---
name: "Baz Luhrmann"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/baz-luhrmann"
fi1m_id: "baz-luhrmann"
imdb_id: "nm0525303"
tmdb_id: 6201
wikidata_id: "Q250545"
roles: ["Director","Writer","Producer"]
born: "17 September 1962"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 7
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_as: "director"
average_over: 7
updated: "2026-10-03T08:18:08.415751+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Baz Luhrmann

## Identity

Baz Luhrmann

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/baz-luhrmann
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** baz-luhrmann
- **IMDb ID:** nm0525303
- **TMDB ID:** 6201
- **Wikidata ID:** Q250545
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baz_Luhrmann, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q250545, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0525303/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6201

Director and writer. Born 17 September 1962 in New South Wales, Australia.

## Details

- **Work:** Director, Writer, Producer
- **Born:** 17 September 1962, New South Wales, Australia
- **Active:** 1992–present
- **Also known as:** Баз Лурманн, Mark Anthony Luhrmann
- **Frequently works with:** [Craig Pearce](https://film.one/person/craig-pearce.md), [Catherine Knapman](https://film.one/person/catherine-knapman.md), [Leonardo DiCaprio](https://film.one/person/leonardo-dicaprio.md), [Nicole Kidman](https://film.one/person/nicole-kidman.md), [Richard Roxburgh](https://film.one/person/richard-roxburgh.md)
- **BAFTA Film Awards:** 2 BAFTAs (2 won)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 72, as director, over 7 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 82 (2), 2000s 66 (2), 2010s 61 (1), 2020s 74 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 72 to 67 across 7 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 6, Romance 5, Music 3, Adventure 1, Comedy 1, Documentary 1
- **Screen time:** 15 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,235m across 7 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baz_Luhrmann, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q250545, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0525303/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6201

## Coming up

- *Jehanne d'Arc* (2028-11-22), Director

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Strictly Ballroom*](https://film.one/film/strictly-ballroom.md) (83)
- **Disney+:** [*Romeo + Juliet*](https://film.one/film/romeo-juliet.md) (82)
- **Paramount+:** [*EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert*](https://film.one/film/epic-elvis-presley-in-concert.md) (81)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Fi1m on Baz Luhrmann

> Baz Luhrmann makes old stories immediate through colour, music and actors who believe in the romance. We rate him when the lovers hold our attention; his restless cutting can make that harder than it needs to be.

Guns, cars and corporate wealth surround the lovers in *Romeo + Juliet* (1996), but they still speak Shakespeare’s dialogue. Luhrmann wants the danger to feel immediate and the romance to be taken seriously, however loud the setting. We like that willingness to risk looking excessive for the sake of a love story. He is particularly good at making old material feel like something happening now.

His feature debut, *Strictly Ballroom* (1992), adapted his own stage play and established that theatrical approach. It began the Red Curtain Trilogy, completed by *Romeo + Juliet* and the jukebox musical *Moulin Rouge* (2001). Dance, poetry and song give those films ways to express strong feelings without requiring anyone to behave naturally. The later *Australia* (2008), *The Great Gatsby* (2013) and *Elvis* (2022) broaden the subjects without much reducing his appetite for spectacle.

In *Romeo + Juliet*, Catherine Martin’s production design makes the families’ corporate power visible in their surroundings. The feud belongs to people with influence beyond their own front doors, and the buildings help us understand that. Kym Barrett’s assertive costumes help establish personalities before every word has registered. Luhrmann and co-screenwriter Craig Pearce keep Shakespeare’s dialogue, allowing the clothes and buildings to explain the modern setting while the actors get on with the scene.

We were moved by *Romeo + Juliet*, because Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes make the lovers’ attraction convincing despite the interruptions around them. Their performances make the modern setting and the old language belong together. The impatient editing is a real fault: it gives them too little room and sometimes makes the dialogue harder to follow. Luhrmann has actors worth watching here, and we wish he would leave them alone more often. Start there if a romance without solemnity sounds like a good evening, and allow for a director who keeps interrupting it.

## Biography

Baz Luhrmann is an Australian film director, producer and screenwriter. Born Mark Anthony Luhrmann on 17 September 1962 in Sydney, New South Wales, he trained at the National Institute of Dramatic Art.

He directed and co-wrote the screenplay for *Strictly Ballroom* (1992) and *William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet* (1996). His other feature films include *Moulin Rouge!* (2001), *Australia* (2008), *The Great Gatsby* (2013) and *Elvis* (2022). He has also directed the Netflix series *The Get Down* (2016) and stage productions including *La bohème*.

Luhrmann is married to production and costume designer Catherine Martin.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, theguardian.com.*

## On Fi1m (7)

- *EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert* (2026), Fi1m 81, Producer, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/epic-elvis-presley-in-concert.md)
- *Elvis* (2022), Fi1m 66, Story, Producer, Director, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/elvis.md)
- *The Great Gatsby* (2013), Fi1m 61, Screenplay, Director, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-great-gatsby.md)
- *Australia* (2008), Fi1m 58, Story, Screenplay, Producer, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/australia.md)
- *Moulin Rouge!* (2001), Fi1m 75, Writer, Producer, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/moulin-rouge.md)
- *Romeo + Juliet* (1996), Fi1m 82, Screenplay, Director, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/romeo-juliet.md)
- *Strictly Ballroom* (1992), Fi1m 83, Director, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/strictly-ballroom.md)

