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{{Short description|Australian filmmaker (born 1962)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Baz Luhrmann
| honorific_suffix   = {{Post-nominals|country=AUS|AC|size=100%}}
| image              = File:Baz Luhrmann photo.jpg
| caption            = Luhrmann in 2021
| birth_name         = Mark Anthony Luhrmann
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1962|9|17}}
| birth_place        = [[Sydney]], [[New South Wales]], Australia<ref>{{cite web|url=https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800026871/bio|title=Baz Luhrmann Biography|work=Yahoo! Movies|access-date=14 November 2009|archive-date=21 November 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101121121538/http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800026871/bio|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| occupation         = {{hlist|Film director|film producer|screenwriter|actor}}
| years_active       = 1982–present
| spouse             = {{marriage|[[Catherine Martin (designer)|Catherine Martin]]|25 January 1997}}
| awards             = [[List of awards and nominations received by Baz Luhrmann|Full list]]
| children           = 2
| education          = [[National Institute of Dramatic Art]] ([[Bachelor of Fine Arts|BFA]])
| website            = [https://www.bazmark.com/ bazmark.com]
}}
'''Bazmark'''<ref name=":0" /> '''Anthony''' "'''Baz'''" '''Luhrmann''' {{Post-nominals|country=AUS|AC}} (born 17 September 1962) is an Australian film director, producer, writer and actor whose various projects extend from film and television into opera, theatre, music and the recording industries. He is regarded by some as a contemporary example of an [[auteur]]<ref name=Wallace>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/09/magazine/deep-inside-baz-luhrmanns-creative-chaos.html|title=Deep Inside Baz Luhrmann's Creative Chaos|last=Wallace|first=Amy|author-link=Amy Wallace|date=7 February 2014|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=25 January 2018|archive-date=26 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180126071127/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/09/magazine/deep-inside-baz-luhrmanns-creative-chaos.html|url-status=live}}</ref> for his style and deep involvement in the writing, directing, design and musical components of all his work. He is the most commercially successful Australian director, and four of his films are in the top ten highest worldwide grossing [[Australian films]] ever.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-08-01/top-10-australian-films-at-australian-box-office/6655808|title=Top 10 grossing Australian films of all time|date=1 August 2015|work=[[ABC News (Australia)]]|access-date=25 January 2018|archive-date=9 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180209043928/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-08-01/top-10-australian-films-at-australian-box-office/6655808|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://thenewdaily.com.au/entertainment/movies/2016/12/30/best-australian-movies/|title=Australia's top 10 highest grossing films of all time|date=30 December 2016|work=[[The New Daily]]|access-date=25 January 2018|archive-date=26 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180126125508/https://thenewdaily.com.au/entertainment/movies/2016/12/30/best-australian-movies/|url-status=live}}</ref>

On the screen, he is best known for his ''[[Red Curtain Trilogy]]'', comprising the romantic comedy film ''[[Strictly Ballroom]]'' (1992) and the romantic tragedies ''[[Romeo + Juliet|William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet]]'' (1996) and ''[[Moulin Rouge!]]'' (2001). Following the trilogy, projects included ''[[Australia (2008 film)|Australia]]'' (2008), ''[[The Great Gatsby (2013 film)|The Great Gatsby]]'' (2013), ''[[Elvis (2022 film)|Elvis]]'' (2022) and the television period drama ''[[The Get Down]]'' (2016) for [[Netflix]]. Additional projects include stage productions of [[Giacomo Puccini]]'s ''[[La bohème]]'' for both [[Opera Australia]] and [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]], and ''[[Strictly Ballroom (musical)|Strictly Ballroom the Musical]]'' (2014). In September 2025 he is expected to release his first documentary, ''[[EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert]]''.

Luhrmann is known for his [[Grammy Award]]-nominated soundtracks [[Moulin Rouge! Music from Baz Luhrmann's Film|for ''Moulin Rouge!'']] and [[The Great Gatsby: Music from Baz Luhrmann's Film|for ''The Great Gatsby'']], as well as his record label House of Iona, a co-venture with [[RCA Records]].<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/6473231/baz-luhrmann-rca-to-launch-bazmark-label|title=Baz Luhrmann, RCA To Launch Bazmark Label|magazine=Billboard|access-date=5 July 2018|archive-date=13 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180713222102/https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/6473231/baz-luhrmann-rca-to-launch-bazmark-label|url-status=live}}</ref> Serving as producer on all his musical soundtracks, he also holds writing credits on many of the individual tracks. His album ''Something for Everybody'' features music from many of his films and also includes his hit "[[Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen)]]".

==Early and personal life==
Mark Anthony Luhrmann was born in [[Sydney]], New South Wales, on 17 September 1962. His mother, Barbara Carmel ({{née|Brennan}}), was a ballroom dance teacher and dress shop owner, and his father, Leonard Luhrmann, ran a petrol station and a cinema.<ref>{{Cite news |date=November 26, 2008 |title=Baz Luhrmann a man of many talents |url=http://www.couriermail.com.au/archive/entertainment/man-of-many-talents/story-e6freqex-1111118148222 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130627213042/http://www.couriermail.com.au/archive/entertainment/man-of-many-talents/story-e6freqex-1111118148222 |archive-date=27 Jun 2013 |work=[[The Courier-Mail]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/h/a/r/Jennifer-Harrison-Chisholm/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0318.html|title=Jennifer-Harrison-Chisholm – User Trees|website=genealogy.com|access-date=29 June 2020|archive-date=8 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308103610/https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/h/a/r/Jennifer-Harrison-Chisholm/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0318.html|url-status=live}}</ref> He was raised in [[Herons Creek, New South Wales|Herons Creek]], a tiny rural settlement in mid-northern [[New South Wales]]. He attended St&nbsp;Joseph's Hastings Regional School, [[Port Macquarie]] (1975–1978); [[St Paul's College, Manly|St Paul's Catholic College]], performing in the school's version of Shakespeare's ''[[Henry IV, Part 1]]''; and [[Narrabeen Sports High School]], where he met his future collaborator [[Craig Pearce]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8P8aBwAAQBAJ&q=Craig%20Pearce%20narrabeen%20sports%20high%20school&pg=PT14|title=Baz Luhrmann: Interviews|last=Ryan|first=Tom|date=5 November 2014|publisher=Univ. Press of Mississippi|isbn=9781626743007}}</ref>

