Bruce BeresfordNot to be confused with the producer of Pimp My Ride who went to jail for murdering his wife—that's Bruce Beresford-Redman—our Bruce Beresford is an Australian film director resp...

Alfred Uhry Alfred Uhry is a Tony Award-winning playwright, responsible for The Robber Bridegroom (1975), The Last Night of Ballyhoo (1996), and Driving Miss Daisy (1987) Yes, the Miss Daisy. Uhry...

The Zanuck CompanyRichard and Lili Zanuck formed their production company after producing Cocoon (1985), another hit movie about old folks. Before he was old himself, Zanuck was a top executive at...

Stage to ScreenDriving Miss Daisy is based on Uhry's play of the same name, and not much changes from stage to screen. It's very theatrical in its production—intimate scenes, no blockbuster effec...

Hans ZimmerHans Zimmer, the award-winning composer of The Lion King and many Christopher Nolan films, took an unusual approach to Driving Miss Daisy. The film spans the 1940s, 50s, 60s, and 70s, so...

Driving Miss Daisy has more of an anti-fandom these days. We can't print Spike Lee's comment about the film without a few asterisks, but Lee, whose film Do the Right Thing was nominated for Best Sc...