Baz Luhrmann
Baz Luhrmann
Mark Anthony "Baz" Luhrmannis an Australian film director, screenwriter and producer best known for The Red Curtain Trilogy, comprising his romantic comedy film Strictly Ballroom, the romantic drama Romeo + Juliet, and the pastiche-jukebox musical Moulin Rouge!. His 2008 film Australia is an epic historical romantic drama film starring Hugh Jackman and Nicole Kidman. His 2013 drama The Great Gatsby, based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1925 novel of the same name, stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Tobey Maguire...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth17 September 1962
CitySydney, Australia
CountryAustralia
I've always loved the old epics that tell a simple emotional story, whether it's the tumultuous relationship between Rhett and Scarlett or Lawrence of Arabia's passion to get lost in a faraway place.
Western films don't do very well in India.
The food in Sydney is an Asian Pacific cuisine. It's eclectic but above all it's fresh, inventive and creative and that's what I love about it.
I wouldn't take a directing job if I didn't think it was enriching life.
I grew up around jazz. I love jazz.
Ultimately, you have to pursue your own path, not someone's idea of the right path. You need to stay on your path.
I feel a kinship with anyone who feels that their road, their life or who they really are is not good enough. I really relate to that.
Be careful whose advice you buy, but be patient with those who supply it.
I really believe musical form will go on. There's got to be a way of making musical form in cinema live again.
All good, clean stories are melodrama; it's just the set of devices that determines how you show or hide it.