Luhrmann received the nickname "Baz" at school, given to him because of his hairstyle, the name coming from the puppet character [[Basil Brush]]. While still in high school, Luhrmann changed his name by [[deed poll]] to Bazmark, joining his nickname and birth name together.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=McGrath |first=Nick |date=2023-01-21 |title=Baz Luhrmann: ‘I need freedom above all else’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/jan/21/baz-luhrmann-i-need-freedom-above-all-else |access-date=2025-11-16 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077 |quote=When I was 19 I changed my name by deed poll to Bazmark. I’d always thought Mark was a boring name.}}</ref> In 1980 Luhrmann graduated from high school, and in the same year was cast opposite [[Judy Davis]] in the Australian film ''[[Winter of Our Dreams]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Baz Luhrmann (12 works by)|url=http://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/OLD?id=A3x&idtype=oldid|work=AustLit|access-date=6 February 2014|year=2014|archive-date=21 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221145950/http://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/OLD?id=A3x&idtype=oldid|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1982, using the money he had earned from film and television work, he funded his own theatre company, The Bond Theatre Company.{{Citation needed|reason=Nellee Hooper? His biography makes no mention of it...|date=February 2023}} The company performed at [[Bondi Pavilion|the pavilion at Sydney's Bondi Beach]]. At the same time, he conceived and appeared in a controversial television documentary, ''Kids of the [[Kings Cross, New South Wales|Cross]]'', where Luhrmann, embedded as a character, lived with a group of street kids.<ref>{{IMDb title|id=2201089|title=Kids of the Cross}}</ref> In 1983 he enrolled in an acting course at the [[National Institute of Dramatic Art]]. He graduated in 1985 alongside [[Sonia Todd]], [[Catherine McClements]] and [[Justin Monjo]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nida.edu.au/ALUMNI/default.aspx |title=NIDA Alumni |url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014011919/http://www.nida.edu.au/ALUMNI/default.aspx |archive-date=14 October 2013}}</ref>

On 26 January 1997 he married [[Catherine Martin (designer)|Catherine Martin]], a [[production designer]], [[costume designer]] and [[film producer]]; the couple have two children.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brow |first=Jason |date=2023-01-25 |title=Baz Luhrmann’s Wife: Meet His Spouse Catherine Martin |url=https://hollywoodlife.com/feature/baz-luhrmann-wife-5014119/ |access-date=2025-10-03 |website=Hollywood Life |language=en-US}}</ref> When asked in interviews about his sexuality, Luhrmann has said that he sees all sexual possibilities.<ref name=Wallace /><ref>{{Cite web |title=S2 EP2: Baz Luhrmann on his iconic 'Red Curtain' Trilogy, living in Graceland, and his enduring love of clubbing |url=https://podcasts.apple.com/gh/podcast/s2-ep2-baz-luhrmann-on-his-iconic-red-curtain-trilogy/id1725833532?i=1000643450796 |access-date=2025-06-18 |website=Apple Podcasts |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Billen |first=Andrew |date=2012-04-10 |title=Rocking with the legend of Baz |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/film/rocking-with-the-legend-of-baz-6331541.html |access-date=2025-06-18 |website=The Standard |language=en}}</ref>

Luhrmann supports the [[Melbourne Football Club|Melbourne Demons]] in the [[Australian Football League]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Beveridge|first1=Riley|title=Your AFL club's most famous supporters, from Barack Obama to Cam Newton|url=http://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/your-afl-clubs-most-famous-supporters-from-barack-obama-to-cam-newton/news-story/03eb54659866d587cf9c2cc4b9f3d8c5|work=Fox Sports|date=29 January 2016|access-date=29 January 2016|archive-date=29 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160629180327/http://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/your-afl-clubs-most-famous-supporters-from-barack-obama-to-cam-newton/news-story/03eb54659866d587cf9c2cc4b9f3d8c5|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Career==
===Film===
[[File:BazLuhrmann2.png|thumb|Luhrmann in 2018]]
After theatrical successes, including the short play ''Strictly Ballroom'' which premiered at the [[Wharf Theatre]], Luhrmann moved into film. He made his directorial debut with the 1992 film version of ''[[Strictly Ballroom]]''.

