Baz Luhrmann

Bazmark Anthony "Baz" Luhrmann 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. He is regarded by some 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. In Australia, he is the most commercially successful native director, and four of his films are in the top ten highest worldwide grossing Australian films ever. On the screen, he is best known for his Red Curtain Trilogy, comprising the romantic comedy film Strictly Ballroom and the romantic tragedies William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet and Moulin Rouge!. Following the trilogy, projects included Australia, The Great Gatsby, Elvis and the television period drama The Get Down for Netflix. Additional projects include stage productions of Giacomo Puccini's La bohème for both Opera Australia and Broadway, and Strictly Ballroom the Musical. In September 2025 his first documentary, EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baz_Luh...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...)