List of awards and nominations received by Baz Luhrmann

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List of Baz Luhrmann awards

Luhrmann at the Cannes Film Festival in 2013

Award Wins Nominations
Academy Awards
0 2
AACTA Awards
6 12
BAFTA Awards
2 7
Golden Globe Awards
1 3
Grammy Awards
0 3
Tony Awards
1 3

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[edit]

Academy Awards[edit]

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]

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2002 Best Picture Moulin Rouge! Nominated [2]
2023 Elvis Nominated [3]

Australian Academy Awards[edit]

Luhrmann has received six awards from twelve Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards nominations.

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1992 Best Director Strictly Ballroom Won [4]
Best Screenplay Won [4]
1997 Best Foreign Film Romeo + Juliet Nominated [5]
2001 Best Direction Moulin Rouge! Nominated [2]
Best Film Nominated [2]
2009 Best Original Score Australia Nominated [6]
News Limited Readers' Choice Award Nominated [6]
2014 Best Direction The Great Gatsby Won [7]
Best Film Won [7]
2022 Best Film Elvis Won [8]
Best Direction Won [8]
Best Screenplay Nominated [8]

British Academy Film Awards[edit]

Luhrmann has received two awards from eight British Academy Film Award nominations.

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1993 Best Film Strictly Ballroom Nominated [4]
Best Adapted Screenplay Nominated [4]
1998 David Lean Award for Direction Romeo + Juliet Won [5]
Best Adapted Screenplay Won
2002 Best Film Moulin Rouge! Nominated [2]
David Lean Award for Direction Nominated
Best Original Screenplay Nominated
2023 Best Film Elvis Nominated [9]

Golden Globe Awards[edit]

Luhrmann has received one award from five Golden Globe Award nominations.

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1994 Best Picture - Musical/Comedy [a] Strictly Ballroom Nominated [4]
2002 Moulin Rouge! Won [2]
Best Director, Motion Picture Nominated
2023 Best Picture - Drama [b] Elvis Nominated [10]
Best Director, Motion Picture Nominated

Grammy Awards[edit]

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.

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2002 Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media Moulin Rouge! Music from Baz Luhrmann's Film Nominated [4]
2014 The Great Gatsby: Music from Baz Luhrmann's Film Nominated [2]
2020 Best Musical Theater Album Moulin Rouge! The Musical Nominated [2]
2023 Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media Elvis Nominated[11] [12]

Tony Awards[edit]

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.

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2003 Best Direction of a Musical La bohème Nominated [13]
Best Revival of a Musical Nominated [13]
2020 Best Musical Moulin Rouge! Won [14]

Miscellaneous awards[edit]

ARIA Music Awards[edit]

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 Nominee / work Award Result Ref.
1998 "Now Until the Break of Day" Best Video Won [15]

AFI Awards[edit]

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2001 Movie of the Year Moulin Rouge! Nominated

Australians in Film[edit]

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2013 Orry-Kelly Award Won

Berlin International Film Festival[edit]

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1997 Alfred Bauer Prize Romeo + Juliet Won [16]
Golden Bear Nominated [16]

Bodil Awards[edit]

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2002 Best Non-American Film Moulin Rouge! Nominated

Bogotá Film Festival[edit]

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1994 Golden Precolumbian Circle for Best Film Strictly Ballroom Nominated

Cannes Film Festival[edit]

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1992 Award of the Youth Strictly Ballroom Won
2001 Palme d'Or Moulin Rouge! Nominated

César Awards[edit]

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2002 Best Foreign Film Moulin Rouge! Nominated

Chicago Film Critics Association Awards[edit]

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2001 Best Director Moulin Rouge! Nominated

Clio Awards[edit]

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2016 Honorary Award Won [17]

Critics' Choice Movie Awards[edit]

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2002 Best Director Moulin Rouge! Won
2023 Best Picture Elvis Nominated [18]
Best Director Nominated

Drama Desk Award[edit]

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2003 Outstanding Revival of a Musical La Boheme Nominated [13]
Outstanding Director of a Musical Nominated [13]

Directors Guild of America Award[edit]

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2002 Outstanding Directing – Feature Film Moulin Rouge! Nominated

Empire Awards[edit]

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2002 Best Director Moulin Rouge! Won

European Film Awards[edit]

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1997 Best Non-European Film Strictly Ballroom Won
2001 Moulin Rouge! Won

Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards[edit]

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2002 Best Screenplay - Original Moulin Rouge! Nominated
Best Director Won
2009 Best Film Australia Nominated