Luhrmann's modern film interpretation ''[[Romeo + Juliet]]'' (1996), based on the [[Romeo and Juliet|William Shakespeare play]] and starring [[Leonardo DiCaprio]] and [[Claire Danes]], defeated ''[[Titanic (1997 film)|Titanic]]'' at the BAFTAs for best direction, music and screenplay. The film was celebrated at the Berlin Film Festival, where it was recognised with the Golden Bear award for direction and Silver Bear for DiCaprio's performance. Luhrmann also produced both volumes of the soundtrack album, which went triple-platinum.<ref name=Chagollan>{{cite magazine|last=Chagollan|first=Steve|title='Gatsby's' Great Music Collection|url=https://variety.com/2013/film/features/gatsby-1200370682/|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=17 April 2013|access-date=23 April 2019|archive-date=10 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240910203416/https://variety.com/2013/film/features/gatsby-1200370682/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Luhrmann's [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]]-winning musical ''[[Moulin Rouge!]]'' (2001), set in the [[Montmartre]] quarter of Paris at the dawn of the 20th century, told the story of an English poet and writer, Christian ([[Ewan McGregor]]), who falls in love with the star of the Moulin Rouge, cabaret actress and courtesan, Satine ([[Nicole Kidman]]). The film was praised by its adherents, including the musical directors [[Robert Wise]] and [[Stanley Donen]], as having re-invented the modern musical, blending decades of popular music in remixes and mash-ups.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Berk |first1=Philip |title=2002 – Musical or Comedy: ''Moulin Rouge!'' |url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/articles/2002-musical-or-comedy-moulin-rouge |website=Golden Globe Awards |date=16 December 2017 |publisher=HFPA |access-date=23 April 2019 |archive-date=23 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190423165107/https://www.goldenglobes.com/articles/2002-musical-or-comedy-moulin-rouge |url-status=live }}</ref> The film was named one of the AFI's top ten films of 2001<ref>{{cite web|title=American Film Institute's Top Films of the Year|url=http://www.infoplease.com/ipea/A0878236.html|work=InfoPlease|access-date=28 June 2011|archive-date=21 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110621043009/http://www.infoplease.com/ipea/A0878236.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and in 2010 was chosen as the top film of the 2000s decade in a poll of 150,000 respondents in the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite news|title=Moulin Rouge! voted best film of the decade|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/film-news/6944981/NEEDS-PIC-Moulin-Rouge-voted-best-film-of-the-decade.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/film-news/6944981/NEEDS-PIC-Moulin-Rouge-voted-best-film-of-the-decade.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=7 January 2010|access-date=28 June 2011|location=London}}{{cbignore}}</ref> At the 59th Annual Golden Globes, ''Moulin Rouge!'' took home the awards for [[Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy|Best Motion Picture]], [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical|Best Actress]] and [[Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score|Best Original Score]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Winners & Nominees 2002 |url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/winners-nominees/2002 |website=Golden Globe Awards |publisher=HFPA |access-date=5 March 2019 |archive-date=24 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924044003/http://www.hfpa.org/browse/?param=%2Fyear%2F2002 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The film also gave birth to a successful soundtrack album, produced by Luhrmann, which sold more than seven million copies and went double-platinum, led by the Grammy-winning number one hit single "[[Lady Marmalade]]".<ref>{{cite web|title=Lady Marmalade Wins Grammy Award|url=http://www.bignoisenow.com/christina/grammy02win.html|publisher=BigNoiseNow|date=28 February 2002|access-date=28 June 2011|archive-date=28 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928235726/http://www.bignoisenow.com/christina/grammy02win.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=Chagollan />

