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Craig Pearce

Overview

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

Acting
2001 The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge' Actor Self 59
Average
1994 The Seventh Floor Actor Ed 58
Average
1988 To Make a Killing Actor Terry 58
Average
1988 Nightmaster Actor Guy Duncan 58
Average

Writing
2022 Elvis Writing Screenplay 72
Good
2013 The Great Gatsby Writing Screenplay 73
Good
2010 Charlie St. Cloud Writing Screenplay 67
Fair
2010 Charlie St. Cloud Writing Writer 67
Fair
2001 Moulin Rouge! Writing Screenplay 74
Good
1996 Romeo + Juliet Writing Screenplay 67
Fair
1992 Strictly Ballroom Writing Screenplay 61
Fair

Production
2022 Pistol Production Executive Producer 73
Good