List of awards and nominations received by Baz Luhrmann

The following is a list of awards and nominations received by director Baz Luhrmann.

**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

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	Best Picture	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	Strictly Ballroom	^[4]
1997	Best Foreign Film	Romeo + Juliet	Nominated	^[5]
2001	Best Direction	Moulin Rouge!	Nominated	^[2]
Best Film	Nominated	Moulin Rouge!	^[2]
2009	Best Original Score	Australia	Nominated	^[6]
News Limited Readers' Choice Award	Nominated	Australia	^[6]
2014	Best Direction	The Great Gatsby	Won	^[7]
Best Film	Won	The Great Gatsby	^[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	Strictly Ballroom	^[4]
1998	David Lean Award for Direction	Romeo + Juliet	Won	^[5]
1998	Best Adapted Screenplay	Romeo + Juliet	Won	^[5]
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	Best Picture - Musical/Comedy ^[a]	Moulin Rouge!	Won	^[2]
2002	Best Director, Motion Picture	Moulin Rouge!	Nominated	^[2]
2023	Best Picture - Drama ^[b]	Elvis	Nominated	^[10]
2023	Best Director, Motion Picture	Elvis	Nominated	^[10]

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	Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media	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]
2003	Best Revival of a Musical	La bohème	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]
1997	Golden Bear	Romeo + Juliet	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]
2023	Best Director	Elvis	Nominated	^[18]

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	La Boheme	^[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	Best Non-European Film	Moulin Rouge!	Won

Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards edit

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

Hollywood Critics Association edit

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

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	Moulin Rouge!

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

^ Shared with other producers.
^ Shared with other producers.

References edit

^ "Oscar Insanity". Newsweek. 2003-03-11. Retrieved 2018-01-26.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Awards for Moulin Rouge! at IMDb
^ "Oscars 2023: List of winners and nominees - CBS News". www.cbsnews.com. 2023-03-13. Retrieved 2023-11-01.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Awards for Strictly Ballroom at IMDb
^ ^a ^b Awards for Romeo + Juliet at IMDb
^ ^a ^b Awards for Australia at IMDb
^ ^a ^b Awards for The Great Gatsby at IMDb
^ ^a ^b ^c Cain, Sian (October 24, 2022). "Baz Luhrmann's Elvis leads 2022 Aacta award nominations". The Guardian. Retrieved November 13, 2022.
^ "Baftas 2023: The winners and nominees in full". BBC News. 2023-01-19. Retrieved 2023-11-01.
^ "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.
^ "2023 GRAMMY Nominations: See The Complete Winners & Nominees List | GRAMMY.com". www.grammy.com. Retrieved 2023-11-01.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d La Bohème at the Internet Broadway Database
^ "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.
^ ^a ^b "Berlinale: 1997 Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
^ "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.

[10] Shared with other producers.

[11] Shared with other producers.

[1] "Oscar Insanity". Newsweek. 2003-03-11. Retrieved 2018-01-26.

[:2-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Awards for Moulin Rouge! at IMDb

[3] "Oscars 2023: List of winners and nominees - CBS News". www.cbsnews.com. 2023-03-13. Retrieved 2023-11-01.

[:0-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Awards for Strictly Ballroom at IMDb

[:1-5] Awards for Romeo + Juliet at IMDb

[:3-6] Awards for Australia at IMDb

[:4-7] Awards for The Great Gatsby at IMDb

[2022_AACTA-8] 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.

[12] "Winners & Nominees 2023". www.goldenglobes.com. Retrieved 2022-12-14.

[13] Jones, Damian (November 15, 2022). "Grammys nominations 2023: Beyoncé, Kendrick Lamar, Adele and Harry Styles score the most nods". NME. Retrieved January 12, 2022.

[14] "2023 GRAMMY Nominations: See The Complete Winners & Nominees List | GRAMMY.com". www.grammy.com. Retrieved 2023-11-01.

[:5-15] La Bohème at the Internet Broadway Database

[16] "Moulin Rouge! The Musical". tonyawards.com. Retrieved October 21, 2020. as part of his Baz & Co. company.

[Video-17] ARIA Award previous winners. "Winners by Award – Artisan Awards – Best Video". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 12 December 2019.

[Berlinale_1997-18] "Berlinale: 1997 Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 12 January 2012.

[19] "2016 Honorary Award Recipient: Baz Luhrmann". Clios. 2016-09-26. Retrieved 2018-01-31.

[20] 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.

[21] 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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