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Luhrmann grew up in rural Australia and it was at his father's movie theatre that he first became enthralled by the world of movies and the power of story telling. He also encountered a variety of interesting people while working at the local gas station, and Luhrmann went on to use these experiences as a source for his own creativity... See full bio »

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Mark Anthony Luhrmann
in New South Wales, Australia
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Filmography

Hide HideDirector (13 titles)
2013 The Great Gatsby
 
2012 Hard Chic (short)
 
2012 Naïf Chic (short)
 
2012 Schiaparelli & Prada: Impossible Conversations (short)
 
2012 The Classical Body (short)
 
2012 The Exotic Body (short)
 
2012 The Surreal Body (short)
 
2012 Ugly Chic (short)
 
2012 Waist Up/Waist Down (short)
 
2008 Australia
 
2001 Moulin Rouge!
 
1996 Romeo + Juliet
 
1992 Strictly Ballroom
 
Show ShowWriter (12 titles)
2013 The Great Gatsby (screenplay)
 
2012 Hard Chic (short)
 
2012 Naïf Chic (short)
 
2012 The Classical Body (short)
 
2012 The Exotic Body (short)
 
2012 The Surreal Body (short)
 
2012 Ugly Chic (short)
 
2009 The 81st Annual Academy Awards (TV special) (sketches written by)
 
2008 Australia (screenplay / story)
 
2001 Moulin Rouge! (written by)
 
1996 Romeo + Juliet (screenplay)
 
1992 Strictly Ballroom (earlier screenplay / original idea / screenplay)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (6 titles)
2013 The Great Gatsby (producer: "Over The Love")
 
2009 Dancing with the Stars (TV series)
– Round Two (2009) (lyrics: "El Tango de Roxanne")
 
2008 Australia (music: "By the Boab Tree", "You Ride Your Way, I'll Ride Mine", "Boab Lullaby" / lyrics: "By the Boab Tree", "The Drover's Ballad", "Flynn's Aria", "You Ride Your Way, I'll Ride Mine" / producer: "By the Boab Tree", "The Drover's Ballad", "Waltzing Matilda", "Begin the Beguine", "The Drover's Theme", "Journey to Faraway Downs Hoedown", "All Night Long", "Flynn's Aria", "You Ride Your Way, I'll Ride Mine", "Brazil", "Wild Colonial Boy" / as BLAM)
 
2001 Moulin Rouge! (writer: "ZIDLER'S RAP Medley", "Fool To Believe" / lyrics: "The Pitch Spectacular Spectacular", "El Tango de Roxanne")
 
1999 The Big Kahuna ("Everybody's Free to Wear Sunscreen Mix" / / as Blam)
 
1992 Strictly Ballroom (lyrics: "Rumba De Burros")
 
Show ShowActor (3 titles)
1981-1982 A Country Practice (TV series)
Jerry Percival
– Come Blow Your Horn: Part 2 (1982) … Jerry Percival
– Come Blow Your Horn: Part 1 (1982) … Jerry Percival
– Pig in a Poke: Part 1 (1982) … Jerry Percival
– The Itinerants: Part 2 (1981) … Jerry Percival
 
1982 The Dark Room
First Student
 
1981 Winter of Our Dreams
Pete
 
Show ShowProducer (4 titles)
2013 The Great Gatsby (producer)
 
2008 Australia (producer)
 
2001 Moulin Rouge! (producer)
 
1996 Romeo + Juliet (producer)
 
Show ShowMusic Department (2 titles)
2008 Australia (composer: additional music)
 
2001 Moulin Rouge! (music producer: songs - as BLAM)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (2 titles)
2001 Yes You Can (short) (mentor to the director)
 
1994 Great Performances (TV series) (director: opera production - 1 episode)
– La bohème (1994) (director: opera production)
 
Show ShowThanks (4 titles)
2011 13 Steps (short) (very special thanks)
 
2010 Somewhere (thank you)
 
2005 Duck, Duck, Goose! (short) (special thanks)
 
2004 The Dream Studio (video documentary short) (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (47 titles)
2012 MSN Exclusives (TV series)
Himself (2013)
 
2008-2013 Cinema 3 (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 23 May 2013 (2013) … Himself
– Episode dated 20 December 2008 (2008) … Himself
 
2013 The Graham Norton Show (TV series)
Himself
– Daniel Radcliffe/Isla Fisher/Baz Luhrmann/Ed Byrne/Wretch 32 (2013) … Himself
 
2013 Made in Hollywood (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #8.28 (2013) … Himself
 
2013 The Colbert Report (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– cOlbert's Book Club - "The Great Gatsby" (2013) … Himself - Guest
 
2013 Good Morning America (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 7 May 2013 (2013) … Himself - Guest
 
2013 The Hour (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #9.148 (2013) … Himself
 
2012 Show Me the Magic (documentary)
Himself
 
2012 Singin' in the Rain: Raining on a New Generation (documentary)
Himself
 
2011 The Story of Film: An Odyssey (TV series documentary)
Himself - Interviewee
– Episode #1.14 (2011) … Himself - Interviewee
– Episode #1.7 (2011) … Himself - Interviewee
 
