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Baz Luhrmann
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Australian writer, director, and producer (born 1962)
Film & TV
New South Wales, Australia
Bazmark Anthony "Baz" Luhrmann AC (born Mark Anthony Luhrmann; 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. Some regard him as a contemporary example of an auteur for his style and deep involvement in the writing, directing, design and musical components…
Known for
- Revealed: Otto By Otto — Self2024
- Return of the King: The Fall and Rise of Elvis Presley — Self2024
- In Vogue: The 90s — Self2024
- Room 999 — Self2023
- Just a Boy From Tupelo: Bringing Elvis to the Big Screen — Self - Director2023
- Agent Elvis — The Director (voice)2023
- 100 Years of Warner Bros. — Self2023
- Step Into… The Movies with Derek and Julianne Hough — Self2022
- Exclusively Elvis: A Special Edition of 20/20 — Self2022
- Viva Australia - Recreating Iconic Locations for Elvis — Self2022
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Key facts
- Born
- Mark Anthony Luhrmann , ( 1962-09-17 ) 17 September 1962 (age 63) , Sydney , New South Wales , Australia
- Education
- National Institute of Dramatic Art ( BFA )
- Occupations
- Film director film producer screenwriter actor
- Years active
- 1982–present
- Spouse
- Catherine Martin ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 25 January 1997</span>"}]]}'>1997 )
- Awards
- Full list
- Website
- bazmark.com
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Anthony
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Australia
- Place of birth
- Sydney
- Spouse
- Catherine Martin
- Occupation
- writer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Notable work
- The Great Gatsby
- Official website
- www.bazmark.com
- Image
- Baz Luhrmann.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1962-09-17
- Commons category
- Baz Luhrmann
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Picture
- birth name
- Mark Anthony Luhrmann
- related category
- Category:Films directed by Baz Luhrmann
- start of work period
- 1982-00-00
- social media followers
- 69864
- member of
- Writers Guild of America West
- supported sports team
- Melbourne Football Club
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Encyclopedic overview
Bazmark Anthony Luhrmann (born Mark Anthony Luhrmann; 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 for his style and deep involvement in the writing, directing, design and musical components of all his work. In Australia, he is the most commercially successful native director, and four of his films are in the top ten highest worldwide grossing Australian films ever.
On the screen, he is best known for his Red Curtain Trilogy, comprising the romantic comedy film Strictly Ballroom (1992) and the romantic tragedies William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet (1996) and Moulin Rouge! (2001). Following the trilogy, projects included Australia (2008), The Great Gatsby (2013), 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, and Strictly Ballroom the Musical (2014). In September 2025 his first documentary, EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Baz Luhrmann” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.