Editing Baz Luhrmann (section)

==Early and personal life==
Luhrmann was born in Sydney. His mother, Barbara Carmel ({{née|Brennan}}), was a ballroom dance teacher and dress shop owner, and his father, Leonard Luhrmann, ran a petrol station and a movie theatre.<ref>[http://www.couriermail.com.au/entertainment/movies/man-of-many-talents/story-e6freqex-1111118148222 "Baz Luhrmann a man of many talents"], ''[[The Courier-Mail]]'', 26 November 2008{{dead link|date=February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/h/a/r/Jennifer-Harrison-Chisholm/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0318.html|title=Jennifer-Harrison-Chisholm – User Trees|website=genealogy.com|access-date=29 June 2020|archive-date=8 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308103610/https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/h/a/r/Jennifer-Harrison-Chisholm/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0318.html|url-status=live}}</ref> He was raised in [[Herons Creek, New South Wales|Herons Creek]], a tiny rural settlement in mid-northern [[New South Wales]]. He attended St&nbsp;Joseph's Hastings Regional School, [[Port Macquarie]] (1975–1978); [[St Paul's College, Manly|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]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8P8aBwAAQBAJ&q=Craig%20Pearce%20narrabeen%20sports%20high%20school&pg=PT14|title=Baz Luhrmann: Interviews|last=Ryan|first=Tom|date=5 November 2014|publisher=Univ. Press of Mississippi|isbn=9781626743007}}</ref>

Luhrmann received the nickname "Baz" at school, given to him because of his hairstyle, the name coming from the puppet character [[Basil Brush]]. While still in high school, Luhrmann changed his name by [[deed poll]] to Bazmark, joining his nickname and birth name together.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2018/apr/23/baz-luhrmann-strictly-ballroom-the-musical-interview|title=Baz Luhrmann: 'I've never waited for permission to do anything|last=Gilbey|first=Ryan|date=24 April 2018|work=[[The Guardian]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240910203457/https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2018/apr/23/baz-luhrmann-strictly-ballroom-the-musical-interview|archive-date=10 September 2024}}</ref> In 1980, Luhrmann graduated from high school, and in the same year was cast opposite [[Judy Davis]] in the Australian film ''[[Winter of Our Dreams]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Baz Luhrmann (12 works by)|url=http://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/OLD?id=A3x&idtype=oldid|work=AustLit|access-date=6 February 2014|year=2014|archive-date=21 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221145950/http://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/OLD?id=A3x&idtype=oldid|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1982, using the money he had earned from film and television work, he funded his own theatre company, The Bond Theatre Company{{Citation needed|reason=Nellee Hooper? His biography makes no mention of it...|date=February 2023}}. The company performed at [[Bondi Pavilion|the pavilion at Sydney's Bondi Beach]]. At the same time, he conceived and appeared in a controversial television documentary, ''Kids of the [[Kings Cross, New South Wales|Cross]]'', where Luhrmann, embedded as a character, lived with a group of street kids.<ref>{{IMDb title|id=2201089|title=Kids of the Cross}}</ref> In 1983, he enrolled in an acting course at the [[National Institute of Dramatic Art]]. He graduated in 1985 alongside [[Sonia Todd]], [[Catherine McClements]] and [[Justin Monjo]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nida.edu.au/ALUMNI/default.aspx |title=NIDA Alumni |url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014011919/http://www.nida.edu.au/ALUMNI/default.aspx |archive-date=14 October 2013}}</ref> On 26 January 1997, he married [[Catherine Martin (designer)|Catherine Martin]], a [[production designer]]; the couple has two children.

Luhrmann supports the [[Melbourne Football Club|Melbourne Demons]] in the [[Australian Football League]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Beveridge|first1=Riley|title=Your AFL club's most famous supporters, from Barack Obama to Cam Newton|url=http://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/your-afl-clubs-most-famous-supporters-from-barack-obama-to-cam-newton/news-story/03eb54659866d587cf9c2cc4b9f3d8c5|work=Fox Sports|date=29 January 2016|access-date=29 January 2016|archive-date=29 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160629180327/http://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/your-afl-clubs-most-famous-supporters-from-barack-obama-to-cam-newton/news-story/03eb54659866d587cf9c2cc4b9f3d8c5|url-status=live}}</ref>