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3-> "''So, what is creative freedom? We can make what we want, how we want. The only constraint is: not for any budget.''"
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5Mark Anthony "Baz" Luhrmann (born 17 September 1962) is a BAFTA-winning Australian screenwriter, director, and producer known for his highly stylized films, such as ''Film/MoulinRouge''.
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7He has also been involved with various theater productions.
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9!!Works Luhrmann has been creatively involved with:
10* The ''"[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Curtain_Trilogy Red Curtain Trilogy]]"'', a series of films about theatre tropes.
11** ''Film/StrictlyBallroom'' (1992); dance.
12** ''Film/WilliamShakespearesRomeoAndJuliet'' (1996); poetry and language.
13** ''Film/MoulinRouge'' (2001); song.
14* ''Theatre/LaBoheme'' (2002)
15* ''Film/{{Australia}}'' (2008)
16* ''Film/{{The Great Gatsby|2013}}'' (2013)
17* ''Series/TheGetDown'' (2016)
18* ''Film/{{Elvis|2022}}'' (2022)
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20!!Tropes:
21* AnachronisticSoundtrack: A common element in some of his movies: Both ''Film/MoulinRouge'' and ''Film/{{The Great Gatsby|2013}}'' are period pieces that featured a lot of music contemporary to when they were made (the early 2000's and the early 2010's respectively).
22* AnachronismStew: In addition to his liberal usage of AnachronisticSoundtrack, ''Film/WilliamShakespearesRomeoAndJuliet'' gives the story a SettingUpdate in the 90s but keeps most of the original dialogue from the play.
23* CaliforniaDoubling: Most of his films are usually shot in his native Australia, regardless of where they're set.
24* CreatorCouple: Baz Luhrmann's wife Catherine Martin is the production designer for all his films. Although being a director he's considerably more famous than she is, he has never won an Oscar, while she's won more Oscars than any other Australian (two each for ''Moulin Rouge!'' and two more for ''The Great Gatsby'', plus she got nominated for ''Romeo & Juliet''), meaning that in terms of Academy Awards he is [[OvershadowedByAwesome Overshadowed By Her Awesome]].
25* FakeAmerican: Aside from the lead actors, his films set in America are often made up largely of Australian actors playing American characters, [[CaliforniaDoubling due to often being filmed down in Oz.]]
26* ForegoneConclusion: Happens both in ''Film/MoulinRouge'' and ''Film/{{The Great Gatsby|2013}}'', already revealing the way in which both movies will end from the very beginning. The same is true of ''Film/{{Elvis|2022}}'' due to being based on a true story and being told as a flashback.
27%%* OneHitWonder: "Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen)," a song he technically didn't perform but only produced.
28* WorldOfHam: All his films double as competitions to see what actor can chew the most scenery and the results are glorious to behold.

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