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Paul Greengrass
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Paul Greengrass is a British film director, screenwriter, writer, and film producer. Born in Cheam, Surrey, in 1955, he was educated at Queens' College and Sevenoaks School. He is a member of the Writers Guild of America West and speaks English. His career began in 1978.
Greengrass has directed action films, including *Captain Phillips* and *United 93*. He also worked on *Spy catcher-The Candid Autobiography of a Senior Intelligence Office*. His works are held in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art.
He has received the BAFTA Award for Best Direction and the Commander of the Order of the British Empire. He has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director, as well as the European Film Award for Best Film and Best Screenwriter.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 3
Top works
- Spy catcher-The Candid Autobiography of a Senior Intelligence Office
- Captain Phillips
- United 93
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Film & TV
Cheam, Surrey, England, UK
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…
Known for
- Maverick: The Epic Adventures of David Lean — Self2026
- Five Came Back — Self2017
- Five Came Back — Self2017
- Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light — Self2016
- Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter — Self2015
- Capturing Captain Phillips — Self2014
- Turning Like Clockwork — Self2011
- British Film Forever2007
- Granada: From the North — Self1992
- World in Action1963
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1955-08-13 ) 13 August 1955 (age 70) , Cheam , Surrey , England
- Alma mater
- Queens' College, Cambridge
- Occupations
- Film director screenwriter producer
- Years active
- 1978 – present
- Board member of
- Directors UK (president)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Paul
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Cheam
- Occupation
- filmmaker
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- action film
- Image
- Bourne 3 Premiere Greengrass.jpg
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- Paul Greengrass
- date of birth
- 1955-01-01
- has works in the collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- related category
- Category:Films directed by Paul Greengrass
- start of work period
- 1978-00-00
- topic has template
- Template:Paul Greengrass
- member of
- Writers Guild of America West
- name in native language
- Paul Greengrass
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Encyclopedic overview
Paul Greengrass CBE (born 13 August 1955) is an English film director, producer, screenwriter and former journalist.
One of his early films, Bloody Sunday (2002), won the Golden Bear at 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 for Best Director nomination; 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.
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