Born Mark Anthony Luhrmann on the 17th September 1962, in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Baz is an Oscar Award, Golden Globe Award-nominated film director, screenwriter, actor and producer, best known to the world for his first three films “Strictly Ballroom” (1992), “Romeo + Juliet” (1996), and “Moulin Rouge!” (2001), which were named the Red Curtain Trilogy, due to the same filming technique and the fact that every film has a theatre motif that appears throughout the film. Aside from those accomplishments, Buzz directed “The Great Gatsby” (2013), which also became a success.
Have you ever wondered how rich Baz Luhrmann is, as of mid- 2017? According to authoritative sources, it has been estimated that Luhrman’s net worth is as high as $20 million, an amount earned through his successful career, which started in the early ‘80s.
Baz Luhrmann Net Worth $20 Million
Baz is the son of Leonard Luhrmann, who owned petrol stations and a movie theatre, and Barbara Carmel, who was a ballroom dance teacher and owned a dress shop. He grew up in Herons Creek and went to St Joseph’s Hastings Regional School, Port Macquarie, and then St Paul’s College, Manly, only to matriculate from Narrabeen High School, where he met and befriended Craig Pearce, with whom he would later collaborate on his most successful films.
Baz got his nickname from his father and in 1979 changed his birth name to Baz. After he finished high school, Baz enrolled at the National Institute of Dramatic Art, where he took an acting course and graduated two years later next to Sonia Todd, Justin Monjo and Catherine McClements. Even before he finished his education, Baz started pursuing a career in the entertainment world.
He featured in the film “Winter of Dreams” (1981), and the TV series “A Country Practice” (1981-1982), and then moved on to stage work, appearing in such plays as “All’s Well That Ends Well” (1984), “Strictly Ballroom” -which he also directed and later made into a film – then “Once in a Lifetime” (1985), and “The Conquest of the South Pole” (1989), all of which added to his net worth.
In 1992 he adapted the play “Strictly Ballroom” to film, with the help of Craig Pearce and starring Paul Mercurio, Tara Morice, and Bill Hunter, the film reached stardom immediately upon its release and grossed more than $11 million, which added a significant amount to Baz’s net worth. He continued successfully with films “Romeo + Juliet” (1996), starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Claire Danes and John Leguizamo, and the film earned a massive $147 million, further increasing his wealth.
Nothing changed for Baz in the coming years, as he hit the world with another adaptation, this time it was “Moulin Rouge!” (2001), with Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor in the lead roles. The film won two Academy Awards, and a number of other awards and nominations, and grossed nearly $180 million. Three years later he directed commercial for Chanel No. 5, “Chanel N°5: The Film”, and then in 2008 returned with the feature film “Australia”, which again had Nicole Kidman in the lead role, this time teamed up with Hugh Jackman.
After that, he directed a series of short films that featured conversations between two fashion legends, Elsa Schiaparelli and Miuccia Prada. Then in 2013, he returned to the big screen with another successful production, “The Great Gatsby”, which grossed around $150 million, significantly increasing his wealth.
Most recently, he created the TV series “The Get Down” (2016-2017), with the help of Stephen Adly Guirgis.
Regarding his personal life, Baz has been married to Catherine Martin since 1997; the couple has two children together.
