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.
Filmography
Cast Credits
The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge'
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2001
The Seventh Floor
Character: Ed
MOVIE • 1994
E Street
Character: Bronco Miles
TV • 1989
To Make a Killing
Character: Terry
MOVIE • 1988
Nightmaster
Character: Guy Duncan
MOVIE • 1988
Rafferty's Rules
Character: Lyle Jurd
TV • 1987
Crew
Crew Credits
Elvis
Role: Screenplay
MOVIE • 2022
Pistol
Role: Executive Producer
TV • 2022
Pistol
Role: Writer
TV • 2022
Pistol
Role: Creator
TV • 2022
Will
Role: Creator
TV • 2017
The Great Gatsby
Role: Screenplay
MOVIE • 2013
Charlie St. Cloud
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 2010
Charlie St. Cloud
Role: Screenplay
MOVIE • 2010
Moulin Rouge!
Role: Screenplay
MOVIE • 2001
Romeo + Juliet
Role: Screenplay
MOVIE • 1996
Strictly Ballroom
Role: Screenplay
MOVIE • 1992