Bruce Best

{{short description|Australian director and producer|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Multiple issues| {{Notability|Biographies|date=April 2020}} {{BLP sources|date=April 2020}} }} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}

'''Bruce Best''' is an Australian director and producer known for his long association with ''A Country Practice''. He was also one of the first people to cast Cate Blanchett, putting her in the show ''Heartland''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2005/s1312895.htm|title=Blanchett's journey to Hollywood stardom|last=Bowden|first=Tracy|work=7:30 report|date=28 February 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151030022846/http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2005/s1312895.htm|archive-date=30 October 2015|access-date=21 July 2014}}</ref>

Rachel Browne of ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' named Best "one of Australia's most respected drama producers".<ref name="Browne">{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sydney-morning-herald-pacific-drive/166224112/|title=Pacific Drive buy shooting|last=Browne|first=Rachel|date=28 January 1996|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|access-date=20 February 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}</ref>

==Select credits== *''A Country Practice'' – director, producer<ref name="Gill">{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-age-spelling-out-the-specific-charms/166222820/|title=Spelling out the specific charms of Pacific Drive|last=Gill|first=Raymond|date=25 January 1996|work=The Age|access-date=20 February 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}</ref> *''E Street'' – producer<ref name="Gill"/> *''Family and Friends'' – producer *''G.P.'' – producer<ref name="Gill"/> *''Heartland'' – producer<ref name="Gill"/> *''Law of the Land'' – producer<ref name="Browne"/> *''Pacific Drive'' – producer *''Queen of the Road'' – director

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==External links== *{{IMDb name|0078909}} *[http://screenaustralia.gov.au/find-a-film/detailRole.aspx?pid=1645&sin=titles&ystart=2012&yend=2014&tDoco=0&tFeat=0&tInter=0&tShort=1&tTVDrama=0 Bruce Best] at Screen Australia

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