Craig Pearce
- Writing
Biography
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). 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
Filmography
- Elvis · Screenplay
- Pistol · Executive producer, Writer
- Will · Writer, Story
- The Great Gatsby · Screenplay
- Charlie St. Cloud · Screenplay, Writer
- Moulin Rouge! · Writer
- The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge' · Self
- Romeo + Juliet · Screenplay
- The Seventh Floor · Ed
- Mad Bomber in Love · Bernard Lynch
- Strictly Ballroom · Screenplay
- E Street · Bronco Miles
- To Make a Killing · Terry
- Nightmaster · Guy Duncan
- Rafferty's Rules · Lyle Jurd