Trivia

His father died the first day of filming Moulin Rouge! (2001).

His first three films, Strictly Ballroom (1992), Romeo + Juliet (1996) and Moulin Rouge! (2001), were dubbed the "Red Curtain Trilogy", as they all fell under a particular style of filmmaking. He then changed direction and plans to make a trilogy of historical epics. The first of these was to be "Alexander the Great", which was later dropped.

Produced a quirky number one record: "Everybody's Free to wear Sunscreen".

In late 2004, he directed the world's most expensive advertisement for Chanel No 5, a 4-minute short film titled "No 5: The Film" starring Nicole Kidman (who he worked with for Moulin Rouge! (2001)) and Rodrigo Santoro. The film ad, about a fairy-tale romance in which Chanel is part of the story but is not what the story is about, cost £18 million and made Kidman a Guinness World Record holder for highest paid actress in a commercial (she netted $3.71 million). Varying length versions of the film ad were shown on television, and - a first for Chanel - in movie theaters. Costumes were designed by Karl Lagerfeld and a score by Claude Debussy. Kidman wore £17m worth of real gems.

His favorite films are Star 80 (1983), 8½ (1963), War and Peace (1965), Medium Cool (1969) and Fitzcarraldo (1982).

Has directed 2 actors in Oscar nominated performances: Nicole Kidman and Austin Butler.

Baz's parents did Ballroom competitions, thus growing up around the very subject matter of his first three films.

Son William Alexander Luhrmann was born June 8th, 2005

Wanted to make a movie about Alexander The Great with Leonardo DiCaprio in the lead role around the same time as Oliver Stone made his movie Alexander (2004), but this project was dropped.

Was among the guests at Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban's wedding.

The cast of his production of Puccini's opera, "La Boheme," at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles, California was awarded the 2004 Los Angeles Stage Alliance Ovation Award for Ensemble. Performance.

Luhrmann and Catherine Martin's first child, Lillian (Lilly) Amanda Luhrmann, was born in Sydney on Friday, 10th October 2003.

Did ballroom dance as a child.

Family once owned a gas station and a farm.

He was awarded the Australian Centenary Medal in the 2001 Queen's New Years Honours List for his services to Australian society in film direction and production.

Editing Australia (2008) in Sydney. (September 2008)

His wife is a costume designer,.

He has directed two films that have been nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: Moulin Rouge! (2001) and Elvis (2022).

Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia (January 2009)

Profiled in "Conversations with Directors: An Anthology of Interviews from Literature/Film Quarterly", E.M. Walker, D.T. Johnson, eds. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2008.

The website Movie Insider believes that Luhrmann is making a Colonel Tom Parker biopic separate from Elvis (2022), but Luhrmann was going to make an Elvis Presley biopic anyway.