BB with soprano Patricia Racette and conductor Patrick Summers, taken
during rehearsals of Carlisle Floyd’s opera "Cold Sassy Tree".

With brilliant Australian director, Fred Schepisi ( CHANT OF JIMMY
BLACKSMITH, RUSSIA HOUSE,etc) in Melbourne, Australia, December 2009.

The Toronto Premiere of MAO’S LAST DANCER.
Kyle MacLachlan, Li Cunxin, Bruce Beresford, Charles Foster, Chi Chao.
The film is based on Li’s autobiography - his ballet career including his
defection from China. Kyle plays Charles Foster in the film, Chi plays Li.

BB with the Australian painter Jeffrey Smart. Arezzo, Italy, October 2009.

Chi Chao and Camilla Vergotis in a ballet sequence from the film "Mao’s
Last Dancer".

With Dino De Laurentiis, legendary producer of over 600 films. In Los
Angeles,2009. Dino, a great man, died November, 2010.

With my wife, Virginia, in Toulouse, 2009.

With the writers of three of my films. Alfred Uhry (”Driving Miss Daisy”), Brian Moore (”Black Robe”), Horton Foote (”Tender Mercies”)

Poster for MOONLIGHT AND MAGNOLIAS by Ron Hutchinson. Directed by Bruce Beresford for Melbourne Theatre Company, March 2009.