Craig Pearce

Craig Pearce is an Australian screenwriter and actor.

Emma and Craig Pearce at The Great Gatsby premiere in Sydney

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 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.[2]

He received the Australian Writers' Guild Lifetime Achievement Award in 2016.[3]

Personal life

Pearce was educated at Narrabeen Sports High School with Baz Luhrmann and is a graduate of National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA).[4] He was previously married to Strictly Ballroom actor Tara Morice[5] with whom he has a daughter.[6] He married his second wife Emma in 2012.[7]

References
  1. E Street at IMDb
  2. "Now it's an exodus of writers-by email". The Sydney Morning Herald. 6 June 2002.
  3. "2016 Australian Writers' Guild Lifetime Achievement Award goes to screenwriter Craig Pearce" by Fran Kelly, RN Breakfast, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 13 October 2016
  4. "Craig Pearce", AustLit
  5. "Force of nature: Marriage made in an Oscars heaven", The Sydney Morning Herald, 1 April 2002
  6. "In close-up: Tara Morice" by Elissa Blake, Audrey Journal, 23 May 2018
  7. "Pure Villa – Gentle Souls in Love – Emma & Craig" by Agung, Imaj Gallery, 29 October 2012
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