Luhrmann's 2008 historical epic ''[[Australia (2008 film)|Australia]]'' featured some of the country's most celebrated actors, including [[Nicole Kidman]], [[Hugh Jackman]], and [[David Gulpilil]]. Situated between the two World Wars, the film blended a nostalgic romance with major events from Australian history, including the [[Bombing of Darwin]], and the true story of the [[Stolen Generations]], wherein thousands of mixed-race Aboriginal children were stolen from their families by the state and forcibly integrated into white society. The movie's racial politics were controversial for their time, and notably, its production coincided with Prime Minister [[Kevin Rudd]]'s 2008 [[Apology to Australia's Indigenous peoples]]. [[Marcia Langton]], a professor of Australian indigenous studies at the [[University of Melbourne]], publicly supported the film, saying "Luhrmann depicts with satirical sharpness the racial caste system of that time... In his imagined cinema of the 1940s, the spatial and social shape of racism is reconstructed with such exact detail, I felt I had been transported back to my own childhood."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Langton |first1=Marcia |title=Faraway Downs fantasy resonates close to home |url=https://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/movies/faraway-downs-fantasy-resonates-close-to-home-20081123-ge7jaa.html |website=The Age |date=23 November 2008 |access-date=7 March 2019 |archive-date=8 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190308080916/https://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/movies/faraway-downs-fantasy-resonates-close-to-home-20081123-ge7jaa.html |url-status=live }}</ref> While achieving modest box office success in the United States, the film was very successful in Europe, maintaining the #1 slot at the box office for many weeks in France, Germany, Spain, Italy and the Scandinavian countries.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=intl&id=australia.htm|website=Box Office Mojo|title=Australia|access-date=11 July 2011|archive-date=10 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240910203418/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr4233384453/|url-status=live}}</ref> It is the second-highest grossing Australian film of all time, next to ''[[Crocodile Dundee]]'' and ahead of ''[[Happy Feet]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Highest Grossing Aussie Films|url=http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1009915/highest-grossing-aussie-films|work=World News Australia|publisher=Published by SBS|date=27 February 2009|access-date=28 June 2011|archive-date=21 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021142432/http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1009915/highest-grossing-aussie-films|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2013 Luhrmann [[The Great Gatsby (2013 film)|adapted]] F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel ''[[The Great Gatsby]]'', shot in 3D,<ref>{{cite news|title=Baz Luhrmann eyes ''Great Gatsby''|url=https://www.variety.com/article/VR1117997638.html?categoryid=13&cs=1|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|author=Michael Jones|date=18 December 2008|access-date=11 August 2009|archive-date=22 April 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090422051740/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117997638.html?categoryid=13&cs=1|url-status=live}}</ref> starring [[Leonardo DiCaprio]] as [[Jay Gatsby]], [[Tobey Maguire]] as [[Nick Carraway]], [[Carey Mulligan]] as [[Daisy Buchanan]], [[Joel Edgerton]] as Tom Buchanan, the Australian newcomer [[Elizabeth Debicki]] as Jordan Baker, and [[Amitabh Bachchan]] as Meyer Wolfsheim. For the film, Luhrmann and the costume/production designer Catherine Martin collaborated with [[Prada]], [[Brooks Brothers]] and [[Tiffany & Co.]] to create period-inspired dresses, suits and jewellery based on their own archives and true to the book's own references to luxury brands.<ref>{{cite news |last=Greene |first=Lucie |title=Luxury brands and ''The Great Gatsby'' movie |url=https://www.ft.com/content/c8098b7e-ace8-11e2-b27f-00144feabdc0 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/https://www.ft.com/content/c8098b7e-ace8-11e2-b27f-00144feabdc0 |archive-date=10 December 2022 |url-access=subscription |newspaper=[[Financial Times]]|date=11 May 2013|access-date=23 April 2019}}</ref> It grossed over $353 million worldwide, making it Luhrmann's highest-grossing film to date.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Great Gatsby |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=greatgatsby2012.htm |website=Box Office Mojo |publisher=IMDb |access-date=26 February 2019 |archive-date=13 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190913211254/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=greatgatsby2012.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Baz Luhrmann |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/people/chart/?view=Director&id=bazluhrmann.htm |website=Box Office Mojo |publisher=IMDb |access-date=26 February 2019 |archive-date=27 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190227060324/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/people/chart/?view=Director&id=bazluhrmann.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> The critic Richard Roeper described the adaptation as "the best attempt yet to capture the essence of the novel" while Fitzgerald's granddaughter praised it, saying "Scott would have been proud."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Roeper |first1=Richard |title=The Great Gatsby |url=http://www.richardroeper.com/reviews/thegreatgatsby.aspx |website=RichardRoeper.com |access-date=26 February 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Kendall |first1=Mary Claire |title=Loving 'Gatsby' All About 'Living Fitzgerald' |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/maryclairekendall/2013/05/10/loving-gatsby-all-about-living-fitzgerald/ |website=Forbes |access-date=26 February 2019 |archive-date=10 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240910203441/https://www.forbes.com/sites/maryclairekendall/2013/05/10/loving-gatsby-all-about-living-fitzgerald/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The following year, at the [[86th Academy Awards]], the film won in both its nominated categories: [[Academy Award for Best Production Design|Best Production Design]] and [[Academy Award for Best Costume Design|Best Costume Design]].<ref>{{cite web |title=The 86th Academy Awards – 2014 |url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2014 |website=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |date=7 October 2014 |access-date=26 February 2019 |archive-date=17 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180417095711/https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2014 |url-status=live }}</ref> The soundtrack, produced by Luhrmann, Anton Monsted and [[Jay-Z]], sought to blend the music of the Jazz Age with contemporary [[hip hop]] as two historical analogues.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Young |first1=Alex |title=The Great Gatsby soundtrack features new Jay-Z, The xx, Florence & the Machine |url=https://consequence.net/2013/04/the-great-gatsby-soundtrack-features-new-jay-z-the-xx-florence-the-machine/ |website=Consequence of Sound |date=4 April 2013 |access-date=23 April 2019 |archive-date=10 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240910203440/https://consequence.net/2013/04/the-great-gatsby-soundtrack-features-new-jay-z-the-xx-florence-the-machine/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Featured artists included [[Beyoncé]], [[Jack White]], [[Lana Del Rey]], [[Sia]], [[will.i.am]], [[The xx]] and [[Florence and the Machine]]; the soundtrack also included score from the film's composer and Luhrmann's repeat collaborator [[Craig Armstrong (composer)|Craig Armstrong]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Blistein |first1=Jon |title='Great Gatsby' Soundtrack Featured Jay-Z, Andre 3000, Beyonce |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/great-gatsby-soundtrack-features-jay-z-andre-3000-beyonce-186765/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=4 April 2013 |access-date=23 April 2019 |archive-date=23 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190423165046/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/great-gatsby-soundtrack-features-jay-z-andre-3000-beyonce-186765/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The album's sales exceeded expectations, marking the biggest digital sales week for a soundtrack in Billboard history, and peaking at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Corner |first1=Lewis |title='Great Gatsby', Lady Antebellum storm US album chart |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/music/a481948/great-gatsby-lady-antebellum-storm-us-album-chart/ |website=Digital Spy |date=16 May 2013 |publisher=National Magazine Company, Ltd. |access-date=23 April 2019 |archive-date=23 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190423165049/https://www.digitalspy.com/music/a481948/great-gatsby-lady-antebellum-storm-us-album-chart/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=Soundtrack Chart History |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/soundtrack/chart-history/alt/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=23 April 2019 |archive-date=17 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211117172425/https://www.billboard.com/artist/soundtrack/chart-history/alt/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Luhrmann's next project was ''[[Elvis (2022 film)|Elvis]]'', a [[biopic]] about [[Elvis Presley]] focusing on his relationship with [[Colonel Tom Parker]]. It debuted at the [[Cannes Film Festival]] in May 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.yahoo.com/baz-luhrmann-elvis-rocks-cannes-201951583.html/|title=Baz Luhrmann's 'Elvis' Rocks Cannes With 10-Minute Standing Ovation|last=Tartaglione|first=Nancy|date=23 May 2022|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|access-date=23 May 2022|archive-date=26 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220526020822/https://news.yahoo.com/baz-luhrmann-elvis-rocks-cannes-201951583.html/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Tom Hanks]] played Parker and [[Austin Butler]] portrayed Presley, having been cast after a series of screen tests, as well as music and performance workshops.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2019/07/elvis-presley-movie-baz-luhrmann-ansel-elgort-miles-teller-austin-butler-harry-styles-tom-hanks-1202640766/|title=Top Young Talent Vying For Elvis in Baz Luhrmann Film; Ansel Elgort, Miles Teller, Austin Butler, Harry Styles|first=Mike Jr.|last=Fleming|date=1 July 2019|access-date=2 July 2019|archive-date=14 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220614102831/https://deadline.com/2019/07/elvis-presley-movie-baz-luhrmann-ansel-elgort-miles-teller-austin-butler-harry-styles-tom-hanks-1202640766/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/harry-styles-ansel-elgort-miles-teller-running-play-elvis-baz-luhrmann-film-1222173|title=Harry Styles, Ansel Elgort, Miles Teller in the Running to Play Elvis in Baz Luhrmann's Biopic|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=July 2019|access-date=2 July 2019|archive-date=2 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702054121/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/harry-styles-ansel-elgort-miles-teller-running-play-elvis-baz-luhrmann-film-1222173|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/baz-luhrmanns-elvis-biopic-finds-its-star-austin-butle-1836382932|title=Baz Luhrmann's Elvis biopic finds its star: Austin Butler|website=AV Club|date=15 July 2019|access-date=18 July 2019|archive-date=16 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190716161010/https://news.avclub.com/baz-luhrmanns-elvis-biopic-finds-its-star-austin-butle-1836382932|url-status=live}}</ref> The film opened in June 2022, becoming a box office hit and receiving eight [[Academy Award]] nominations, including [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]] and [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] for Butler.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Brzeski |first1=Patrick |date=5 December 2022 |title='Elvis,' 'Mystery Road: Origin' Dominate Australia's AACTA Craft Awards |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/aacta-craft-awards-2022-winners-1235274967/ |access-date=5 December 2022 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US |archive-date=10 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240910203526/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/aacta-craft-awards-2022-winners-1235274967/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Lewis|first1=Hilary|last2=Nordyke|first2=Kimberly|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/oscar-nominations-2023-nominees-list-1235307974/|date=24 January 2023|access-date=27 January 2023|title=Oscar Nominations 2023: The Full Nominees List|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|archive-date=24 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230124150506/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/oscar-nominations-2023-nominees-list-1235307974/|url-status=live}}</ref> In January 2023, Luhrmann signed a first-look deal with [[Warner Bros. Pictures]] after working with the studio on ''Elvis''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Fleming|first=Mike Jr.|title='Elvis' Helmer Baz Luhrmann Still In The Building; He Makes First-Look Deal With Warner Bros Pictures After The King Biopic's 8 Oscar Noms|url=https://deadline.com/2023/01/elvis-director-baz-luhrmann-first-look-deal-warner-bros-pictures-8-oscar-nominations-1235241706/|date=26 January 2023|access-date=27 January 2023|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|archive-date=27 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230127004015/https://deadline.com/2023/01/elvis-director-baz-luhrmann-first-look-deal-warner-bros-pictures-8-oscar-nominations-1235241706/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In September 2024 it was reported that Luhrmann's next narrative feature film will be an adaption of the life of [[Joan of Arc]], titled ''Jehanne d'Arc''.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/2024/film/news/baz-luhrmann-jehanne-darc-joan-of-arc-1236147612/ |title=Baz Luhrmann Sets New ''Jehanne d'Arc'' Film at Warner Bros |date=2024-09-17 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|last=Tangcay |first=Jazz |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240917183458/https://variety.com/2024/film/news/baz-luhrmann-jehanne-darc-joan-of-arc-1236147612/ |archive-date=2024-09-17}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2024/09/baz-lurhmann-firms-jehanne-d-arc-as-next-film-at-warner-bros-tragic-heroine-1236091520/ |title=Baz Luhrmann Blows Out Candles, Firms ''Jehanne d'Arc'' as Next Film at Warner Bros; Begins Casting Teen to Play Tragic French Heroine |date=2024-09-17 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|last=Fleming |first=Mike Jr. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240917183455/https://deadline.com/2024/09/baz-lurhmann-firms-jehanne-d-arc-as-next-film-at-warner-bros-tragic-heroine-1236091520/ |archive-date=2024-09-17}}</ref> The project was described as "The ultimate teenage girl coming of age story, set in the [[Hundred Years' War]]." He is co-writing this adaptation with playwright [[Ava Pickett]].<ref>{{Cite web|author=Mike Fleming Jr|date=2025-05-15 |title=Like the Movie Subject, Baz Luhrmann's ''Jehanne d'Arc'' Propelled by Youthful Energy Via Co-Scribe Ava Pickett; Search Is On for Tragic Teen Joan |url=https://deadline.com/2025/05/baz-luhrmann-jehanne-darc-ava-pickett-search-for-joan-of-arc-1236399785/ |access-date=2025-07-05 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref>

