Ian Gracie on Moulin Rouge!

Art director and production designer Ian Gracie interviewed by Pamela Willis Burden.

In this clip Ian talks about his first collaboration with Baz Luhrmann and Catherine Martin, on Moulin Rouge! (2001).

Ian and his team built the sets, including the Moulin Rouge theatre itself. The film won the Academy Award for Best Art Direction–Set Decoration.  

A highly acclaimed supervising art director, Ian’s credits include major Hollywood films such as The Wolverine (James Mangold, 2013), Alien: Covenant (Ridley Scott, 2017) and Mulan (Niki Caro, 2020).

Ian has also worked with Baz Luhrmann on most of his major films, including The Great Gatsby (2013) and Elvis (2022).