Baz Luhrmann was born on September 17, 1962 in Sydney Australia. He attended St Joseph's Hastings Regional School, Port Macquarie (1975–1978); St Paul's Catholic College, performing in the school's version of Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part 1, and Narrabeen Sports High School, where he met future collaborator Craig Pearce. On the screen he is best known for his Red Curtain Trilogy, comprising his romantic comedy film Strictly Ballroom (1992), the romantic tragedy William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet (1996), and rebooting the modern musical with Moulin Rouge! (2001). Following the trilogy, projects included Australia (2008 film), The Great Gatsby (2013 film), as well as his television limited series period drama The Get Down for Netflix. Additional projects include stage productions of Giacomo Puccini's La bohème for both the Australian Opera and Broadway and Strictly Ballroom (musical), Luhrmann is equally known for his Grammy-nominated soundtracks for Moulin Rouge! and The Great Gatsby respectively. Serving as producer on all of his musical soundtracks, he also holds writing credits on many of the individual tracks. His album Something For Everybody features music from many of his films and also includes his hit “Everybody’s Free ”.

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