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.

In 1995 his film Silent Fall was nominated for the Golden Bear at the 45th Berlin International Film Festival. Career
Beresford returned to Australia in 1970 to make his first feature film The Adventures of Barry McKenzie and spent the next 10 years working in Australia's developing film industry. k.

Bruce Beresford (born 16 August 1940) is an Australian film director who has made more than 30 feature films over a 40-year career.