Born: Established: Sydney, New South Wales, ;
Gender:
Male
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BiographyHistory
Most Referenced Works
Personal Awards
- 2016 recipient AWGIE Awards Lifetime Achievement Award
Awards for Works
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form
y
The Great Gatsby
( dir. Baz Luhrmann
)
Australia
United States of America (USA)
:
Warner Brothers
Village Roadshow
A&E Television Networks
,
2013
Z1934236
2013
single work
film/TV
An adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's Long Island-set novel, where Midwesterner Nick Carraway is lured into the lavish world of his neighbor, Jay Gatsby. Soon enough, however, Carraway will see through the cracks of Gatsby's nouveau riche existence, where obsession, madness, and tragedy await.
- 2014 shortlisted AFCA Film Awards — Best Director
- 2014 shortlisted AFCA Film Awards — Best Film
- 2013 winner Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards — Best Adapted Screenplay — Feature Film
- 2013 winner Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards — Best Film — Feature Film
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form
y
Moulin Rouge
( dir. Baz Luhrmann
)
Sydney
:
Bazmark Films
,
2001
Z1368089
2001
single work
film/TV
(taught in 1 units)
A tragi-comedy of mistaken identities and romance, Moulin Rouge is based on events that occurred at the Moulin Rouge dance hall towards the end of the 19th century. The story is told by Christian, an idealistic and impoverished English poet/playwright who is newly arrived in Monmartre and becomes inducted into a circle of young bohemians led by Toulouse-Lautrec. When Christian manages to convince the foppish Duke of Monroth to invest in his play, his life appears to be heading upwards. Things become difficult, however, when he falls in love with Satine ('The Sparkling Diamond'), a courtesan dancer at the Moulin Rouge. Although she returns his affections, they are forced to keep their love a secret from the duke because he too coverts Satine and is used to getting what he wants.
- 2002 Nominated Film Critics Circle of Australia — Best Original Screenplay
- 2002 Nominated British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards — Best Screenplay - Original
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