Luhrmann's latest film is ''[[EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert]]'', a [[documentary]] and [[concert film]] featuring [[Found footage (film technique)|long-lost footage]] from his [[Westgate Las Vegas|epochal residency]] in [[Las Vegas]] [[Westgate Las Vegas#International Hotel (1969–1971)|from]] 1969 into the 1970s, as well as previously unseen footage from ''[[Elvis: That's the Way It Is]]'' and ''[[Elvis on Tour]]'' uncovered during production of Luhrmann's ''Elvis'' biopic.<ref>{{cite web |title=EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert |url=https://www.tiff.net/films/epic-elvis-presley-in-concert |website=Toronto International Film Festival |access-date=7 September 2025}}</ref><ref name="deadline">{{cite news |last1=Fleming Jr. |first1=Mike |title=Baz Luhrmann Working On New Elvis Presley Docu Feature – Watch Exclusive Teaser Trailer |url=https://deadline.com/video/elvis-presley-baz-luhrmann-documentary-film-watch-footage/ |access-date=16 August 2025 |work=Deadline |date=22 January 2025}}</ref> It premiered on 6 September 2025 at the [[Toronto International Film Festival]].<ref name="bazpremieredate">{{cite web |last1=Luhrmann |first1=Baz |title=EPiC WORLD PREMIERE at TIFF, 6th Sept in the Princess Of Wales Theatre! Oh, It's a happy day… #tiff50 |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/DNQUuK4p9KZ/ |website=Instagram |access-date=16 August 2025}}</ref><ref name="wardvariety">{{cite news |last1=Ward |first1=Sarah |title=Baz Luhrmann's 'EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert' and David Michôd's 'Christy' Set TIFF World Premieres |url=https://au.variety.com/2025/film/news/tiff-2025-baz-luhrmann-david-michod-25466/ |access-date=16 August 2025 |work=Variety |date=22 July 2025}}</ref>

