Writer
Craig Pearce
6 films
Craig Pearce is an Australian screenwriter and actor.
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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.
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First watchMoulin Rouge!20017.5A celebration of love and creative inspiration takes place in the infamous, gaudy and glamorous Parisian nightclub, at the cusp of the 20th century.View filmEssential films
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Filmography
6 films- 2022ElvisScreenplay
- 2013The Great GatsbyScreenplay
- 2010Charlie St. CloudScreenplay
- 2001Moulin Rouge!Writer
- 1996Romeo + JulietScreenplay
- 1992Strictly BallroomScreenplay