Baz's parents did Ballroom competitions, thus growing up around the very subject matter of his first three films.


Luhrmann and Catherine Martin's first child, Lillian (Lilly) Amanda Luhrmann, was born in Sydney on Friday, 10th October 2003. Did ballroom dance as a child. Family once owned a gas station and a farm. Son William Alexander Luhrmann was born June 8th, 2005 Wanted to make a movie about Alexander The Great with Leonardo DiCaprio in the lead role around the same time as Oliver Stone made his movie Alexander (2004), but this project was dropped. He was awarded the Australian Centenary Medal in the 2001 Queen's New Years Honours List for his services to Australian society in film direction and production.