Why Creative Teams for ‘The Fabelmans,’ ‘Top Gun’ and More Oscar-Nominated Films Have Worked Together Time and Time Again
variety.comZoe Hewitt Bringing a team together to make a movie places the director at the pinnacle of the decision-making pyramid. Everyone is, after all, working to serve their particular vision.
However, transforming that model into one of true collaboration can make for a much sweeter success story. Baz Luhrmann and Catherine Martin, the force behind this year’s “Elvis” biopic, have sustained a decades-long partnership, both personally and also professionally. “I am in fact a serial collaborator,” Luhrmann has said of working with the same teams of people repeatedly, a method that has clearly resulted in commercial and critical success if Oscar nominations count as evidence.
The pair’s three other best known collaborations — “The Great Gatsby”, “Moulin Rouge!”, and “Romeo + Juliet” — garnered 11 Academy Award nominations among them.
Four became wins for Martin’s costume and production design. “Elvis” is a major Oscar contender this year with eight nominations reflecting Luhrmann and Martin’s efforts.
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