Biography
Distinctive Features
Frequently uses bright distinct colors and fast-paced editing.
Friends and Family
Kylie Minogue
[Friend]
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Deborah Lee-Furness
[Friend]
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Hugh Jackman
[Friend]
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Craig Pearce
[Friend]
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Keith Urban
[Friend]
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Nicole Kidman
[Friend]
Trivia and Quotes
Trivia
Did ballroom dance as a child.
Family once owned a gas station and a farm.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Luhrmann and Catherine Martin`s first child, Lillian (Lilly) Amanda Luhrmann, was born in Sydney on Friday, 10th October 2003.
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