Craig Pearce
Writing
Craig Pearce is an Australian screenwriter and actor.
Pearce's acting credits include a regular role in soap opera The Restless Years in 1981, guest roles in Bellamy and G.P., and film roles in To Make a Killing (1988), Mad Bomber in Love (1992) and The Seventh Floor (1994).
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Pearce co-wrote the play Strictly Ballroom and the screenplay of the 1992 movie adaptation with Baz Luhrmann. He co-wrote the screenplay for the 1996 film Romeo + Juliet, the 2001 film Moulin Rouge!, and the 2013 film The Great Gatsby; all with Luhrmann.
He received the Australian Writers' Guild Lifetime Achievement Award in 2016.
Known for
Behind the camera6
- 2022Elvis Screenplay
- 2013The Great Gatsby Screenplay
- 2010Charlie St. Cloud Writer, Screenplay
- 2001Moulin Rouge! Writer
- 1996Romeo + Juliet Screenplay
- 1992Strictly Ballroom Screenplay
Acting5
- 2001The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge' as Self
- 1994The Seventh Floor as Ed
- 1992Mad Bomber in Love