---
name: "Craig Pearce"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/craig-pearce"
fi1m_id: "craig-pearce"
imdb_id: "nm0668902"
tmdb_id: 6211
wikidata_id: "Q3002053"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "30 November 1961"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 73
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-01T22:44:39.829501+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Craig Pearce

## Identity

Craig Pearce

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/craig-pearce
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** craig-pearce
- **IMDb ID:** nm0668902
- **TMDB ID:** 6211
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3002053
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_Pearce, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3002053, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0668902/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6211

Writer. Born 30 November 1961.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 30 November 1961
- **Active:** 1992–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Baz Luhrmann](https://film.one/person/baz-luhrmann.md), [Leonardo DiCaprio](https://film.one/person/leonardo-dicaprio.md), [Richard Roxburgh](https://film.one/person/richard-roxburgh.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 73, as writer, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 82 (2), 2000s 75 (1), 2010s 61 (1), 2020s 66 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 73 to 67 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 5, Romance 4, Music 2, Comedy 1, History 1
- **Screen time:** 11 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,000m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_Pearce, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3002053, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0668902/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6211

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Strictly Ballroom*](https://film.one/film/strictly-ballroom.md) (83)
- **Disney+:** [*Romeo + Juliet*](https://film.one/film/romeo-juliet.md) (82)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Craig Pearce is an Australian screenwriter and actor. He was educated at Narrabeen Sports High School alongside Baz Luhrmann and is a graduate of the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA).

Pearce formed a long-term creative partnership with Luhrmann. Together they co-wrote the play *Strictly Ballroom* and its 1992 film adaptation, as well as the screenplays for *Romeo + Juliet* (1996), *Moulin Rouge!* (2001), *The Great Gatsby* (2013) and *Elvis* (2022). He also wrote the screenplay for *Charlie St. Cloud* (2010) and created the television series *Will* (2017).

In 2016 Pearce received the Australian Writers' Guild Lifetime Achievement Award.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, artsreview.com.au.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Elvis* (2022), Fi1m 66, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/elvis.md)
- *The Great Gatsby* (2013), Fi1m 61, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/the-great-gatsby.md)
- *Moulin Rouge!* (2001), Fi1m 75, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/moulin-rouge.md)
- *Romeo + Juliet* (1996), Fi1m 82, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/romeo-juliet.md)
- *Strictly Ballroom* (1992), Fi1m 83, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/strictly-ballroom.md)

## Complete filmography (14)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Elvis* (2022), Screenplay — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/elvis.md)
- *Pistol* (2022), series, Executive Producer, Writer, Creator
- *Will* (2017), series, Writer, Story, Creator
- *The Great Gatsby* (2013), Screenplay — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/the-great-gatsby.md)
- *Charlie St. Cloud* (2010), Screenplay, Writer
- *Moulin Rouge!* (2001), Writer — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/moulin-rouge.md)
- *Romeo + Juliet* (1996), Screenplay — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/romeo-juliet.md)
- *The Seventh Floor* (1994), as Ed
- *Mad Bomber in Love* (1992), as Bernard Lynch
- *Strictly Ballroom* (1992), Screenplay — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/strictly-ballroom.md)
- *E Street* (1989), series, as Bronco Miles
- *To Make a Killing* (1988), as Terry
- *Nightmaster* (1988), as Guy Duncan
- *Rafferty's Rules* (1987), series, as Lyle Jurd

## Gallery

- ![Craig Pearce](https://film.one/media/person/81540/gallery-2061664e4c4f.jpg) Craig Pearce — Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a9/Craig_Pearce_2013_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![w:Craig Pearce and Emma Scott at The Great Gatsby premiere in Sydney. (2013)](https://film.one/media/person/81540/gallery-76b1d35aba4c.jpg) w:Craig Pearce and Emma Scott at The Great Gatsby premiere in Sydney. (2013) — Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d1/Craig_Pearce_and_Emma_Pearce_2013.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

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