---
name: "Catherine Martin"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/catherine-martin"
fi1m_id: "catherine-martin"
imdb_id: "nm0552039"
tmdb_id: 6203
wikidata_id: "Q436031"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "26 January 1965"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 7
average_fi1m_score: 70
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-10-03T08:18:08.714582+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."
---

# Catherine Martin

## Identity

Catherine Martin

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/catherine-martin
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** catherine-martin
- **IMDb ID:** nm0552039
- **TMDB ID:** 6203
- **Wikidata ID:** Q436031
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Martin_(designer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q436031, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0552039/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6203

Producer. Born 26 January 1965 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 26 January 1965, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- **Active:** 1992–present
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 7: 6 producing, 1 crew
- **Frequently works with:** [Baz Luhrmann](https://film.one/person/baz-luhrmann.md), [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)
- **Academy Awards:** 4 Oscars (4 won · 5 nominated)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 70, as producer, over 6 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 82 (2), 2000s 66 (2), 2010s 61 (1), 2020s 74 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 70 to 66 across 6 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 5, Romance 4, Music 3, Adventure 1, Documentary 1, History 1
- **Screen time:** 14 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,201m across 6 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Martin_(designer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q436031, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0552039/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6203

## Coming up

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

## 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)

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

## Biography

Catherine Martin is an Australian production designer, costume designer, and film producer. She trained at the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney and began her career in theatre design before moving into film.

She has collaborated extensively with director Baz Luhrmann since their first feature together, *Strictly Ballroom* (1992), on which she worked as both production designer and (with Angus Strathie) costume designer. Her production design credits include *Romeo + Juliet* (1996), *Moulin Rouge!* (2001), *Australia* (2008), *The Great Gatsby* (2013), and *Elvis* (2022).

Martin has received four Academy Awards, six BAFTA Awards, and a Tony Award. She was appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia in 2025.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, catherinemartindesigns.com.*

## On Fi1m (7)

### Produced (6) — the average rests on these

- *EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert* (2026), Fi1m 81, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/epic-elvis-presley-in-concert.md)
- *Elvis* (2022), Fi1m 66, Production Design, Production design, Costume design, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/elvis.md)
- *The Great Gatsby* (2013), Fi1m 61, Costume design, Producer, Production Design, Costume Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-great-gatsby.md)
- *Australia* (2008), Fi1m 58, Producer, Production Design, Production design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/australia.md)
- *Moulin Rouge!* (2001), Fi1m 75, Costume design, Associate Producer, Costume Design, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/moulin-rouge.md)
- *Romeo + Juliet* (1996), Fi1m 82, Associate Producer, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/romeo-juliet.md)

### Crew (1)

- *Strictly Ballroom* (1992), Fi1m 83, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/strictly-ballroom.md)

## Complete filmography (12)

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

- *Jehanne d'Arc* (2028), Producer, Production Design, Costume Design
- *EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert* (2026), Executive Producer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/epic-elvis-presley-in-concert.md)
- *Grande Envie* (2025), Director, Story
- *Faraway Downs* (2023), series, Executive Producer, Production Design, Costume Design
- *Elvis* (2022), Production Design, Producer, Costume Design — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/elvis.md)
- *Chanel N°5: The One That I Want* (2014), Production Design
- *The Great Gatsby* (2013), Producer, Production Design, Costume Design — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/the-great-gatsby.md)
- *Australia* (2008), Producer, Costume Design, Production Design — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/australia.md)
- *Moulin Rouge!* (2001), Costume Design, Production Design, Associate Producer — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/moulin-rouge.md)
- *Romeo + Juliet* (1996), Production Design, Associate Producer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/romeo-juliet.md)
- *Strictly Ballroom* (1992), Production Design — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/strictly-ballroom.md)
- *Out of the Body* (1988), Costume Design

## Gallery

- ![The Great Gatsby breaking international box office records; Premiere in Sydney, Australia tonight - 22nd May 2013... Baz Luhrmann's 'The Great Gatsby' is packin](https://film.one/media/person/81542/gallery-5befb247996f.jpg) The Great Gatsby breaking international box office records; Premiere in Sydney, Australia tonight - 22nd May 2013... Baz Luhrmann's 'The Great Gatsby' is packin — Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/64/Catherine_Martin_%288778392615%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Catherine Martin](https://film.one/media/person/81542/gallery-6002ec043d35.jpg) Catherine Martin — Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c3/Catherine_Martin_%28Australian_designer%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![From left to right: Joel Edgerton, Baz Luhrmann, Elizabeth Debicki, Carey Mulligan, Tobey Maguire and Catherine Martin at the The Great Gatsby Premiere Sydney A (2013)](https://film.one/media/person/81542/gallery-95520a048a98.jpg) From left to right: Joel Edgerton, Baz Luhrmann, Elizabeth Debicki, Carey Mulligan, Tobey Maguire and Catherine Martin at the The Great Gatsby Premiere Sydney A (2013) — Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/85/Joel_Edgerton%2C_Baz_Luhrmann%2C_Elizabeth_Debicki%2C_Carey_Mulligan%2C_Tobey_Maguire_and_Catherine_Martin.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 4 won, 5 nominated

- 2023: Best Picture (nominated), for *Elvis*
- 2023: Best Costume Design (nominated), for *Elvis*
- 2023: Best Production Design (nominated), for *Elvis*
- 2014: Best Production Design (won), for *The Great Gatsby*
- 2014: Best Costume Design (won), for *The Great Gatsby*
- 2009: Best Costume Design (nominated), for *Australia*
- 2002: Best Costume Design (won), for *Moulin Rouge!*
- 2002: Best Production Design (won), for *Moulin Rouge!*
- 1997: Best Production Design (nominated), for *Romeo + Juliet*

### Other awards — 4 won, 1 nominated

- Companion of the Order of Australia 2025: Companion of the Order of Australia (won)
- Longford Lyell Award 2022: Longford Lyell Award (won)
- Tony Award for Best Costume Design 2003: Tony Award for Best Costume Design (nominated)
- Tony Award for Best Scenic Design 2003: Tony Award for Best Scenic Design (won)
- Byron Kennedy Award 1999: Byron Kennedy Award (won)

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

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