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