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Baz Luhrmann

Australian writer, director, and producer (born 1962)

2.41body-of-work score · ranked #446 of 2631 directors · 4 films in our library

A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.

Born
September 17, 1962 · Sydney
Nationality
Australia
Work
film director, actor, screenwriter, film producer
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Baz Luhrmann
Eva Rinaldi · CC BY-SA 2.0

Films in our library, ranked

Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.

  1. 1
    Moulin Rouge!

    2001 · Australia / United States · romance, musical, drama

    Oscar Best Picture nominee 2001 · Film Comment year-end poll 2001 #13 · Empire 500 (2008) #211

    0.913 citations
  2. 2
    Strictly Ballroom

    1992 · Australia · comedy, romance

    TIFF People's Choice winner 1992

    0.751 citation
  3. 3
    Elvis

    2022 · United States / Australia · biography, musical, drama

    Oscar Best Picture nominee 2022

    0.451 citation
  4. 4
    Romeo + Juliet

    1996 · United States / Mexico / Australia · romance, drama, action

    Empire 500 (2008) #226 · Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies

    0.302 citations

Complete filmography

All 8 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.