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Craig Pearce
Writer, Producer, Actor, Additional Credits
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.
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.
Filmography
| 2022 | Elvis · as Screenplay |
| 2013 | The Great Gatsby · as Screenplay |
| 2010 | Charlie St. Cloud · as Screenplay |
| 2001 | Moulin Rouge! · as Screenplay |
| 1996 | Romeo + Juliet · as Screenplay |
| 1992 | Strictly Ballroom · as Screenplay |