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'' 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. He created and wrote all six episodes of the 2022 series ''Pistol'', based on Steve Jones's autobiography.

Pearce received the Australian Writers' Guild Lifetime Achievement Award in 2016. Provided by Wikipedia