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Craig Pearce
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]
- ^ E Street at IMDb
- ^ "Now it's an exodus of writers-by email". The Sydney Morning Herald. 6 June 2002.
- ^ Edelstein, Robert (30 May 2022). "'Pistol' Creator Reveals Inspiration Behind the Sex Pistols Biopic".
- ^ "2016 Australian Writers' Guild Lifetime Achievement Award goes to screenwriter Craig Pearce" by Fran Kelly, RN Breakfast, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 13 October 2016.
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