Baz Luhrmann is a master storyteller and pioneer of pop culture working across film, opera, theatre, events and music.
His signature blend of fantasy, romance and decadence fuses high and low culture, a unique sonic and cinematic language and trademark theatrical aesthetic that continuously captivates audiences and ignites imaginations around the world.
Baz’s most recent film, Elvis, which opened in theaters around the world this summer, has become the filmmaker’s highest grossing film in the U.S. and in 21 international territories, including the UK. Elvis is also the second-highest grossing musical biopic of all time, globally.
The Oscar-nominated director, writer and producer burst onto the scene with the first of the Red Curtain Trilogy, Strictly Ballroom (1992), followed by Romeo + Juliet (1996) and Academy Award-winning Moulin Rouge! (2001), which brought back the movie-musical and cemented Luhrmann’s cult-like following amongst audiences and industry alike.
Showing his versatility and talent across all creative fields, Baz’s production company, Bazmark Inq, went on to garner two Tony Awards for the Broadway run of Puccini’s opera La Bohème (2002), followed by the sweeping historical epic Australia (2008). The adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby (2013) won two Academy Awards and became Baz’s highest-grossing film to date. A collaboration with Netflix later produced The Get Down (2016), a critically successful series based on the birth of hip-hop in 1970s South Bronx. Baz’s recent directorial projects include Faraway Downs, a six-part Hulu series reimagining his 2008 feature film, Australia.
