Name Craig Pearce Role Actor | Children Ondine Morice Pearce Ex-spouse Emma Scott | |
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Awards AACTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay Nominations BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay Movies The Great Gatsby, Moulin Rouge!, Romeo + Juliet, Strictly Ballroom, Charlie St Cloud Similar People Baz Luhrmann, Catherine Martin, Donald McAlpine, Tara Morice, Elizabeth Debicki | ||
'Will' on TNT - Craig Pearce Interview
Craig Pearce is an Australian screenwriter and actor.
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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.
Filmography
Actor
1994
The Seventh Floor (TV Movie) as
Ed
1993
E Street (TV Series) as
Bronco Miles
1993
G.P. (TV Series) as
Mark
- Releasing the Spirit (1993) - Mark
1992
The Miraculous Mellops 2 (TV Series) as
Grub
1992
Mad Bomber in Love as
Bernard Lynch
1988
Vicious! as
Terry
1988
Nightmaster (TV Movie) as
Guy Duncan
1987
Rafferty's Rules (TV Series) as
Lyle Jurd
- Kids (1987) - Lyle Jurd
1987
Vietnam (TV Mini Series) as
Corporal
- Episode #1.3 (1987) - Corporal
1985
I Can't Get Started as
Mark
1981
The Restless Years (TV Series) as
Michael Lee
- Episode #1.781 (1982) - Michael Lee
- Episode dated 31 August 1981 (1981) - Michael Lee
- Episode dated 28 August 1981 (1981) - Michael Lee
1981
Bellamy (TV Mini Series) as
Jimmie
- Come Fly with Me (1981) - Jimmie
1981
Menotti (TV Series)
- The Church Mice (1981)
1980
Spring & Fall (TV Series) as
School Friend
- Out of Line (1980) - School Friend
Writer
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The Power of the Dark Crystal (screenplay) (abandoned)
-
Pistol (TV Mini Series) (created by - 6 episodes, 2022) (written by - 6 episodes, 2022)
- Track 6: Who Killed Bambi? (2022) - (creator) / (written by)
- Track 5: Nancy and Sid (2022) - (creator) / (written by)
- Track 4: Pretty Vaaayc**t (2022) - (creator) / (written by)
- Track 2: Rotten (2022) - (creator) / (written by)
- Track 3: Bodies (2022) - (creator) / (written by)
- Track 1: The Cloak of Invisibility (2022) - (creator) / (written by)
2022
Elvis (screenplay by)
-
Will (TV Series) (created by - 10 episodes, 2017) (written by - 4 episodes, 2017) (story by - 1 episode, 2017) (teleplay by - 1 episode, 2017)
- Once, Bright Angel (2017) - (creator) / (written by)
- Play the Devil (2017) - (creator)
- Your Houses (2017) - (creator)
- What Dreams May Come (2017) - (creator)
- Something Wicked This Way Comes (2017) - (creator)
- The Marriage of True Minds (2017) - (creator) / (written by)
- Brave New World (2017) - (creator)
- The Two Gentlemen (2017) - (creator) / (story by) / (teleplay by)
- Cowards Die Many Times (2017) - (creator) / (written by)
- The Play's the Thing (2017) - (creator) / (written by)
2013
The Great Gatsby (screenplay)
2010
Charlie St. Cloud (screenplay)
2009
The 81st Annual Academy Awards (TV Special) (sketches written by)
2001
Moulin Rouge! (written by)
1996
Romeo + Juliet (screenplay)
1992
Strictly Ballroom (screenplay)
Producer
2022
Pistol (TV Mini Series) (executive producer - 6 episodes)
- Track 6: Who Killed Bambi? (2022) - (executive producer)
- Track 5: Nancy and Sid (2022) - (executive producer)
- Track 4: Pretty Vaaayc**t (2022) - (executive producer)
- Track 2: Rotten (2022) - (executive producer)
- Track 3: Bodies (2022) - (executive producer)
- Track 1: The Cloak of Invisibility (2022) - (executive producer)
2017
Will (TV Series) (executive producer - 8 episodes)
- Once, Bright Angel (2017) - (executive producer)
- Play the Devil (2017) - (executive producer)
- Your Houses (2017) - (executive producer)
- Something Wicked This Way Comes (2017) - (executive producer)
- The Marriage of True Minds (2017) - (executive producer)
- Brave New World (2017) - (executive producer)
- The Two Gentlemen (2017) - (executive producer)
- Cowards Die Many Times (2017) - (executive producer)
Soundtrack
2009
Dancing with the Stars (TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Round Two (2009) - (lyrics: "El Tango de Roxanne")
2001
Moulin Rouge! (lyrics: "The Pitch (Medley)", "El Tango de Roxanne (Medley)") / (writer: "Zidler's Rap (Medley)", "Fool To Believe")
Self
2008
The Culture Show (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- Baz Lurhmann Special (2008) - Self
2001
The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge' (TV Movie documentary) as
Self - Writer
2001
HBO First Look (TV Series documentary short) as
Self
- The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge!' (2001) - Self
1992
Entertainment UK (TV Series) as
Self - Interviewee
- Episode dated 18 August 1992 (1992) - Self - Interviewee
References
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