2009 Oh My God (documentary)
Himself
 
2009 Dancing with the Stars (TV series)
Himself - Guest Judge
– Round Two: Results Show (2009) … Himself - Guest Judge
– Round Two (2009) … Himself - Guest Judge
 
2009 The Paul O'Grady Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 30 April 2009 (2009) … Himself
 
2009 The Movie Loft (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 28 February 2009 (2009) … Himself
 
2009 Australia Unites: The Victorian Bushfire Appeal (TV movie)
Himself
 
2008 Cartelera (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 20 December 2008 (2008) … Himself
– Episode dated 6 December 2008 (2008) … Himself
 
2008 The Culture Show (TV series)
Himself
– Baz Lurhmann Special (2008) … Himself
 
2008 Días de cine (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 5 December 2008 (2008) … Himself
 
2008 Le grand journal de Canal+ (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 1 December 2008 (2008) … Himself
 
2002-2008 Charlie Rose (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 27 November 2008 (2008) … Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 12 December 2002 (2002) … Himself - Guest
 
2008 Entertainment Tonight (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 27 November 2008 (2008) … Himself
– Episode dated 1 September 2008 (2008) … Himself
– Episode dated 5 June 2008 (2008) … Himself
– Episode dated 15 April 2008 (2008) … Himself
 
2008 Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– Episode #6.162 (2008) … Himself - Guest
 
2008 Biography (TV series documentary)
Himself - Director, Romeo & Juliet
– Leonardo DiCaprio (2008) … Himself - Director, Romeo & Juliet
 
2007 E! True Hollywood Story (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Nicole Kidman (2007) … Himself
 
2006 American Masters (TV series documentary)
Himself
– The World of Nat King Cole (2006) … Himself
 
2005 Artworks Scotland (TV series documentary)
Himself (interviewed)
– Michael Powell (2005) … Himself (interviewed)
 
2004 My Shakespeare (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2004 AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2003 The 100 Greatest Musicals (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2003 Nicole Kidman: An American Cinematheque Tribute (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2003 Tinseltown TV (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 11 October 2003 (2003) … Himself
 
2003 The 57th Annual Tony Awards (TV special)
Himself - Nominee: Best Director of a Musical
 
2002 Bollywood for Beginners (TV documentary short)
Himself (director 'Moulin Rouge')
 
2002 The 74th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Nominee: Best Picture
 
2002 The 59th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV special documentary)
Himself - Winner: Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy & Nominee: Best Director
 
2002 Spinning Around: The Kylie Minogue Story (TV special)
Himself
 
2001 Rove Live (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.38 (2001) … Himself
 
2001 Pop-komissio (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 10 October 2001 (2001) … Himself
 
2001 Baz Luhrmann: The Show Must Go On (TV movie)
Himself
 
2001 Havoc's Luxury Suites and Conference Facility (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.1 (2001) … Himself
 
2001 HBO First Look (TV series documentary)
Himself
– The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge!' (2001) … Himself
 
2001 Music Behind the Scenes (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
– Love & Seduction … Himself
 
2001 The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge' (TV documentary short)
Himself/'director/co-prod/co-writ'
 
2000 Inside Film Awards (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.1 (2000) … Himself
 
2000 William Shakespeare (documentary)
Director, Romeo & Juliet
 
1998 Leonardo DiCaprio: A Life in Progress (video documentary)
Himself - Director
 
1983 Kids of the Cross (documentary)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (3 titles)
2009 Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s (video documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2004 Long Way Round
Himself
 

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Strictly Ballroom -- Baz Lurhmann's mocumentary of a maverick dancer's career with a new partner. The Great Gatsby -- A Midwestern war veteran finds himself drawn to the past and lifestyle of his millionaire neighbor. Australia -- Australia: Shooting Locations Featurette
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Personal Details

Other Works:

TV commercial: In late 2004 he directed the world's most expensive advertisement for Chanel No 5, a four-minute short film titled "No 5: The Film" starring Nicole Kidman (who he worked with for Moulin Rouge!) and Rodrigo Santoro. The ad, about a fairy-tale romance in... See more »

Publicity Listings:

12 Interviews  | 3 Articles  | 1 Magazine Cover Photo  | See more »

Official Sites:

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Alternate Names:

BLAM

Height:

5' 7" (1.70 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

We went to this huge, ice-cream picture palace to see a Bollywood movie. Here we were, with 2,000 Indians watching a film in Hindi, and there was the lowest possible comedy and then incredible drama and tragedy and then break out in songs. And it was 3-1/2 hours! We thought we had suddenly learnt Hindi... See more »

Trivia:

His father died the first day of filming Moulin Rouge!. See more »

Trademark:

Frequently uses bright distinct colors and fast-paced editing See more »

Nickname:

Baz See more »

Star Sign:

Virgo