===Television===
[[File:Baz Luhrmann Cannes 2013.jpg|thumb|upright|Luhrmann at the [[2013 Cannes Film Festival]]]]
In 2016 Luhrmann collaborated with the playwright [[Stephen Adly Guirgis]] on the [[Netflix]] series ''[[The Get Down]]'' about the birth of [[hip hop]] in the 1970s.<ref>{{Cite news |date=13 December 2013 |title=Baz Luhrmann and Stephen Adly Guirgis Collaborating on Hip-Hop Television Project |url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/baz-luhrmann-and-stephen-adly-guirgis-collaborating-on-hip-hop-television-p-212833 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150308065429/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/baz-luhrmann-and-stephen-adly-guirgis-collaborating-on-hip-hop-television-p-212833 |archive-date=2015-03-08 |access-date=2025-10-03 |work=Playbill}}</ref> For the series, Luhrmann brought on [[Nas]], [[Grandmaster Flash]], [[Kurtis Blow]] and [[DJ Kool Herc]] as producers, to help to tell the story of the rise of hip hop, punk, and disco during shifting cultural and political transformation through his unique brand of magical realism.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/1263-netflixs-the-get-down-is-the-rare-and-great-music-drama-thats-actually-about-music/|title=Netflix's ''The Get Down'' Is the Rare (And Great) Music Drama That's Actually About Music|website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|date=12 August 2016|access-date=25 February 2019|archive-date=25 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190225223654/https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/1263-netflixs-the-get-down-is-the-rare-and-great-music-drama-thats-actually-about-music/|url-status=live}}</ref> The series featured two parts, praised for its vibrant music, fresh cast and authenticity, due to the involvement of many of the era's key historical figures in central roles to the show's development.<ref>{{Cite web|title=''The Get Down''|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/the_get_down|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|access-date=25 February 2019|archive-date=6 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200306160326/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/the_get_down|url-status=live}}</ref> Part One got a score of 77% from the online review-aggregator [[Rotten Tomatoes]], while Part Two holds a critic score of 86%.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Get Down: Season One |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/the_get_down/s01 |website=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=26 February 2019 |archive-date=13 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180913142832/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/the_get_down/s01/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The Get Down: Season Two |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/the_get_down/s02 |website=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=26 February 2019 |archive-date=29 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190929071923/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/the_get_down/s02 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Filmography==
===Director===
'''Film'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Director
! Writer
! Producer
! Distributor
|-
|1992
|''[[Strictly Ballroom]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|Ronin Films
|-
|1996
|''[[Romeo + Juliet]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|rowspan="3"|[[20th Century Studios|20th Century Fox]]
|-
|2001
|''[[Moulin Rouge!]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|-
|2008
|''[[Australia (2008 film)|Australia]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|-
|2013
|''[[The Great Gatsby (2013 film)|The Great Gatsby]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
| rowspan="2" |[[Warner Bros. Pictures]]
|-
|2022
|''[[Elvis (2022 film)|Elvis]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|-
|2025
|''[[EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|[[Neon (company)|Neon]] / [[Universal Pictures]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Baz Luhrmann’s 'EPiC: Elvis Presley In Concert' Sells To Neon And Universal Pictures Content Group|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|first=Justin|last=Kroll|date=9 October 2025|access-date=9 October 2025|url=https://deadline.com/2025/10/baz-luhrmann-epic-elvis-presley-in-concert-neon-1236574566/}}</ref>
|}

'''Television'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
!Creator
! Director
! Writer
! Executive<br>producer
! Notes
|-
|2016–2017
|''[[The Get Down]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|Directed and co-wrote episode "Where There Is Ruin, There Is Hope for a Treasure"
|}

===Screen actor===
'''Television'''
{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 1981–82 || ''[[A Country Practice]]'' || Jerry Percival || 6 episodes
|-
| 1983 || ''Kids of the Cross'' || Himself || Documentary film
|-
| 2023 || ''[[Agent Elvis]]'' || The Director (voice) || Episode: "Cocaine Tuesdays"
|}

'''Film'''
{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 1981 || ''[[Winter of Our Dreams]]'' || Pete ||
|-
|rowspan=2| 1982 || ''[[The Dark Room (1982 film)|The Dark Room]]'' || First student ||
|-
| ''[[The Highest Honor]]'' || Able Seaman A. W. Huston ||
|-
| 2013 || ''[[The Great Gatsby (2013 film)|The Great Gatsby]]'' || Waiter || Uncredited
|}

===Stage actor===
{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 1982 || ''Are You Lonesome Tonight?'' || Unknown || Performed at Nimrod Downstairs, Sydney
|-
| 1983 || ''Fanshen'' || Peasant || Performed at [[National Institute of Dramatic Art|NIDA]], Sydney
|-
|rowspan=2| 1984 || ''[[Summerfolk|Holiday Makers]]'' || Unknown ||rowspan=2| Performed at NIDA
|-
| ''[[All's Well That Ends Well]]'' || Dumain Brother
|-
| 1984,<br>1986 || ''[[Strictly Ballroom#Production history|Strictly Ballroom]]'' || Ross Pierce || Also director,<br>Performed at NIDA in 1984, and in [[Bratislava]] in 1986
|-
|rowspan=5| 1985 || ''[[A Dream Play|Dreamplay]]'' ||rowspan=5| Unknown || Performed at NIDA. Directed by [[Jim Sharman]]
|-
| ''[[Funeral Games (play)|Funeral Games]]'' ||rowspan=2| Part of the ''Hallucinogenics? 3 plays from the 60s'' event. Performed at NIDA
|-
| ''[[Chamber Music (play)|Chamber Music]]''
|-
| ''The Greeks'' || Trilogy: ''The War'', ''The Murders'', ''The Gods''.<br>Performed at NIDA, and St Martin's Youth Arts Centre, [[Melbourne]].
|-
| ''[[Once in a Lifetime (play)|Once in a Lifetime]]'' || Performed at NIDA
|-
| 1986 || ''Crocodile Creek'' || – || Directed for the New Moon Theatre Company in [[Rockhampton]].<br>Amateur musical production set in the Queensland goldfields
|-
| 1989 || ''The Conquest of the South Pole'' || Unknown || Performed at [[Belvoir St Theatre]], Sydney
|}

==Other ventures==
Luhrmann, who started appearing on TV screen in 1981, appeared in ''[[Winter of Our Dreams]]'', directed by [[John Duigan]]. By 1992, he had directed the music video "Love Is in the Air" by [[John Paul Young]]. The next year, Luhrmann staged his interpretation of ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream (opera)|A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'' by [[Benjamin Britten]]. In 1997 when the CD of ''Something for Everybody'' was released, it featured Luhrmann's films and operas. Following the success, he created and managed a company {{ill|Bazmark|fr}} along with his wife, [[Catherine Martin (designer)|Catherine Martin]].

