Baz Luhrmann
Australian filmmaker
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| June 2025 | Appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia in the King's Birthday Honours, recognized for his eminent service to the arts as a filmmaker, theatre work, cultural heritage, and development of artistic talent |
| September 2024 | Announced his next theatrical project, Jehanne d'Arc, a film about Joan of Arc described as 'the ultimate teenage girl coming of age story' set during the Hundred Years' War. |
| 2023 | Led the jury at the Red Sea International Film Festival in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. |
| 2023 | Baz Luhrmann voiced a role as The Director in the animated series 'Agent Elvis' in the episode 'Cocaine Tuesdays' |
| 2022 | The Israeli comedy show 'The Jews Are Coming' created a Hebrew tribute to Luhrmann's 'Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen)' song, adapting its style with Moses quoting the Ten Commandments and using the song's background music. |
| November 2022 | Appeared on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs, sharing his favorite track ('Che gelida manina' from Puccini's La bohème), book (Tolstoy's War and Peace), and luxury item (a silk eye mask). |
| May 2022 | Premiered Elvis at the Cannes Film Festival, a biographical film about Elvis Presley starring Austin Butler and Tom Hanks, which received eight Academy Award nominations. |
| March 2020 | Luhrmann's song 'Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen)' was discussed on the BBC Radio 5 Live Chiles on Friday programme, featuring an interview from a documentary with Australian voice over artist Lee Perry. |
| 2019 | Produced the Broadway cast recording of Moulin Rouge! |
| 2016 | Creates The Get Down, a period drama television series for Netflix, showcasing his continued exploration of diverse media formats. |
| 2014 | Develops and produces Strictly Ballroom the Musical, adapting his earlier film for the stage. |
| 2013 | Luhrmann participated as a guest on the NPR radio quiz program Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! |
| 2013 | Releases The Great Gatsby, for which he receives another Grammy nomination for the soundtrack. |
| 2010 | Collaborated with painter Vincent Fantauzzo on an art initiative in India, creating artworks on hotel walls, streets of Rajasthan, and 17th-century forts. Also shot the campaign film 'The Secret Life of Flowers'. |
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