Director

Craig Pearce

Writing

Career Snapshot

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Directed credits

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Beginning to build directing work.

TMDB popularity

0.3

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Directed movies: 0Directed series: 0All crew credits: 8

TMDB ID: 6211

IMDb ID: nm0668902

Known for: Writing

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1987 - 2022

Years active: 36

Average TMDB rating: 6.69

Wikidata: Q3002053

Frequent jobs

Screenplay (5)Writer (2)Executive Producer (1)

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Biography

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.

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