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, E Street [1] and G.P., and film roles in I Can't Get Started (1985), Nightmaster (1988), To Make a Killing (1988), Mad Bomber in Love (1992) and The Seventh Floor (1994). He co-wrote the play Strictly Ballroom and the screenplay of the 1992 movie adaptation with Baz Luhrmann. He created the TV series Will which aired on TNT. He co-wrote the screenplay for the 1996 film Romeo + Juliet, the 2001 film Moulin Rouge!, the 2013 film The Great Gatsby, and the 2022 film Elvis; all with Luhrmann. [2] He created and wrote all six episodes of the 2022 series Pistol, based on Steve Jones's autobiography. [3]
Pearce received the Australian Writers' Guild Lifetime Achievement Award in 2016. [4]
Pearce was educated at Narrabeen Sports High School with Baz Luhrmann and is a graduate of National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA). [5] He was previously married to Strictly Ballroom actor Tara Morice [6] with whom he has a daughter. [7] He married his second wife, Emma, in 2012, [8] which ended in divorce.