Baz's parents did Ballroom competitions, thus growing up around the very subject matter of his first three films. By: Christine Aldaz Luhrmann grew up in rural Australia and it was at his father's movie theatre that he first became enthralled by the world of movies and the power of story telling. He also encountered a variety of interesting people while working at the local gas station, and Luhrmann went on to use these experiences as a source for his own creativity. His most notabl ...[Read Story]