the most challenging scenes are the dialogue scenes.”

Challenges Scene Directors Dialogue

Author:Bruce Beresford

“I'd really been interested in opera when I was about 16, and I really like staging them.”

Author:Bruce Beresford

“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.”

Government Film Moving Special Scripts Finance Kicks Australia Enlightened Fund

Author:Bruce Beresford

“In my view, the operas of Carlisle Floyd will find a place in the permanent repertoire.”

Views Permanent Opera

Author:Bruce Beresford

“In opera, everyone's watching from a fixed viewpoint, and that really challenges you. Lighting, the sets, stage groupings, the music-but doesn't relate too much to film.”

Film Challenges Too Much Stage Relate Fixed Opera Lighting Viewpoints

Author:Bruce Beresford

“In silent movies, they tended to put the camera down, and everybody walked in front of it and acted, and then they all walked off. Cutting was quite infrequent.”

Cutting Fronts Down And Cameras Silent Silent Movies

Author:Bruce Beresford

“It's not enough to hit the notes. There is no point in the singers just standing there and sounding wonderful if they're not connecting with the characters they are portraying.”

Ifs Enough Character Wonderful Standing Notes Singers Connecting No Point Standing There Portraying

Author:Bruce Beresford

“On stage, the audience watches from a fixed viewpoint and the director cannot retake something he doesn't like. It has to work straight through.”

Watches Audience Stage Directors Fixed Viewpoints

Author:Bruce Beresford

“Quite a few operas are still being commissioned around the world, although nothing apart from audience popularity can ensure more than a few performances.”

World Stills Audience Performances Around The World Opera Popularity

Author:Bruce Beresford

“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.”

People Men Art Form Young Music Drama Essentials Glorious Opera Music Love

Author:Bruce Beresford

About the Author

Born: August 16, 1940
Known for: Film director
Quotes: 25

Related Topics

Opera Film Directors Audience Character Men People Scene Around The World Art

Popular Topics

People Ifs Thinking Knows Men World Way Want Love Life Inspirational Needs Giving Feels Should Writing Trying Years Mind Firsts

Books & Sources

Similar Authors

Hugh GriffithBrowse related quotes
Bernard HaitinkBrowse related quotes
Jake HeggieBrowse related quotes
Lesley GarrettBrowse related quotes
Luciano PavarottiBrowse related quotes
Carlisle FloydBrowse related quotes
Zola JesusBrowse related quotes
Andrea BocelliBrowse related quotes
Lalo SchifrinBrowse related quotes
Robert AshleyBrowse related quotes