Catherine Martin Luhrmann AC (born 26 January 1965) is an Australian costume designer, production designer, set designer, and film producer, best known for her frequent collaborations with director Baz Luhrmann. She has received numerous accolades, including four Academy Awards, six BAFTA Awards, and a Tony Award. Martin was appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia in 2025. Martin came to international prominence for providing both the costumes and production design for Strictly Ballroom (1992), Luhrmann's feature directorial debut, which later became the first instalment of the "Red Curtain Trilogy". She won both the Academy Award for Best Costume Designand the Academy Award for Best Production Design for her work on Curtain's final chapter Moulin Rouge! (2001). Martin became just the second woman to win multiple Oscars in a single year (after Edith Head) and the first to do so twice, winning the same two categories for The Great Gatsby (2013). She was also Oscar-nominated for Romeo + Juliet (1996), Australia (2008), and Elvis (2022). Having won four awards out of nine nominations, she holds the record for the most Oscar wins of any Australian. Description above from the Wikipedia article Catherine Martin (designer), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- January 26, 1965 (61)
- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Producer, also actor
- 8 on MovieCove · 12 credits in all
What are Catherine Martin's films like?
Across their 8 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Society.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 7
A split, not a type: Light 3 · Serious 1 · Dark 3
A split, not a type: Grounded 2 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 4
A split, not a type: Gentle 2 · Charged 2 · Intense 3
Steady 3 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 6 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0
Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 1
Casual 3 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 1
A split, not a type: Easy watch 3 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 4
Resolved 6 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 1
Moods and endings
- Happy3
- Bittersweet2
- Tragic2
- Ambiguous1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Catherine Martin's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 5 of their 8 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Hulu (2).
Subscription and free streaming for Catherine Martin's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
12 credits, 8 with a MovieCove page; 9 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Jehanne d'Arc (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2028)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
Grande Envie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Faraway Downs(2023)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all shows
Elvis(2022)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
Chanel N°5: The One That I Want (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
The Great Gatsby(2013)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
Australia(2008)
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
Moulin Rouge!(2001)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
Romeo + Juliet(1996)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
Strictly Ballroom(1992)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
Out of the Body (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)
Career shape
A full career of 12 titles, 11 of them dated from 1988 to 2026.
Biggest box office
The Great Gatsby (2013)
Highest rated
Elvis (2022)
Most popular right now
The Great Gatsby (2013)
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Catherine Martin's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 87th percentile, the median of all 7; across their 7 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 82nd percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up5
- 50th to 74th2
- 25th to 49th1
Shape of the crowd
None of their 8 titles divides audiences: 5 are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved2
- Crowd Pleaser5
- Mixed1
Reviewers score the acting 71/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles; fans 79, detractors 45. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Catherine Martin's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 4 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Catherine Martin work with?
People who share at least 2 of Catherine Martin's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Baz Luhrmann shares the most, 8.
Directors
- Baz LuhrmannShared titles: Faraway Downs (2023), Elvis (2022), That Click (2019), Crazy About Tiffany's (2016), The Great Gatsby (2013), Australia (2008), The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge' (2001), Romeo + Juliet (1996)See all 8 shared titles with Baz Luhrmann
Writers
- Craig PearceShared titles: Elvis (2022), The Great Gatsby (2013), The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge' (2001), Romeo + Juliet (1996)See all 4 shared titles with Craig Pearce
- Richard FlanaganShared titles: Faraway Downs (2023), Australia (2008)See all 2 shared titles with Richard Flanagan
- Ronald HarwoodShared titles: Faraway Downs (2023), Australia (2008)See all 2 shared titles with Ronald Harwood
- Stuart BeattieShared titles: Faraway Downs (2023), Australia (2008)See all 2 shared titles with Stuart Beattie
Actors
- Nicole KidmanShared titles: That Click (2019), Australia (2008), The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge' (2001)See all 3 shared titles with Nicole Kidman
- Bryan BrownShared titles: Faraway Downs (2023), Australia (2008)See all 2 shared titles with Bryan Brown
- Nathin Art ButlerShared titles: Faraway Downs (2023), Australia (2008)See all 2 shared titles with Nathin Art Butler
- Shea AdamsShared titles: Faraway Downs (2023), Australia (2008)See all 2 shared titles with Shea Adams
Cinematographers and editors
- Mandy WalkerShared titles: Faraway Downs (2023), Elvis (2022), Australia (2008)See all 3 shared titles with Mandy Walker
- Dody DornShared titles: Faraway Downs (2023), Australia (2008)See all 2 shared titles with Dody Dorn
- Michael McCuskerShared titles: Faraway Downs (2023), Australia (2008)See all 2 shared titles with Michael McCusker
- Jonathan RedmondShared titles: Elvis (2022), The Great Gatsby (2013)See all 2 shared titles with Jonathan Redmond
Producers
- Catherine KnapmanShared titles: Faraway Downs (2023), The Great Gatsby (2013), Australia (2008)See all 3 shared titles with Catherine Knapman
- G. Mac BrownShared titles: Faraway Downs (2023), Australia (2008)See all 2 shared titles with G. Mac Brown
- Paul WattersShared titles: Faraway Downs (2023), Australia (2008)See all 2 shared titles with Paul Watters
- Schuyler WeissShared titles: Faraway Downs (2023), Elvis (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Schuyler Weiss
