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Baz Luhrmann

1962 - Today

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Mark Anthony "Baz" Luhrmann (born 17 September 1962) is an Australian film director, producer, writer, and actor whose various projects extend from film and television into opera, theatre, music, and the recording industries. He is regarded by some as a contemporary example of an auteur for his style and deep involvement in the writing, directing, design, and musical components of all his work. He is the most commercially successful Australian director, with four of his films in the top ten highest worldwide grossing Australian films of all time. On the screen, he is best known for his Red Curtain Trilogy, consisting of his romantic comedy film Strictly Ballroom (1992) and the romantic tragedies William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet (1996) and Moulin Rouge! Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Baz Luhrmann is the 653rd most popular film director (up from 670th in 2019), the 123rd most popular biography from Australia (down from 113th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Australian Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Baz Luhrmann ranks 653 out of 2,041. Before him are Richard Linklater, Roger Spottiswoode, Maurice Tourneur, Keisuke Kinoshita, Paul Grimault, and Artavazd Peleshyan. After him are Andrey Zvyagintsev, Corey Yuen, Daniel Schmid, Michel Deville, Robert Z. Leonard, and Nancy Meyers.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Baz Luhrmann ranks 139. Before him are Clark Gregg, Markus Merk, Hillel Slovak, Tsutomu Miyazaki, Michel Qissi, and Sarah Gilbert. After him are Manute Bol, Esai Morales, Nick Kamen, Michael Weikath, Melissa Sue Anderson, and Ginger Lynn.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Baz Luhrmann ranks 123 out of 1,143. Before him are Neil Robertson (1982), Kevin Rudd (1957), Terence Tao (1975), Mark Evans (1956), Roger Donaldson (1945), and Norman Thomas Gilroy (1896). After him are Ron Clarke (1937), John Farrow (1904), Jacki Weaver (1947), Mervyn Rose (1930), Samuel Alexander (1859), and James Aldridge (1918).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Australia

Among film directors born in Australia, Baz Luhrmann ranks 4. Before him are George Miller (1945), Peter Weir (1944), and Roger Donaldson (1945). After him are John Farrow (1904), Christopher Doyle (1952), Russell Mulcahy (1953), Bruce Beresford (1940), Phillip Noyce (1950), John Seale (1942), Fred Schepisi (1939), and John Pilger (1939).

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