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Baz Luhrmann Biography

Profession Director, Writer, Producer, Actor, Soundtrack, Music department

Awards

  • 1992AFI Award-Best Screenplay, Original or Adapted: winner
  • 1992AFI Award-Best Director: winner
  • 1992Un Certain Regard Award-: nominated
  • 1992Award of the Youth-Foreign Film: winner
  • 1992Silver Hugo-Best First Feature Film: winner
  • 1992Truly Moving Picture Award-: winner
  • 1992People's Choice Award-: winner
  • 1992Most Popular Film-: winner
  • 1993BAFTA Film Award-Best Film: nominated
  • 1993BAFTA Film Award-Best Screenplay - Adapted: nominated
  • 1993Robert-Best Foreign Film (Årets udenlandske spillefilm): winner
  • 1993ALFS Award-Newcomer of the Year: winner
  • 1993Golden Aphrodite-: winner
  • 1994Golden Precolumbian Circle-Best Film: nominated
  • 1996Honorable Mentions (The Next Ten Best Picture Contenders)-Honorable Mentions: nominated
  • 1997Amanda-Best Foreign Feature Film (Årets utenlandske spillefilm): nominated
  • 1997Best Foreign Film Award-: nominated
  • 1997Golden Berlin Bear-Best Film: nominated
  • 1997Alfred Bauer Award-: winner
  • 1997Screen International Award-: nominated
  • 1997OFTA Film Award-Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium: nominated
  • 1998David Lean Award for Direction-: winner
  • 1998BAFTA Film Award-Best Screenplay - Adapted: winner
  • 1998ALFS Award-Director of the Year: nominated
  • 2001AFI Award-Best Film: nominated
  • 2001AFI Award-Best Direction: nominated
  • 2001ACCA-Best Director: nominated
  • 2001ACCA-Best Motion Picture: winner
  • 2001Palme d'Or-: nominated
  • 2001Best Direction-Best Direction: winner
  • 2001Screen International Award-: winner
  • 2001Hollywood Movie of the Year-: winner
  • 2001IF Award-Best Direction: nominated
  • 2001IF Award-Best Feature Film: nominated
  • 2001SEFCA Award-Best Director: nominated
  • 2001World Soundtrack Award-Most Creative Use of Existing Material on a Soundtrack: winner
  • 2002Oscar-Best Picture: nominated
  • 2002BAFTA Film Award-Best Screenplay - Original: nominated
  • 2002David Lean Award for Direction-: nominated
  • 2002BAFTA Film Award-Best Film: nominated
  • 2002Bodil-Best Non-American Film (Bedste ikke amerikanske film): nominated
  • 2002CFCA Award-Best Director: nominated
  • 2002Cinema Brazil Grand Prize-Best Foreign-Language Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro): nominated
  • 2002Critics Choice Award-Best Director: winner
  • 2002César-Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger): nominated
  • 2002DFWFCA Award-Best Director: nominated
  • 2002Robert-Best Non-American Film (Årets ikke-amerikanske film): winner
  • 2002DGA Award-Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures: nominated
  • 2002Empire Award-Best Director: winner
  • 2002FCCA Award-Best Director: winner
  • 2002FCCA Award-Best Screenplay - Original: nominated
  • 2002Golden Globe-Best Director - Motion Picture: nominated
  • 2002Grammy-Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media: nominated
  • 2002Monitor-Theatrical Releases - Color Correction: winner
  • 2002Silver Ribbon-Best Foreign Director (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero): nominated
  • 2002Sierra Award-Best Director: nominated
  • 2002Sierra Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
  • 2002OFTA Film Award-Best Director: nominated
  • 2002OFTA Film Award-Best Picture: nominated
  • 2002OFCS Award-Best Director: nominated
  • 2002PGA Award-Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures: winner
  • 2002PFCS Award-Best Director: nominated
  • 2002Premio Guarani-Best Foreign Film: winner
  • 2002Golden Satellite Award-Best Director: winner
  • 2002VFCC Award-Best Director: winner
  • 2002WGA Award (Screen)-Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen: nominated
  • 2008Satellite Award-Best Original Song: nominated
  • 2008Satellite Award-Best Screenplay, Original: nominated
  • 2009News Limited Readers' Choice Award-: nominated
  • 2009AFI Award-Best Original Music Score: nominated
  • 2009Cinema for Peace Award-Cinema for Peace Award for the Most Valuable Film of the Year: nominated
  • 2009FCCA Award-Best Film: nominated
  • 2010CinEuphoria-Top Films of the Decade - International Competition: winner
  • 2010Gold Derby Film Award-Director of the Decade: nominated
  • 2013Felix-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
  • 2013Halfway Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
  • 2013WAFCA Award-Best Director: nominated
  • 2014AACTA International Award-Best Direction: nominated
  • 2014AACTA Award-Best Film: winner
  • 2014AACTA Award-Best Direction: winner
  • 2014AFCA Award-Best Director: nominated
  • 2014FCCA Award-Best Director: nominated
  • 2014FCCA Award-Best Film: nominated
  • 2014Grammy-Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media: nominated
  • 2017GMS Award-Best Song/Recording Created for Television: winner
  • 2022AACTA Award-Best Direction in Film: winner
  • 2022AACTA Award-Best Screenplay in Film: nominated
  • 2022AACTA Award-Best Film: winner
  • 2022AFCA Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
  • 2022AFCA Award-Best Director: nominated
  • 2022Golden Frog-Main Competition: nominated
  • 2022Capri Director Award-Best Director: winner
  • 2022Capri Producer Award-: winner
  • 2022HCA Award-Best Director: nominated
  • 2022HMMA Award-Best Music Themed Film, Biopic or Musical: nominated
  • 2022Sierra Award-Best Director: nominated
  • 2022SLFCA Award-Best Director: nominated
  • 2023AACTA International Award-Best Direction: winner
  • 2023Movies for Grownups Award-Best Director: winner
  • 2023Oscar-Best Motion Picture of the Year: nominated
  • 2023Harold Lloyd Award-: winner
  • 2023BAFTA Film Award-Best Film: nominated
  • 2023CinEuphoria-Best Film - International Competition: nominated
  • 2023CinEuphoria-Best Director - International Competition: nominated
  • 2023CinEuphoria-Best Screenplay - International Competition: nominated
  • 2023CinEuphoria-Top Ten of the Year - International Competition: winner
  • 2023CinEuphoria-Top Ten of the Year - Audience Award: winner
  • 2023Cinema Brazil Grand Prize-Best Foreign-Language Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro): winner
  • 2023Critics Choice Award-Best Director: nominated
  • 2023David-Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero): nominated
  • 2023FCCA Award-Best Director: nominated
  • 2023FCCA Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
  • 2023FCCA Award-Best Film: nominated
  • 2023Golden Globe-Best Director - Motion Picture: nominated
  • 2023HCA Award-Best Director: nominated
  • 2023HFCS Award-Best Director: nominated
  • 2023PGA Award-Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures: nominated
  • 2023Satellite Award-Best Director: nominated
  • 2023Septimius Award-Best American Film: nominated
  • 2025People's Choice Award-Documentary: nominated