Strictly ballroom for Luhrmann

2009-09-29 14:43

Los Angeles - The man who made Moulin Rouge is lending his expertise to Dancing With the Stars.

Baz Luhrmann is serving as a guest judge on the hit ABC dance show on Monday and Tuesday as head judge Len Goodman takes a week off.

The 47-year-old Australian filmmaker wrote and directed Strictly Ballroom in 1992, which launched his film career.

Dancing host Tom Bergeron says that movie "was a major inspiration in the creation of this little show".

Luhrmann says his mother was a professional ballroom judge and that he called her for advice before his two-day stint on Dancing.

- AP