In 1997 as a music producer, Luhrmann was credited on [[Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen)|"Everybody's Free"]], a [[spoken word]] song in Europe, Australia and the Americas. Luhrmann directed a 2004 commercial for [[Chanel N° 5]] entitled ''[[No. 5 the Film|N° 5 the Film]].'' On [[Charlie Rose (talk show)|''Charlie Rose'']] interview, he told Rose that the commercial was based in the 1953 film, ''[[Roman Holiday]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/9669 |title=Charlie Rose – A conversation about the film "Australia" |author=Luhrmann, Baz |work=[[The Charlie Rose Show]] |date=27 November 2008 |url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402111603/http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/9669 |archive-date=2 April 2015 }}</ref> The next year 2005, Luhrmann was appointed an Ambassador for the [[Australian Theatre for Young People]], and in next three years, he was asked by the Prime Minister of Australia [[Kevin Rudd]] to make adverts for the promotion of tourism in Australia.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601081&sid=aqTdor3btTDI|title=Australia Taps Luhrmann for Campaign to Boost Tourism|first=Malcolm|last=Scott|publisher=Bloomberg L.P.|date=29 July 2008|access-date=5 March 2017|archive-date=26 June 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090626182858/http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601081&sid=aqTdor3btTDI|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2009 during the [[81st Academy Awards]] in February, Luhrmann put together a number dedicated to musicals which consisted of [[Hugh Jackman]], [[Beyoncé]], [[Zac Efron]], [[Vanessa Hudgens]], [[Dominic Cooper]] and [[Amanda Seyfried]]. In September of same year, he appeared as a guest judge on [[Dancing with the Stars (American TV series) season 9|''Dancing with the Stars'']].

He produced [[Christina Aguilera]] and [[Nile Rodgers]]' 2016 single "[[Telepathy (song)|Telepathy]]", along with Elliott Wheeler.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://listen.tidal.com/track/64498755|title=Telepathy / Christina Aguilera Tidal|work=[[Tidal (service)|Tidal]]|date=15 August 2016 |access-date=October 23, 2016}}</ref>

Luhrmann and the painter [[Vincent Fantauzzo]] embarked on an art initiative which took them to India, where they created artworks on walls of hotels, in the streets of Rajasthan and on 17th century forts in 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cnngo.com/mumbai/play/baz-luhrmann-vincent-fantauzzos-mad-indian-motorcycle-diary-016354|title=Baz Luhrmann & Vincent Fantauzzo's mad Indian motorcycle diary|author=Kanwardeep Singh Dhaliwal|publisher=CNNgo.com|date=24 March 2010|access-date=27 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120114134252/http://www.cnngo.com/mumbai/play/baz-luhrmann-vincent-fantauzzos-mad-indian-motorcycle-diary-016354|archive-date=14 January 2012|url-status = dead}}</ref> He also shot the campaign film ''The Secret Life of Flowers.'' Though mostly hands-off with the [[Moulin Rouge! (musical)|stage production of ''Moulin Rouge!'']], Luhrmann produced its Broadway cast recording in 2019.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/09/02/baz-luhrmanns-moulin-rouge-mega-mashup|title=Baz Luhrmann's "Moulin Rouge!" Mega Mashup|last=Schulman|first=Michael|author-link=Michael Shulman (writer)|magazine=[[The New Yorker]]|date=26 August 2019|access-date=22 October 2019|archive-date=31 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190831060410/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/09/02/baz-luhrmanns-moulin-rouge-mega-mashup|url-status=live}}</ref>

Luhrmann led the jury at the 2023 Red Sea International Film Festival held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/baz-luhrmann-red-sea-film-festival-saudi-arabia-gaza-israel-1235676986/ | title=Jury Head Baz Luhrmann on Attending Red Sea Film Fest Amid Regional Conflict: "Voices of Storytellers Need to Get Out There" | website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] | date=28 November 2023 | access-date=23 May 2024 | archive-date=23 May 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240523105852/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/baz-luhrmann-red-sea-film-festival-saudi-arabia-gaza-israel-1235676986/ | url-status=live }}</ref>

In January 2025, Luhrmann collaborated with wife [[Catherine Martin (designer)|Catherine Martin]] and Jon Neidich of Golden Age Hospitality on Monsieur, a new bar in New York City's [[East Village, Manhattan|East Village]] with a gothic medieval aesthetic, inspired by the East Village nightlife in the late 1960s and early 70s.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Taylor |first=Elise |date=2025-01-16 |title=Inside Monsieur, Baz Luhrmann's New East Village Bar Where Gothic Splendor Meets Rock 'n' Roll |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/monsieur-bar-east-village-baz-luhrmann |access-date=2025-06-18 |website=Vogue |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Influence and legacy==
Luhrmann has cited [[Grand opera#Italy|Italian grand opera]] as a major influence on his work and has also given a nod to other theatrical styles, such as [[Bollywood]] films, as having influenced his style. Luhrmann was a ballroom dancer as a child and his mother taught ballroom dancing which was an inspiration for ''Strictly Ballroom''. Luhrmann's favourite films are ''[[Star 80]]'', ''[[8½]]'', ''[[War and Peace (film series)|War and Peace]]'', ''[[Medium Cool]]'' and ''[[Fitzcarraldo]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/william_shakespeares_romeo_and_juliet/news/1921010/five_favorite_films_with_baz_luhrmann|title=Five Favorite Films of Baz Luhrmann|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|access-date=19 February 2020|archive-date=3 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150803194415/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/william_shakespeares_romeo_and_juliet/news/1921010/five_favorite_films_with_baz_luhrmann|url-status=live}} Rotten Tomatoes. 19 October 2010. Retrieved 29 March 2013.</ref>

Luhrmann's influence has extended outside the traditional realm of media and entertainment. Deeply involved in the fashion and art worlds, Luhrmann's ''[[No. 5 the Film]]'' for [[Chanel]] not only holds a [[Guinness World Records|Guinness World Record]] for the highest budget for an advertising commercial ever produced,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/most-expensive-advertisement-(commercial)-on-television/|title=Most expensive advertisement (commercial) on television|work=Guinness World Records|access-date=25 January 2018|archive-date=26 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180126072329/http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/most-expensive-advertisement-(commercial)-on-television/|url-status=live}}</ref> but pioneered the now commonplace genre of fashion film and [[branded content]]. Luhrmann works closely with the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]]'s [[Anna Wintour Costume Center]], having chaired the annual [[Met Gala]] as well as producing a short film for the museum, celebrating [[Miuccia Prada]] and [[Elsa Schiaparelli]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2012/impossible-conversations/audio-and-video|title=Audio and Video {{!}} The Metropolitan Museum of Art|website=www.metmuseum.org|access-date=25 January 2018|archive-date=26 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180126125542/https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2012/impossible-conversations/audio-and-video|url-status=live}}</ref> More recently, he and his wife [[Catherine Martin (designer)|Catherine Martin]] have adapted their style for projects in events, retail, architecture and design with [[Barneys New York]]<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/baz-dazzled-barneys-new-york-holiday-windows-unveiling|title=Baz Dazzled: The Barneys New York Holiday Window Unveiling with Baz Luhrmann and Catherine Martin|magazine=[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]|access-date=25 January 2018|archive-date=10 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240910203945/https://www.vogue.com/article/baz-dazzled-barneys-new-york-holiday-windows-unveiling|url-status=live}}</ref> and developer and hotelier [[Alan Faena]].<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/what-looks-like-baz-luhrmann-838537|title=What It Looks Like When Baz Luhrmann Helps Design a Miami Hotel|magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|access-date=25 January 2018|archive-date=26 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180126070721/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/what-looks-like-baz-luhrmann-838537|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/annabel/2016/05/11/the-maestro-of-miami-beach-alan-faena-and-his-new-faena-hotel/|title=The Maestro of Miami Beach: Alan Faena and His New Faena Hotel|last=Abel|first=Ann|magazine=[[Forbes]]|access-date=25 January 2018}}</ref>