Hollywood Critics Association[edit]

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2022 Best Picture Elvis Nominated
Best Director Nominated

Hollywood Film Festival[edit]

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2001 Hollywood Movie of the Year Moulin Rouge! Won

Hollywood Music in Media Awards[edit]

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2022 Music Themed Film, Biopic or Musical Elvis Nominated

Inside Film Awards[edit]

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2001 Best Feature Film Moulin Rouge! Nominated
Best Direction Nominated

Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists[edit]

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2002 Best Foreign Director Moulin Rouge! Nominated

London Film Critics' Circle[edit]

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1993 Newcomer of the Year Strictly Ballroom Won
1998 Director of the Year Romeo + Juliet Nominated

Love is Folly International Film Festival[edit]

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1993 Golden Aphrodite Strictly Ballroom Won

MTV Movie & TV Awards[edit]

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1997 Movie of the Year Romeo + Juliet Nominated

Online Film Critics Society Awards[edit]

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2002 Best Director Moulin Rouge! Nominated

Producers Guild of America Award[edit]

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2002 Best Theatrical Motion Picture Moulin Rouge! Won
2023 Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures Elvis Nominated [19]

Palm Springs International Film Festival[edit]

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2002 Sonny Bono Visionary Award Won

Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards[edit]

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2002 Best Director Moulin Rouge! Nominated

Robert Awards[edit]

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1993 Best Foreign Film Strictly Ballroom Won
2002 Best Non-American Film Moulin Rouge! Won

Satellite Awards[edit]

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2002 Best Director Moulin Rouge! Won
Best Film - Musical or Comedy Won
2008 Best Original Song Australia Nominated
Best Screenplay – Original Nominated
Auteur Award Won
2023 Best Film - Musical of Comedy Elvis Nominated
Best Director Nominated

Teen Choice Awards[edit]

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2002 Choice Movie – Drama Moulin Rouge! Nominated
2009 Choice Movie – Romance Australia Nominated

Toronto International Film Festival[edit]

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1992 People's Choice Award Strictly Ballroom Won

Vancouver Film Critics Circle[edit]

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2001 Best Director Moulin Rouge! Won

Vancouver International Film Festival[edit]

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1992 Most Popular International Film Strictly Ballroom Won

World Soundtrack Awards[edit]

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2001 Most Creative Use of Existing Material on a Soundtrack Moulin Rouge! Won

Writers Guild of America Award[edit]

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2002 Best Original Screenplay Moulin Rouge! Nominated

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Shared with other producers.
  2. ^ Shared with other producers.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Oscar Insanity". Newsweek. 2003-03-11. Retrieved 2018-01-26.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Awards for Moulin Rouge! at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ^ "Oscars 2023: List of winners and nominees - CBS News". www.cbsnews.com. 2023-03-13. Retrieved 2023-11-01.
  4. ^ a b c d e f Awards for Strictly Ballroom at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
  5. ^ a b Awards for Romeo + Juliet at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
  6. ^ a b Awards for Australia at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
  7. ^ a b Awards for The Great Gatsby at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
  8. ^ a b c Cain, Sian (October 24, 2022). "Baz Luhrmann's Elvis leads 2022 Aacta award nominations". The Guardian. Retrieved November 13, 2022.
  9. ^ "Baftas 2023: The winners and nominees in full". BBC News. 2023-01-19. Retrieved 2023-11-01.
  10. ^ "Winners & Nominees 2023". www.goldenglobes.com. Retrieved 2022-12-14.
  11. ^ Jones, Damian (November 15, 2022). "Grammys nominations 2023: Beyoncé, Kendrick Lamar, Adele and Harry Styles score the most nods". NME. Retrieved January 12, 2022.
  12. ^ "2023 GRAMMY Nominations: See The Complete Winners & Nominees List | GRAMMY.com". www.grammy.com. Retrieved 2023-11-01.
  13. ^ a b c d ​La Bohème​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  14. ^ "Moulin Rouge! The Musical". tonyawards.com. Retrieved October 21, 2020. as part of his Baz & Co. company.
  15. ^ ARIA Award previous winners. "Winners by Award – Artisan Awards – Best Video". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  16. ^ a b "Berlinale: 1997 Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
  17. ^ "2016 Honorary Award Recipient: Baz Luhrmann". Clios. 2016-09-26. Retrieved 2018-01-31.
  18. ^ 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.
  19. ^ Verhoeven, Beatrice (January 12, 2023). "Producers Guild Awards 2023 Film and TV Nominations Revealed". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 12, 2023.