About

Known credits:
51
Birthday:
1955-08-13
Place of birth:
Cheam, Surrey, England, UK
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Paul Greengrass

Overview

Paul Greengrass CBE (born 13 August 1955) is an English film director, film producer, screenwriter, and former journalist.

One of his early films, Bloody Sunday (2002), won the Golden Bear at the 52nd Berlin International Film Festival. Other films Greengrass has directed include three entries of the Bourne action-thriller film series: The Bourne Supremacy (2004), The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) and Jason Bourne (2016). He also directed United 93 (2006), for which Greengrass won the BAFTA Award for Best Director and received an Academy Award nomination for Best Director; as well as Green Zone (2010) and Captain Phillips (2013). In 2004, he co-wrote and produced the film Omagh, which won the Single Drama award from the British Academy Television Awards.

In 2007, Greengrass co-founded Directors UK, a professional organisation of British filmmakers, and was its first president until 2014. He ranked 28th on EW's The 50 Smartest People in Hollywood in 2007. In 2008, The Telegraph named him among the most influential people in British culture. In 2017, Greengrass was honoured with a British Film Institute Fellowship.

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Known for

Acting
2017 Five Came Back Actor Self 60
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2017 Five Came Back Actor Self 70
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2016 Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light Actor Self N/A
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2011 Turning Like Clockwork Actor Self 59
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1992 Granada: From the North Actor Self N/A
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Directing
2025 The Lost Bus Directing Director 58
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2020 News of the World Directing Director 67
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2018 22 July Directing Director 67
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2016 Jason Bourne Directing Director 63
Fair
2013 Captain Phillips Directing Director 74
Good
2010 Green Zone Directing Director 63
Fair
2007 The Bourne Ultimatum Directing Director 73
Good
2006 United 93 Directing Director 67
Fair
2004 The Bourne Supremacy Directing Director 72
Good
2002 Bloody Sunday Directing Director 64
Fair
1999 The Murder of Stephen Lawrence Directing Director 58
Average
1999 The Theory of Flight Directing Director 58
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1997 The Fix Directing Director 58
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1996 The One That Got Away Directing Director 58
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1994 Open Fire Directing Director 58
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1989 Resurrected Directing Director 58
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The Rage Directing Director N/A
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Fairy Tale Directing Director N/A
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Drowning: The Rescue of Flight 1421 Directing Director N/A
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Untitled Jimi Hendrix Film Directing Director N/A
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Night of Camp David Directing Director N/A
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Fairy Tale Directing Director N/A
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Writing
2025 The Lost Bus Writing Screenplay 58
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2020 News of the World Writing Screenplay 67
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2018 22 July Writing Writer 67
Fair
2016 Jason Bourne Writing Writer 63
Fair
2006 United 93 Writing Screenplay 67
Fair
2005 Omagh Writing Writer 59
Average
2002 Bloody Sunday Writing Screenplay 64
Fair
1999 The Murder of Stephen Lawrence Writing Writer 58
Average
1997 The Fix Writing Writer 58
Average
1996 The One That Got Away Writing Screenplay 58
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1994 Open Fire Writing Writer 58
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Fairy Tale Writing Screenplay N/A
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The Rage Writing Writer N/A
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Production
2021 Stephen Production Executive Producer 69
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2016 Jason Bourne Production Producer 63
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2010 Green Zone Production Producer 63
Fair
2006 United 93 Production Producer 67
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2005 Omagh Production Producer 59
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The Rage Production Producer N/A
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Night of Camp David Production Producer N/A
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Drowning: The Rescue of Flight 1421 Production Producer N/A
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Fairy Tale Production Producer N/A
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Fairy Tale Production Executive Producer N/A
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