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1992 saw Martin’s film debut with Luhrmann on the hugely successful “Strictly
Ballroom.” Her design on this film earned her Best Production Design and Best
Costume Design at both the BAFTA and AFI Awards.
She followed this success in 1996 with “William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet,”
also directed by Luhrmann, for which she was awarded another BAFTA Award for
Best Production Design and an Academy Award ® nomination for Best Art Direction.
In 2001, Martin won two Academy Awards ® , for Costume Design and Art
Direction, for her work on “Moulin Rouge!” as well as AFI Awards for Best Production
Design and Best Costume Design and a Los Angeles Film Critics Award for Best
Production Design, among numerous others.
Martin was Production and Costume Designer and Co-Producer of
Luhrmann’s epic “Australia” in 2008. The film starred Nicole Kidman and Hugh
Jackman and earned Martin an Academy Award ® Nomination for Costume Design.
Martin’s other projects with Luhrmann include guest editing the first signature
edition of Vogue Australia (January, 1994) and designing the look of 2004’s lavish
“Chanel Nº5: The Film,” a global campaign starring Nicole Kidman, in collaboration
with Karl Lagerfeld.
Aside from her work with Luhrmann, Martin has her own creative homewares
business with Designer Rugs and Mokum. These rugs, fabrics and wall coverings are
an expression of her personal and distinctive aesthetic and style. Some of these
pieces are featured in the film and have also been used at The Plaza in New York
and several of Tiffany & Co’s flagship stores around the world.
Martin is looking forward to again collaborating with Luhrmann on their
upcoming stage production, “Strictly Ballroom Live,” due to hit the stage in 2014.
Martin divides her time between Sydney, New York and Paris and has two
beautiful children, Lillian (9) and William (7).
DOUGLAS WICK (Producer) is an award-winning producer whose movies have
earned more than $1.5 billion at the box office, as well as 20 Oscar ® nominations
and seven Oscar ® wins.
Wick’s “Gladiator,” the Ridley Scott-directed epic, won five Academy
Awards ® , including Best Picture, and became a cinematic phenomenon that
grossed over $450 million worldwide. It also won two Golden Globes, four BAFTA
Awards, the Producers Guild of America’s Motion Picture of the Year Award, the
MTV Movie Award for Best Movie, and the AFI’s Movie of the Year.
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