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Objective: Learn about the filmmaking process involved in a big budget film.
Baz Luhrmann directed Strictly Ballroom (1992), Romeo + Juliet (1996), Moulin Rouge (2001) and Australia (2008). He is now working on The Great Gatsby.
Moulin Rouge received an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture. Australia was nominated for Best Visual Effects.
Luhrmann was born in Sydney, Australia to a ballroom dance teacher/dress shop owner mother, and Leonard Luhrmann, a farmer.[3] He was raised in Herons Creek, a tiny rural settlement in northern New South Wales, where his father ran a petrol station and a movie theater, both of which would influence his son's film-making career. He attended Year 11 at Narrabeen Sports High School in Sydney, performing in the school's version of Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part 1.[4] His nickname was given to him due to a perceived resemblance to the character Basil Brush.
Luhrmann is married to Catherine Martin (called “C.M.”). She is the production designer on all of his films, on 26 January 1997. They have two children, Lillian Amanda Luhrmann and William Alexander Luhrmann. Catherine Martin received Academy Awards for Best Art Direction and Best Costumes for Moulin Rouge. She received an Academy Award nomination for Best Costumes for Australia. (Source: Wikipedia)
Please watch the any of the videos below if you were absent during their showing:
Director Baz Lurhmann’s Introduction
Production design Catherine Martin