Craig Pearce

Biography

Craig Pearce is a distinguished Australian screenwriter and actor who formed a creative partnership with Baz Luhrmann early in his career. They collaborated on the play Strictly Ballroom and several film adaptations, including Romeo + Juliet, Moulin Rouge!, The Great Gatsby, and Elvis. Pearce's work with Luhrmann has yielded notable successes, cementing his reputation as a talented writer and actor. He received the Australian Writers' Guild Lifetime Achievement Award in 2016.