The following is a list of awards and nominations received by director
Baz Luhrmann .
Luhrmann has received various awards for his film projects. This includes an
Academy Award nomination for
Best Picture as a producer of
Moulin Rouge! (2001). He has also received nine Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Award nominations winning four times for
Strictly Ballroom (1992), and
The Great Gatsby (2013). He also received seven
British Academy Film Award nominations winning Best Director and Best Screenplay for
Romeo + Juliet (1996). He has also received a
Golden Globe Award nomination.
He has also earned three
Grammy Award nominations, two for
Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media for
Moulin Rouge! Music from Baz Luhrmann's Film in 2002, and
The Great Gatsby: Music from Baz Luhrmann's Film in 2014, and a nomination for
Best Musical Theater Album for
Moulin Rouge! in 2020. For his work on the
Broadway stage he has received two
Tony Award nominations for
La bohème in 2003, and another nomination for
Best Musical for
Moulin Rouge! in 2020.
Major associations
Academy Awards
Moulin Rouge! was nominated for
Best Picture at the
74th Academy Awards . Luhrmann was not nominated for Best Director, prompting host
Whoopi Goldberg to remark, "I guess [it] just directed itself."
[1]
Australian Academy Awards
Luhrmann has received six awards from twelve
Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards nominations.
British Academy Film Awards
Luhrmann has received two awards from eight
British Academy Film Award nominations.
Golden Globe Awards
Luhrmann has received one award from five
Golden Globe Award nominations.
Grammy Awards
Luhrmann has been specifically been nominated four times for
Grammy Awards , with additional accolades for songs on the albums he has produced for his films, including wins for
Lady Marmalade at
2002's Grammy's (
Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals ), as well as nominations for
Young and Beautiful for the
Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media the
2014 Grammy's .
Tony Awards
Luhrmann has specifically been nominated for three
Tony Awards , winning once. In addition, his production of
La Boheme also won awards for Best Scenic Design and Best Lighting Design at the
57th Tony Awards .
Miscellaneous awards
ARIA Music Awards
The
ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of
Australian music . They commenced in 1987.
Year
Category
Nominated work
Result
Ref.
2001
Movie of the Year
Moulin Rouge!
Nominated
Year
Category
Nominated work
Result
Ref.
2013
Orry-Kelly Award
Won
Year
Category
Nominated work
Result
Ref.
1994
Golden Precolumbian Circle for Best Film
Strictly Ballroom
Nominated
Year
Category
Nominated work
Result
Ref.
2016
Honorary Award
Won
[17]
Year
Category
Nominated work
Result
Ref.
2002
Best Screenplay - Original
Moulin Rouge!
Nominated
Best Director
Won
2009
Best Film
Australia
Nominated
Year
Category
Nominated work
Result
Ref.
2022
Best Picture
Elvis
Nominated
Best Director
Nominated
Year
Category
Nominated work
Result
Ref.
2001
Hollywood Movie of the Year
Moulin Rouge!
Won
Year
Category
Nominated work
Result
Ref.
2022
Music Themed Film, Biopic or Musical
Elvis
Nominated
Year
Category
Nominated work
Result
Ref.
2001
Best Feature Film
Moulin Rouge!
Nominated
Best Direction
Nominated
Year
Category
Nominated work
Result
Ref.
2002
Best Foreign Director
Moulin Rouge!
Nominated
Love is Folly International Film Festival
Year
Category
Nominated work
Result
Ref.
2002
Sonny Bono Visionary Award
Won
Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards
Year
Category
Nominated work
Result
Ref.
2002
Best Director
Moulin Rouge!
Nominated
Year
Category
Nominated work
Result
Ref.
1992
Most Popular International Film
Strictly Ballroom
Won
Year
Category
Nominated work
Result
Ref.
2001
Most Creative Use of Existing Material on a Soundtrack
Moulin Rouge!
Won
Notes
^ Shared with other producers.
^ Shared with other producers.
References
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"Oscar Insanity" . Newsweek . 2003-03-11. Retrieved 2018-01-26 .
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Awards for Moulin Rouge! at
IMDb
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"Oscars 2023: List of winners and nominees - CBS News" . www.cbsnews.com . 2023-03-13. Retrieved 2023-11-01 .
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Awards for Strictly Ballroom at
IMDb
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Awards for Romeo + Juliet at
IMDb
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Awards for Australia at
IMDb
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Awards for The Great Gatsby at
IMDb
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c Cain, Sian (October 24, 2022).
"Baz Luhrmann's Elvis leads 2022 Aacta award nominations" .
The Guardian . Retrieved November 13, 2022 .
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"Baftas 2023: The winners and nominees in full" . BBC News . 2023-01-19. Retrieved 2023-11-01 .
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"Winners & Nominees 2023" . www.goldenglobes.com . Retrieved 2022-12-14 .
^ Jones, Damian (November 15, 2022).
"Grammys nominations 2023: Beyoncé, Kendrick Lamar, Adele and Harry Styles score the most nods" .
NME . Retrieved January 12, 2022 .
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"2023 GRAMMY Nominations: See The Complete Winners & Nominees List | GRAMMY.com" . www.grammy.com . Retrieved 2023-11-01 .
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La Bohème at the
Internet Broadway Database
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"Moulin Rouge! The Musical" . tonyawards.com . Retrieved October 21, 2020 . as part of his Baz & Co. company.
^ ARIA Award previous winners.
"Winners by Award – Artisan Awards – Best Video" . Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 12 December 2019 .
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"Berlinale: 1997 Prize Winners" . berlinale.de . Retrieved 12 January 2012 .
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"2016 Honorary Award Recipient: Baz Luhrmann" . Clios . 2016-09-26. Retrieved 2018-01-31 .
^ Davis, Clayton (December 14, 2022).
"Critics Choice Nominations: 'Everything Everywhere All at Once' Leads With 14, Followed by 'The Fabelmans' and 'Babylon' " .
Variety . Retrieved January 12, 2023 .
^ Verhoeven, Beatrice (January 12, 2023).
"Producers Guild Awards 2023 Film and TV Nominations Revealed" .
The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved January 12, 2023 .
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