Mark Anthony “Baz” Luhrmann (1962-) is an actor, director and screenwriter Australian filmmaker best known for the Red curtain trilogy especially by the third film of the trilogy moulin Rouge.
Biography
Luhrmann was born in new south wales (Australia) on September 17, 1962, a teacher of dance and Leonard Luhrmann a farmer, who died the first day that Baz filming moulin Rouge.[ 1 ] Luhrmann attended the St. Joseph’s Hastings Regional School, Port Macquarie from 1975 to 1978 and Sydney Grammar School. His nickname “baz” was due to its similarity with Basil Brush.
It is a very good friend of Australian actors hugh jackman and nicole kidman [ 2 ] and the writer and actor Craig Pearce who has worked in moulin Rouge, Romeo and juliet and strictly ballroom.
Luhrmann case on 26 January 1997 with Catherine Martin, who has been in all of his films production designer. 10 October 2003 welcomed their daughter Lillian “Lilly” Amanda Luhrmann in Sydney and 8 June 2005 welcomed his son William Alexander Luhrmann.
Career
After a quiet acting career started in the 1970s, he achieved international fame with Hollywood productions in the early 1990s. His first box office hit was strictly ballroom (1993), with Paul mercury, Tara Morice, Bill Hinter; three years later adapted to William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet (1996), with Leonardo dicaprio, Pete postlethwaite and claire danes.
His biggest success so far has been moulin Rouge (2001), with nicole kidman and ewan mcgregor, an original musical with songs by the Beatles, Madonna, elton john, Nirvana and Queen, among others. He has also performed “La boheme” Opera mounts as well as commercial, being the best-known has done for the perfume Chanel No 5 with Kidman.
“Australia (2008)” has been his last movie that stars nicole kidman and hugh jackman and premiered in December 2008.
Awards
Year Category Prize Series Result
2009 Best Film FCCA Award Australia Nominated [ 7 ]
2008 Best Original Song Satellite Award Australia Nominated
2008 Best Screenplay, Original Satellite Award Australia Nominated
2002 AFI Movie of the Year AFI Film Award Moulin Rouge Nominated
2002 Best Picture Oscar Moulin Rouge Nominated
2002 Best Film BAFTA Film Award Moulin Rouge Nominated
2002 Best Screenplay – Original BAFTA Film Award Moulin Rouge Nominated
2002 David Lean Award for Direction Moulin Rouge Nominated
2002 Best Non-American Film Bodil Moulin Rouge Nominated
2002 Best Director Critics Choice Award Moulin Rouge He won
2002 Best Director CFCA Award Moulin Rouge Nominated
2002 Best Foreign Film César Award Moulin Rouge Nominated
2002 Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures DGA Award Moulin Rouge Nominated
2002 Best Director Empire Award Moulin Rouge He won
2002 Best Director FCCA Award Moulin Rouge He won
2002 Best Screenplay – Original FCCA Award Moulin Rouge Nominated
2002 Best Director – Motion Picture Golden Globe Moulin Rouge Nominated
2002 Best Director – Foreign Film Silver Ribbon Award Moulin Rouge Nominated
2002 Best Director OFCS Award Moulin Rouge Nominated
2002 Motion Picture Producer of the Year PGA Award Moulin Rouge He won
2002 Sonny Bono Visionary Award Moulin Rouge
2002 Best Director PFCS Award Moulin Rouge Nominated
2002 Best Non-American Film Robert Award Moulin Rouge He won
2002 Best Director Golden Satellite Award Moulin Rouge He won
2002 Best Screenplay, Original Golden Satellite Award Moulin Rouge Nominated
2002 Best Director VFCC Award Moulin Rouge He won
2002 Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen Writers Guild of America Award (Screen) Moulin Rouge Nominated
2001 Most Creative Use of Existing Material on a Soundtrack World Soundtrack Award Moulin Rouge He won
2001 Golden Palm Moulin Rouge Nominated
2001 Best Direction AFI Award Moulin Rouge Nominated
2001 Best Film AFI Award Moulin Rouge Nominated
2001 Screen International Award Moulin Rouge He won
2001 Hollywood Movie of the Year Moulin Rouge He won
2001 Best Direction IF Award Moulin Rouge Nominated
2001 Best Feature Film IF Award Moulin Rouge Nominated
1999 Byron Kennedy Award Romeo + Juliet
1998 Best Screenplay – Adapted BAFTA Film Award Romeo + Juliet He won
1998 David Lean Award for Direction Romeo + Juliet He won
1998 Director of the Year ALFS Award Romeo + Juliet Nominated
1997 Best Foreign Film Award Romeo + Juliet Nominated
1997 Alfred Bauer Award Romeo + Juliet He won
1997 Golden Berlin Bear Romeo + Juliet Nominated
1997 Screen International Award Romeo + Juliet Nominated
1994 Best Film Golden Precolumbian Circle Strictly Ballroom Nominated
1993 Best Film BAFTA Film Award Strictly Ballroom Nominated
1993 Best Screenplay – Adapted BAFTA Film Award Strictly Ballroom Nominated
1993 Newcomer of the Year ALFS Award Strictly Ballroom He won
1993 Golden Aphrodite Strictly Ballroom He won
1993 Best Foreign Film Robert Award Strictly Ballroom He won
1992 People’s Choice Award Strictly Ballroom He won
1992 Most Popular Film Strictly Ballroom He won
1992 Best Director AFI Award Strictly Ballroom He won
1992 Best Screenplay, Original or Adapted AFI Award Strictly Ballroom He won
1992 Foreign Film Award of the Youth Strictly Ballroom He won