In November 2022, Lurhmann featured in ''[[Desert Island Discs]]'' on [[BBC Radio 4]]; his choice of favourite track, book and luxury item were "[[Che gelida manina]]" from [[Giacomo Puccini|Puccini]]'s ''[[La bohème]]'' (sung by [[Pavarotti]]), [[Leo Tolstoy|Tolstoy]]'s ''[[War and Peace]]'', and a silk eye mask respectively.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001flzq|publisher=[[BBC Radio 4]]|work=[[Desert Island Discs]]|title=Baz Luhrmann, director | access-date=3 December 2022 | archive-date=2 December 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221202115302/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001flzq | url-status=live }}</ref>

==Awards and honours==
{{main|List of awards and nominations received by Baz Luhrmann}}Luhrmann was appointed a [[Order of Australia|Companion of the Order of Australia]] in the [[2025 King's Birthday Honours (Australia)|2025 King's Birthday Honours]] for "eminent service to the arts as a filmmaker, to the theatre, to cultural heritage, and to the development of artistic talent".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mr Bazmark Anthony LUHRMANN |url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/3053859 |access-date=2025-06-08 |website=Australian Honours Search Facility}}</ref>
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! rowspan="2" | Year
! rowspan="2" | Title
! colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" width=160| Academy Awards
! colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" width=160| BAFTA Awards
! colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" width=160| Golden Globe Awards
! colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" width=160| AACTA Awards
|-
! Nominations
! Wins
! Nominations
! Wins
! Nominations
! Wins
! Nominations
! Wins
|-
|1992
|''[[Strictly Ballroom]]''
|
|
|align=center|8
|align=center|3
|align=center|1
|
|align=center|13
|align=center|8
|-
|1996
|''[[Romeo + Juliet]]''
|align=center|1
|
|align=center|7
|align=center|4
|
|
|align=center|1
|
|-
|2001
|''[[Moulin Rouge!]]''
|align=center|8
|align=center|2
|align=center|12
|align=center|3
|align=center|6
|align=center|3
|align=center|10
|align=center|5
|-
|2008
|''[[Australia (2008 film)|Australia]]''
|align=center|1
|
|
|
|
|
|align=center|8
|align=center|3
|-
|2013
|''[[The Great Gatsby (2013 film)|The Great Gatsby]]''
|align=center|2
|align=center|2
|align=center|3
|align=center|2
|
|
|align=center|14
|align=center|12
|-
|2022
|''[[Elvis (2022 film)|Elvis]]''
|align=center|8
|
|align=center|9
|align=center|4
|align=center|3
|align=center|1
|align=center|16
|align=center|12
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!align=center|20
!align=center|4
!align=center|39
!align=center|12
!align=center|10
!align=center|4
!align=center|62
!align=center|40
|}

==Media appearances==
*In September 2009, Luhrmann made an appearance as a guest judge on ''[[Dancing with the Stars (American TV series) season 9|Dancing with the Stars]]''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Baz Luhrmann Guest Judges on ''Dancing''|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/28/baz-luhrmann-guest-judges_n_302461.html|access-date=6 February 2014|newspaper=[[HuffPost]]|date=28 September 2009|archive-date=10 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240910204001/https://www.huffpost.com/|url-status=live}}</ref> Luhrmann participated on the [[NPR]] radio quiz program ''[[Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!]]'' in 2013.<ref>[https://www.npr.org/2013/09/07/219704753/not-my-job-we-ask-australian-baz-luhrmann-about-austria "''Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!''"], [[NPR]] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240910203931/https://www.npr.org/2013/09/07/219704753/not-my-job-we-ask-australian-baz-luhrmann-about-austria |date=10 September 2024}}</ref>
*Luhrmann's song "Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen)" was discussed in March 2020 on the [[BBC Radio 5 Live]] ''[[Adrian Chiles|Chiles on Friday]]'' programme with Charlotte McDonald. It featured an interview from the documentary with Australian voice over artist, [[Lee Perry (voice actor)|Lee Perry]].<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3cszvtr "The Sunscreen Song; The Class of '99"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925021051/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3cszvtr |date=25 September 2020 }}, [[BBC World Service]]</ref>

==In popular culture==
{{In popular culture|date=September 2025}}
In 2022, the writers of the Israeli satirical TV program ''[[The Jews Are Coming]]'' made a tribute in Hebrew to Luhrmann's version of "[[Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen)]]" with [[Moses]] standing before the Israelites and quoting the [[Ten Commandments]] with the background music from "Sunscreen" and several parts closely translated from Luhrmann's text, such as getting to know your parents before they disappear.<ref>{{YouTube|YJ5sEwhAgEE|היהודים באים עונה 5 – משה רבנו נפרד מהעם – נאום עשרת הדיברות – מתוך פרק 13 [''The Jews Are Coming'' season 5 – "Moses Says Goodbye to the People", The Ten Commandments Speech, from episode 13]}} (regionally restricted)<!-- Not archived: {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220616091202/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJ5sEwhAgEE |date=16 June 2022}}--></ref>

==References==
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