## Complete filmography (18)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Jehanne d'Arc* (2028), Director, Producer, Screenplay
- *EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert* (2026), Director, Producer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/epic-elvis-presley-in-concert.md)
- *Faraway Downs* (2023), series, Executive Producer, Additional Music, Producer, Director, Screenplay, Story
- *Agent Elvis* (2023), series, as The Director (voice)
- *Elvis* (2022), Story, Director, Screenplay, Producer — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/elvis.md)
- *The Get Down* (2016), series, Writer, Director, Creator
- *Chanel N°5: The One That I Want* (2014), Director
- *The Great Gatsby* (2013), Director, Screenplay, Producer — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/the-great-gatsby.md)
- *Australia* (2008), Director, Screenplay, Story, Producer, Additional Music — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/australia.md)
- *Michael Powell* (2005), Actor
- *Moulin Rouge!* (2001), Director, Producer, Writer — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/moulin-rouge.md)
- *Romeo + Juliet* (1996), Producer, Director, Screenplay — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/romeo-juliet.md)
- *La Bohème* (1994), Director
- *Strictly Ballroom* (1992), Director, Screenplay — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/strictly-ballroom.md)
- *The Dark Room* (1982), as First Student
- *The Highest Honour* (1982), as Able Seaman A.W. Huston
- *A Country Practice* (1981), series, Actor
- *Winter of Our Dreams* (1981), as Pete

## Gallery

- ![Baz Luhrmann](https://film.one/media/person/81536/gallery-dd9e1c0e2b08.jpg) Baz Luhrmann — Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/56/Baz_Luhrmann.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Baz Luhrmann With Mark Kermode - BFI Southbank - Wednesday 28th September 2022](https://film.one/media/person/81536/gallery-a725c1f4987f.jpg) Baz Luhrmann With Mark Kermode - BFI Southbank - Wednesday 28th September 2022 — Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/BazLBFI280922_%2810_of_10%29_%2852399358614%29.jpg/1280px-BazLBFI280922_%2810_of_10%29_%2852399358614%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Baz Luhrmann With Mark Kermode - BFI Southbank - Wednesday 28th September 2022](https://film.one/media/person/81536/gallery-6455136da88d.jpg) Baz Luhrmann With Mark Kermode - BFI Southbank - Wednesday 28th September 2022 — Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/BazLBFI280922_%281_of_10%29_%2852398557342%29.jpg/1280px-BazLBFI280922_%281_of_10%29_%2852398557342%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Baz Luhrmann With Mark Kermode - BFI Southbank - Wednesday 28th September 2022](https://film.one/media/person/81536/gallery-f58122d72544.jpg) Baz Luhrmann With Mark Kermode - BFI Southbank - Wednesday 28th September 2022 — Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/BazLBFI280922_%282_of_10%29_%2852399498995%29.jpg/1280px-BazLBFI280922_%282_of_10%29_%2852399498995%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Baz Luhrmann](https://film.one/media/person/81536/gallery-16e5a729007f.jpg) Baz Luhrmann — Image via TMDB
- ![Baz Luhrmann](https://film.one/media/person/81536/gallery-c626747c2779.jpg) Baz Luhrmann — Image via TMDB
- ![Baz Luhrmann](https://film.one/media/person/81536/gallery-850feaad3025.jpg) Baz Luhrmann — Image via TMDB
- ![Baz Luhrmann With Mark Kermode - BFI Southbank - Wednesday 28th September 2022](https://film.one/media/person/81536/gallery-6441e53b6324.jpg) Baz Luhrmann With Mark Kermode - BFI Southbank - Wednesday 28th September 2022 — Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/BazLBFI280922_%283_of_10%29_%2852399498880%29.jpg/1280px-BazLBFI280922_%283_of_10%29_%2852399498880%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Baz Luhrmann With Mark Kermode - BFI Southbank - Wednesday 28th September 2022](https://film.one/media/person/81536/gallery-df2a120452a8.jpg) Baz Luhrmann With Mark Kermode - BFI Southbank - Wednesday 28th September 2022 — Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/BazLBFI280922_%284_of_10%29_%2852399074056%29.jpg/1280px-BazLBFI280922_%284_of_10%29_%2852399074056%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Baz Luhrmann](https://film.one/media/person/81536/gallery-c1cd3865621b.jpg) Baz Luhrmann — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 2 nominated

- 2023: Best Picture (nominated), for *Elvis*
- 2002: Best Picture (nominated), for *Moulin Rouge!*

### BAFTA Film Awards — 2 won

- 1998: Best Direction (won), for *Romeo + Juliet*
- 1996: Best Adapted Screenplay (won), for *Romeo + Juliet*

### Golden Globes — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2023: Best Director (nominated), for *Elvis*

### Other awards — 6 won, 3 nominated

- Companion of the Order of Australia 2025: Companion of the Order of Australia (won)
- Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album 2020: Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album (nominated), for *Moulin Rouge!*
- AACTA Award for Best Direction 2014: AACTA Award for Best Direction (won), for *The Great Gatsby*
- AACTA Award for Best Film 2014: AACTA Award for Best Film (won), for *The Great Gatsby*
- Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical 2003: Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical (nominated)
- European Film Award for Best Non-European Film 2001: European Film Award for Best Non-European Film (won), for *Moulin Rouge!*
- Byron Kennedy Award 1999: Byron Kennedy Award (won)
- European Film Award for Best Non-European Film 1997: European Film Award for Best Non-European Film (nominated), for *Romeo + Juliet*
- AACTA Award for Best Direction 1992: AACTA Award for Best Direction (won), for *Strictly Ballroom*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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