Craig Pearce
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
- Writing
Known for
- The Great Gatsby (2013) — Screenplay
- Romeo + Juliet (1996) — Screenplay
- Moulin Rouge! (2001) — Writer
- Elvis (2022) — Screenplay
- Charlie St. Cloud (2010) — Screenplay
- Strictly Ballroom (1992) — Screenplay
- Pistol (2022) — Executive Producer
- Nightmaster (1988) — Guy Duncan
- Will (2017) — Writer
- The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge' (2001) — Self
- E Street (1989) — Bronco Miles
- The Seventh Floor (1994) — Ed
- To Make a Killing (1988) — Terry
- Rafferty's Rules (1987) — Lyle Jurd
- Mad Bomber in Love (1992) — Bernard Lynch