Baz Luhrmann: Pigeonholing Yourself in One Job Is an Addiction

Always busy, The Great Gatsby director Baz Luhrmann responds to the simple question of "How are you?" in preoccupied fashion. He's "in the middle of a group of swirling ballroom dancers," he tells Mashable by phone, working on the live musical adaption of his 1992 romantic comedy Strictly Ballroom.

The 51-year-old, likely most known for directing Moulin Rouge, recently bestowed his filmmaking knowledge upon 10 young Australians, who are all interested in movie industry careersSamsung brought them together as part of the The Shoot, a six-day workshop to create a short film.