Baz Luhrmann

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 of all his work He is the most commercially successful Australian director and four of his films rank among the top ten highestgrossing Australian films of all time 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 Shakespeares Romeo Juliet 1996 and Moulin Rouge 2001 Following the trilogy projects included Australia 2008 The Great Gatsby 2013 Elvis 2022 and the Netflix television period drama The Get Down 2016 Additional projects include stage productions of Giacomo Puccinis 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 Luhrmann is known for his Grammy Awardnominated soundtracks for Moulin Rouge and The Great Gatsby as well as for his record label House of Iona a coventure with RCA Records 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 Also it includes his hit Everybodys Free To Wear Sunscreen Description above from the Wikipedia article Baz Luhrmann licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia